少林寺介绍英语PPT课件

1、.,1,The wonderful journey to a mystical place.,By Liu Pengyang and Wu Xiangshi,.,2,Do you remember this film?,.,3,Do you like the two lovely little monks?,.,4,Do you want to do like him?,.,5,Shaolin Temple,The home of Kongfu and the Holy Land of Buddhism,So welcome to,.,6,.,7,The brief introduction

2、of Shaolin Temple,The Shaolin temple has many legends and mysteries surround it. The origin of martial arts, the origin of kung fu surround the vague（模糊的） mysteries of the Shaolin Temple and the shaolin monks.,Shaolin Temple is probably the most famous temple in China, not only because of its long h

3、istory and its role in Chinese Buddhism, but also because of its martial（军事） arts or Wushu . Shaolin Temple is situated in the beautiful Songshan Mountains, which is only eight miles of Dengfeng and about 50 miles southwest of Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province.,.,8,Shaolin Temple was establis

4、hed in 495 during the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534). Damo, an Indian monk, came to Luoyang, the ancient capital, for spreading Buddhism at that period. Emperor Xiaowen was a believer of Buddhism so he decided to build the temple in the Songshan Mountains to house Damo, who translated many Buddhist

5、works.,Damo（达摩）,.,9,The Shaolin martial arts are an important part of the relics. Shaolin does have a long tradition of Chinese martial arts, as the saying goes All martial arts (kongfu) are from Shaolin. This is partly because Shaolin was located in a strategic area so they had to protect the templ

6、e themselves from wars or any invading, and partly because of the support of most emperors from different dynasties, which came after the 13 Shaolin monks once saved Li Shimin（“十三棍僧救唐王”）, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Since then Shaolin was allowed to have solider-monks. With the help o

7、f the government,Shaolin Temple became bigger and bigger and won fame both at home and abroad.,.,10,Wondeful Kongfu,.,11,During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Shaolin housed over 1,000 solder-monks at its peak and they were often used by the government to combat rebellions and Japanese bandits. But m

8、artial arts were forbidden during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Even with the protection of solder-monks, Shaolin was severely damaged by fire a few times. The largest fire set by the army of Shi Yousan in 1928 destroyed most of the buildings of Shaolin Temple.,.,12,President Putin was watching the

9、perform of Shaolin Kongfu.,.,13,The president of International Olympic Committee Rogge visited Shaolin Temple in 2008 during the Beijing Olympic Games.,.,14,There are many noted relics at Shaolin. There are over 300 ancient stone inscriptions（题名）, some of them by famous calligraphers（书法家）. The large

10、 mural（壁画） of 500 arhats（罗汉） in the Qianfo Hall was from the Ming Dynasty. There are 232 pagodas from different dynasties, known as the forest of pagodas（塔）. The oldest one was from the Tang Dynasty. The pagodas are the tombs of the celebrated Shaolin monks.,.,15,.,16,.,17,.,18,These brick towers are used to enshrine（供奉） the sarira(舍利) of the Shaolin Temple eminent（高僧）.,.,19,Then lets have a lo