Shaolin Temple i probably the mot famou temple in China not only becaue of it long hitory and it role in Chinee Buddhim Shaolin Temple Pagodabut alo becaue of it martial art or Wuhu Chan. Shaolin Temple i ituated in the beautiful Songhan Mountain which i only eight mile of Dengfeng and about 50 mile outhwet of Zhengzhou the capital of Henan Province.
Shaolin Temple wa etablihed in 495 during the Northern Wei Dynaty (386-534). Batuo an Indian monk came to Luoyang the ancient capital for preading Buddhim at that period. Emperor Xiaowen wa a believer of Buddhim o he decided to build the temple in the Songhan Mountain to houe Batuo who tranlated many Buddhit work and had a few hundred follower there.