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The Shaolin Monastery or Shaolin Temple […]
a Chan Buddhist temple at Song Shan near Zhengzhou City Henan Province in Dengfeng, China.
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the Shaolin Monastery was built on the north side of Shaoshi, the western peak of Mount Song, one of the Sacred Mountains of China, by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty in AD 477;
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The monastery has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. In 1641 the troops of anti-Ming rebel Li Zicheng sacked the monastery
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The Shao in "Shaolin" refers to "Mount Shaoshi", a mountain in the Songshan mountain range. The lin in "Shaolin" means "forest". Literally, the name means "Monastery in the woods of Mount Shaoshi".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaolin_Monastery
Input by: tmciolek, Feb 23 2009
Zhengzhou, China Page
Other names: Cheng-chou,Cheng-hsien,Chengchow,Cheng-chou-shih,Cheng
World:China:Henan Sheng
Lat 34.7578 Long 113.6486
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Zhengzhou.html
Final data (and their sources)
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Shaolin monastery, CN.
lat=34.511898 long=112.941756
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Shaolin Monastery - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaolin_Monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- China:Henan Sheng
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Shaolin Temple - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaolin_Monastery
- Monastery in the woods of Mount Shaoshi - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaolin_Monastery
- Shaolin Si - www.shaolinwushu.com/about-shao.swf
- Shao-lin-ssu Temple 少林寺 (Shorinji) on Mt. Sung 嵩山 (Suzan) - http://shingondharmazazen.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/biographies-of-dharma-masters/
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Exact., Lat 34.511898 Long 112.941756 - coords estimated from the Google Earth, 18 Aug 2009, tmc
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Teng-feng-hsien - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Dengfeng.html
- Teng-feng - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Dengfeng.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx. Lat 34.4553 Long 113.0281 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Dengfeng.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
11. Date-early
- Founded 477 AD - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaolin_Monastery
12. Date-intermediate
- Sacked 1641 AD - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaolin_Monastery
13. Date-late
- Active in the 21st c.
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
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16. Additional notes
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