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LEARN ABOUT WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE
SHAOLIN TEMPLE CULTURAL CENTER USA
Our Center was founded in 2007 by Grand Master Shi Yan Xu under the mandate of Abbot Shi Yong Xin, the current leader of the actual Shaolin Temple in China. Our mission, is to build an on-going, multifaceted educational and cultural platform to share the ideals, knowledge and practices of the Shaolin Temple within the United States.
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At Shaolin Temple Cultural Center USA, all staff and its coaches seek to promote a modern healthy lifestyle though the transmission and promotion of Shaolin Temple's unique cultural system. Each of us strive to help individuals attain wisdom and enlightenment through their studies and hope to improve the quality of their lives by contributing to social harmony.
OUR LOGO - MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
At Shaolin Temple Cultural Center, our logo has three major features in the design, the top circle, the two crescents and the bottom line. Here's a little break down as to what each on means...
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In Shaolin Temple our major culture components can be divided into four groups of study by a practitioner, Chan, Kung Fu, Medicine and Art. In the logo, the circle represents Chan (as if the mind); the crescents are the Kung fu (as if the arms and the legs); the line is medicine (as if herbs comes from the earth); and all together is an Art. Thus, the logo gives us a representation of Shaolin Culture. ​
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From a Buddhist standpoint: all physical form is manifested from the four elements: Water, Earth, Fire, Wind. In the logo: The circle is Water; the crescents are Fire; the Line is Earth, and all three combined are Wind. Lastly,​ in Chinese Culture, there are three realms that are interdependent: Heaven, People and Earth. In the logo, the Circle represents Heaven, the crescents are people, and the line is Earth.
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Interested to learn more about the history behind what we do?
Click here to go to our page on Shaolin Culture.
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By joining Shaolin Temple Cultural Center USA you are connecting with authentic lineage holders to 1,500 years of cultural wisdom. Oh yeah, let's get started.