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Shaolin Temple

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ID: 0355 Upper Intermediate
While many don’t know this (due to the fact that it’s not true), all ChinesePod employees are required to attend a 6-month intensive course at the famous kung fu HQ, Shaolin Temple. So a Mandarin Chinese lesson on it is like the wind through the reeds (insert David Carradine intro music here)…Listen to this podcast to learn all about this ancient Chinese art form and where it comes from.
Tue Dec 05 2006 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
嵩山 Sōngshān Songshan Mountain
武术 wǔshù martial arts
发源地 fāyuándì source
丛林 cónglín jungle
大家看，在我们面前的就是嵩山少林寺。它是少林武术的发源地。由于处于丛林中，所以取名“少林寺”。
dàjiā kàn ，zài wǒmen miànqián de jiùshì Sōngshān shàolínsì 。tā shì shàolín wǔshù de fāyuándì 。yóuyú chǔyú cónglín zhōng ，suǒyǐ qǔ míng “shàolínsì ”。
Everyone look, in front of us is the Songshan Shaolin Temple. It is the birthplace of Shaolin Martial Arts. Because of it's position in the middle of the forest, it was given the name “Shaolin Temple.”
那它有多少年历史了？
nà tā yǒu duōshao nián lìshǐ le ？
So, how old is it?
少林寺建造于公元495年。后来达摩来这里传扬禅宗。所以，少林寺也被称为中国禅宗的发源地。
shàolínsì jiànzào yú Gōngyuán sìbǎijiǔshíwu nián 。hòulái Dámó lái zhèlǐ chuányáng chánzōng 。suǒyǐ ，shàolínsì yě bèi chēngwéi Zhōngguó Chánzōng de fāyuándì 。
Shaolin Temple was built in 495 C.E. Afterwards, Dharma came here to spread the Chan sect. So, Shaolin Temple has also been called the birthplace of Chinese Chan Buddhism.
哦，这我还不知道呢。说到少林寺，大家最先想到的肯定是功夫。
é ，zhè wǒ hái bù zhīdào ne 。shuōdào shàolínsì ，dàjiā zuìxiān xiǎngdào de kěndìng shì gōngfu 。
Oh, I didn’t know that. When people talk about Shaolin Temple, the first thing you think of is definitely kung fu.
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