A living and hands on Mastering over “Shaolin” Kungfu in China
Description
In the ancient East, there was a mysterious temple in the northern part of China, called“Shaolin Temple”, where one of the Chinese Kungfus named “Shaolin Kungfu” was originated. Here, legends of martial arts have been inherited generation by generation for thousands of years, giving birth to countless martial arts masters.
Now, let's start the mysterious and fantastic journey of Chinese martial arts and go to pierce the veil of the Chinese “Shaolin Kungfu” and enjoy the great charm of profound Chinese history and culture as well.
10 Days
Educational Travel
Martial Arts, Chinese Culture and History
HIGHLIGHTS
Foot stepping on “Shaolin Temple”, the No. 1 temple in the world
Hands on learning of 2 sets of “Eight Trigrams Kungfu”
Visual studying through “Longmen Grottoes”, the majestic World Cultural Heritage
Yummy tasting over the local Chinese cuisine
DAY 1: To Zhengzhou city, China, from all over the world
- Fly from the world to Zhengzhou, Henan province, China
- Airport pick-up and hotel check-in provided
- Stay in ★★★★ hotel in Zhengzhou city
DAY 2: First meeting with “Shaolin Temple”
- in the morning, visiting the “Shaolin Temple”
- watching the monk show “Martial Arts Performance”
- Shaolin monks will teach the health-fit keeping skill, “Eight Trigrams Kungfu”, in Chinese characters “八段锦” (Ba Duan Jin), created by ancient Chinese and has been inherited up to today. This skill consists of eight trigrams, with simple and elegant postures and movements as well suitable for all ages
- in the afternoon, enrolling into “Tagou Martial Arts School”, the largest martial arts school in the area next to Shaolin Temple
- grand opening ceremony
- welcome banquet will be hosted in the evening, with senior martial teachers lecturing the basic etiquette of learning martial arts.
- stay in the school’s dorm (standard room)
DAY 3: Dating with Shaolin Temple
- get up before 6:30 am.
- go to morning jogging and running in “Shaolin Temple” about 40-60 minutes
- after breakfast, learn the development process of Chinese martial arts
- observe the students’ daily training in the school
- interact with professional actors from the school’s performance troupe
- in the afternoon, start learning "Shaolin Daily Chain Fist"
- learn how to organize personal and internal affairs as a Kungfu beginner
- free time to chat with family at night.
- stay in the school’s dorm (standard room)
DAY 4: Falling love with “Shaolin Temple”
- Get up before 5:30 am.
- go to morning jogging and running in “Shaolin Temple” about 40-60 minutes
- after breakfast, practice "Shaolin Daily Chain Fist"
- after lunch break, practice "Eight Trigrams Kungfu"
- organize personal and internal affairs
- free time to chat with family in the evening
- stay in the school’s dorm (standard room)
DAY 5: Getting married with “Shaolin Temple”
- get up 5:30 am.
- go hiking with martial teacher for about 5 hours round trip as a special physical training
- in the afternoon, return to the school for rest and watching the movie "Shaolin Temple",
learning the historical origins of Shaolin Kungfu and the legendary stories in Shaolin Temple
- organize personal and internal affairs
- free time to chat with family in the evening
- stay in the school’s dorm (standard room)
DAY 6: Honey moon with “Shaolin Temple”
- after breakfast, hiking field trip to “Longmen Grottoes”, World Cultural Heritage Park,
one of the three major grottoes in China and the world's largest royal stone carving art. It was excavated during the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei dynasty, and has been continuously constructed on a large scale for more than 400 years through about 10 dynasties passing along with Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song and others. It is about one kilometer long from north to south.
Today, there are 2,345 cave niches, more than 100,000 statues and 2,800 inscriptions having been found. The Longmen Grottoes have recorded the development and changes of ancient Chinese politics, economy, religion, culture, and other fields from different perspectives through a large number of physical images and written materials which have made significant contributions to the innovation and development of Chinese grotto art.
- return to the school for rest in the afternoon
- stay in the school’s dorm (standard room)
DAY 7: Becoming “Shaolin Temple” Family members
- Get up before 5:30 am.
- go to morning jogging and running in Shaolin Temple about 40-60 minutes
- after breakfast, martial teacher will check everyone’s “Shaolin Daily Chain Fist”
- after lunch break, review "Eight Trigrams Kungfu" and "Shaolin Daily Chain Fist"
- organize personal and internal affairs
- free time to chat with family the evening
- stay in the school’s dorm (standard room)
DAY 8: Happy Family Life with “Shaolin Temple”
- Get up before 5:30 am.
- go to morning jogging and running in Shaolin Temple about 40-60 minutes
- after breakfast, martial teacher will exam everyone’s “Shaolin Daily Chain Fist”
- after lunch break, review "Eight Trigrams Kunfu" and "Shaolin Daily Chain Fist" to be ready for next day's assessment
- organize personal and internal affairs
- free time to chat with family in the evening
- stay in the school’s dorm (standard room)
DAY 9: Family Portrait with “Shaolin Temple”
- get up at 6:30 am.
- review the Kungfu skills learnt
- assess, evaluate, award Martial Arts Kungfu certificate
- take a group photo after breakfast, and end the camp
- back to Zhengzhou city in the evening
- stay in ★★★★ hotel in Zhengzhou city
DAY 10: Zhengzhou, China to your home country
- leave the city to airport
Note:
- customized meals for international students throughout the entire process available.
- WeChat setup with foreign credit card available
- any other life survival assistance available
