1, the founders are not the same: North Shaolin legend originated from the Dharma master, is the ancestor of Chinese Zen Buddhism, the birthplace of Shaolin martial arts. About the South Shaolin, according to legend, after 13 monks of the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan Province, helped Tang Taizong to unify China, Tang Taizong gave the "monks and soldiers", and permitted the establishment of ten sub-systems throughout the country.

2, the creation of the time is not the same: North Shaolin was built in the Wei and Jin dynasties, has been about 1,500 years of history, is the Jixian County County Records of the earliest local Buddhist temple, but also the earliest temple in Tianjin. The Southern Shaolin was built in the early years of the Southern Dynasty (577 AD) and is the birthplace of the Southern Shaolin martial arts culture.

3, the controversy is not the same: Shaolin Temple generally refers to the Henan Dengfeng Songshan Shaolin Temple, which is also known as the North Shaolin. A lot of information shows that the South Shaolin did exist, but in the Qing Dynasty because of participation in anti-Qing and Ming activities were suppressed by the Qing court, is completely burned or renamed, so far has been debated by researchers.

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Historical Monuments of Southern Shaolin:

Southern Shaolin Temple, originally known as the Linquan Temple, was built in the first year of the reign of Chen Yongding of the Southern Dynasty (557 A.D.). Linquan hospital martial arts style, originated in the early Tang Dynasty, legend has it that the Tang Emperor Li Shimin ascended to the throne, auxiliary public generals Lu De Cai gathered on the southeast coast fell into the bandits, night set Ming scattered, so that the people do not have a lot of life.

Tang Taizong ordered the abbot of Shaolin Temple, who had been appointed general, to rate the monks and soldiers to punish the pirates. Tuanzong sent one of the thirteen stick monks, monk Dao Guang, and monk Guang, monk full of three people with 500 monks and soldiers into the Fujian to calm the violence. They took many Zen disciples in the area, and the coastal people retained these living bodhisattvas who saved their lives.

Historical monuments of North Shaolin:

According to historical records, in the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongol army marched southward and poisoned the living beings. In response, Xue Ting Fuyu, then an elder of the Shaolin Temple, traveled day and night to persuade the Mongols to act with compassion. At that time, under his leadership, respectively, in Hualin, Jizhou (now Tianjin Jixian), Taiyuan, Chang'an, Luoyang and other places to set up the "five Shaolin", in addition to the exceptions of Jizhou, are not to Shaolin Temple name. And Jixian's North Shaolin Temple is the only "North Shaolin Temple" title of the Shaolin Temple.

Subsequently, the Xue Ting Fu Yu's disciples to request the approval of the Shaolin Temple to protect the temple under the courtyard **** 23, all in the Central Plains, but also have their own independent temple name, never seen to the "Shaolin" title. This true history, in 1336 cast on the big iron bell, there is a clear record.

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