This
article is about the kung fu martial arts and you can find some useful
information in it if you are a fan of the kung fu martial arts.
In 1981, a 16 years old young man came to the Shaolin Temple from Anhui
Province, China. All he got here were a quilt and some food coupons (
if you wanna buy some rice, you will have to show them your food
coupons in the 1980's China ) at that time. He wished to be a Shaolin
monk and learn the Shaolin kung fu. The Shaolin masters received him
and gave him the name - Yongxin. Now he is called the "CEO of the
Shaolin Temple" by the people from all over the world. He saw how the
Shaolin Temple changed from a declining temple (less than 20 monks in
it) to a famous Holy Land of the Chinese kung fu. "In the 1980's, you
can only see broken walls and shattered debric in the Shaolin Temple."
he said.
What
changed the fate
of the Shaolin Temple was a movie called "Shaolin Temple" in 1982. This
movie is now notable in the world and it let millions of people know
that the Shaolin Temple is the source of the Chinese kung fu. From that
time, a lot of young people dream to be a Shaolin kung fu master one
day. Nowadays, there are more than 50 kung fu schools in the Shaolin
Temple area. The number of the students here is about 100,000.
As
the Fangzhang (the leader of a temple) of the Shaolin Temple, Yongxin
Shi is also acting like the CEO of a company now. He believes that the
Shaolin Temple must use the Internet to communicate with the world
outside. "We can greatly improve our influence by using this brand new
way of communication. We used to be separated from the outside. All we
did is the work of farmers 20 years ago. Now we have to learn how to
communicate with people. We need to learn new things and new skills,
like English, computer, Internet, etc." he said. He is now using the
Internet, DC, cell phone and laptop every day.
In
2002, Yongxin Shi
was acting as the Fangzhang of the Shaolin Temple for the 3rd year. He
was the 30th Fangzhang of this famous temple. In this year, the
Discovery channel visited the Shaolin Temple and recorded a TV show
named "New CEO of the Shaolin Temple". In this TV show, you can see
Yongxin Shi riding a Benz in the big cities every day, managing the
daily activities of the Shaolin Temple with his cell phone. Because
there is no English words for "Fangzhang", it was translated to "CEO".
This is how he got the title - "CEO of the Shaolin Temple".
"CEO
is how the foreigners translate the word - 'Fangzhang', but this
translation is not very accurate. But I do not want to explain this."
Yongxin Shi said.
A lot of people believe
that the Shaolin Temple is not a traditional Buddhism Temple now and
Yongxin Shi is not the traditional Fangzhang either. Although
there are lots of controversies in this matter, Yongxin Shi still
insists his way to develop the old Shaolin Temple. "We have our base
line for sure. There is a rumor about the IPO of the Shaolin Temple in
China. To do the IPO and make the Shaolin Temple a stock company is
ridiculous. We will never do things like this." he said.
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