Quanzhou Shaolin Temple,also called the Souhern Shaolin Tempel. Was originally named Zhenguo East Chan Shaolin Temple.According to West Moumtain Mountain Magazine.it was first set up in Tang Dynasty by zhikong.one of the thirteen cudgel Buddhist Monks in songshan shaolin Temple. Which is also calld Northern Shaolin Temple.

        The Southern and the Norhern Shaolin Temples are of the same sect. In the north.songshan shaolin Temple is the authentic; while Quanzhou Shaolin Temple is its representative in the south. They are shining upon each other and both enjoy great fame .In the Southren Shaolin Monastery, there are many kinds of Chinese boxing, such as Wuzquan,Wujiehuaquan,wumeihuapuan, etc. They make up a unique,extesive and profound boxing system. The Temple has the important historical and cultural connotation of Southern Shaolin and is the valuable heritage of China’s Wushu.

        Quanzhou Shaolin Temple lies at the foot or eastern Qingyuan Mountain Threr are lots of Buddhist Mastrs here. Its fame spreads throughout home and abroad.however, in the past over 1,000 years,the Southern Shaolin of great antiquity has suffrerd the vocossitudes of history. From the Tang to the Qing Dynasty, it experienced three tises and three falls.For the third time it was destroyed by fire which was demanded by Emperr Qianlong.4th emperor of the Qing Dynasty, in 28th year of the reign of Qianlong(1763). “From then on no one dare renovate it .” 230years after its disappearance, a Re-build Conference was held in 1992 whth the permission of the provincial groernment. Its reconstruction began on Oct .13,1992 and the first project was completed in 1997. Hall of Sakyamuni (the founder of Buddhism), Wuguan hall and the monks’ dorm building rose from the ground. then it started to enroll new srudents to lear Shaolin Kungfu.

        In 1989,he took Buddhist monk-yuanguo as his teacher. In 1997,Buddhist Mastre Changding ,having studied in xiamen Buddhist College, was invited to take charge of the temple. Practicing Wutstanding Wushu from his childhood, he won the first price at Fujian Wushu performance in 1995,and was awarded a certificate on 1500rh anniversary of the founding of the Songshan shaolin Temple, because of his outsranding wushu performance. In 1998,as the chairman of league of kungfu Masters of the Temple, he led his league to visit European countries for two months, invited by Association of Fujian Townsmen in Pares in February, 2000.There they exchanged culture of Wushu, instructed Wuzuquan and gtthe golden medal for Paris Youth which was issued by Paris Government. New he is a member of Quanzhou Municipal People’s Political Consultative Conference.

        Wite the great care and support of the municipal adinistration and the various public circles, the Re-building project vill be carried out step by step .The completion of hill gate, Daxiong Palace, Hall of preaching, hall ofEighteen Arhats, hall of Goddess Xuannu, hall of Avaloketesvara, Depository of Buddhist Scriptures,Hall of Taoist Deity, ete; will make Quanzhou shaolin Temple stretch to 400 mu and become one of the largest Temples in china Its renoation will depend on all enthusiasts and devotees’and devotees’continuous helps and efforts.