--FILE--Moines effectuer les arts martiaux kung fu lors d'une présentation au Temple de Shaolin sur le mont Songshan dans la ville de Dengfeng, Henan Chine centrale Bauvin
--FILE--Monks perform martial arts during a kung fu presentation at the Shaolin Temple on Mount Songshan in Dengfeng city, central Chinas Henan Province, 13 October 2013. The fabled Shaolin Temple, said to be the birthplace of kung fu, is planning to hold a competition for martial artists from around the world ¨C what could be the first of its kind, mainland media reported. In an appropriate time in the future, we are going to hold a world martial arts competition in the Shaolin Temple, Shi Yongxin, abbot of the 1, 500-year-old temple in Henan province, proposed during a closing ceremony of a Zen forum on Monday (18 August 2014), news portal chinanews.com reported. If the proposal moves forward, it would be the first time that the Shaolin Temple, the home of legendary warrior monks and thousands of kung fu martial arts enthusiasts from China and around the world, to hold such a martial arts combating convention. Shi did not reveal when and how the convention would be arranged, but said that Shaolin martial arts students from all over the world would be invited to the convention, and some mysterious martial arts performances such as iron shielding body would be seen in action, the Henan-based Dahe Daily reported.
