On August 29, 2020, the third training course of the junior period for the Shaolin Duanpin System was held in Songhuang Sports Town in Dengfeng city. A total of 120 Shaolin Kungfu practitioners gathered under the Shaoshi Mountain, systemically learning Shaolin culture and regulating Shaolin Kungfu skill moves of the junior period meanwhile they will take part in review and evaluation and authentication of the Shaolin Kungfu Duanpin System as well as receive the corresponding certificate issued by abbot Yongxin on Sept. 1. Shi Yongxin, abbot of Shaolin Temple, Zheng Shumin, office director of the Shaolin Kungfu Duanpin Committee, Master Yanpei, abbot of Northern Panshan Shaolin Temple in Tianjin and so on attended the opening ceremony.

At 8am the training course grandly opened with the solemn national anthem. Abbot Yongxin explained the origin of the Shaolin Kungfu Duanpin system to people: Shaolin culture, as a capital part of traditional Chinese culture, is popular with people around the world, having become a world’s symbol of Chinese culture. There are hundreds of millions of people around the world practicing Shaolin Kungfu at present. To contact with sentient beings more consequently, devote Chinese wisdom to the world, make Shaolin Kungfu serve human beings better and promote people who love Shaolin Kungfu globally to practice Kungfu systematically and scientifically, Shaolin Temple and Henan University jointly researched the Shaolin Kungfu Duanpin system. The implementation of the Shaolin Kungfu Duanpin system will drive Shaolin Kungfu into its whole new development time in history.

So far Shaolin Temple has hosted three periods of training course for the Shaolin Kungfu Duanpin system, around 400 people taking part in its training and exaction and evaluation and receiving the corresponding certificate and level authentication.

Dean Hong Hao explained research achievements of the Shaolin Kungfu Duanpin system: the research group went through various difficulties, maintaining significant period achievements under the guidance of abbot Yongxin over two years. Today the third training course of the junior period opens meanwhile the training course of the middle period will be hosted in recent time, the senior period by the end of the year and Pinjie training course launching in the next year. It is believed that Shaolin Kungfu will standardize its development, popularization and socialization in the new era under the guidance of abbot Yongxin and everyone’s joint efforts.

The training course invited master Yanpei and master Yange of Shaolin Temple, dean Hong Hao and Doc. Tian Wenbo to be as theory teachers; invited Shaolin Kungfu monk Yanxuan, Yanye, Yandian, Yanchan, Yanji and Yanyan as well as Zhang Fuwei and Wang Jiaao from Henan University to be as tutors. All teachers have profound technology literacy and abundant teaching experience. They will teach by personal example as well as verbal instruction, guide students to gain a deep understanding of Shaolin culture, know about the Shaolin Kungfu Duanpin system and practice the junior period of Shaolin Kungfu in the next three days. Final qualified students will receive the junior certificate issued by abbot Yongxin. (Photographed by Yuan Xiaoqiang and edited by Yue Long)