KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — While Afghanistan’s Buddhists were carving the giant sandstone statues in Bamiyan in 500 A.D., Buddhists in China were creating martial arts in the Shaolin temple in Henan ...

Forget Harry Potter, Transformers and any comic book superhero you’d care to name. None of them can match what is arguably the most popular franchise in film history, featuring the 1,500-year-old ...

Everyone with an interest in martial arts films has heard of the Shaolin Monastery on Songshan mountain near the former Chinese imperial capital of Luoyang in Henan province. According to film critic ...

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, the 1978 film directed by venerated martial arts choreographer Lau Kar-leung for Shaw Brothers, is one of the tentpoles of Hong Kong cinema. The influential film made a ...

LOS ANGELES, April 27, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A first-of-its-kind event focusing on China's renowned ancient Shaolin Temple and its 1,500-year-old influence on traditional and popular cultures will ...

Shi Yongxin (R), the Shaolin Temple abbot, presented a Buddha Dharma statue to a member of the United Studio of Self Defense (USSD), in Dengfeng county, Zhengzhou city, Henan province, July 3.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shifu Shi Yan Ming defected from China, partially because he didn't agree with the monastery's strictures.Matt Doyle Shifu Shi Yan ...

Wan Yi is upside down. The mid-July sun burns. He begins to shake, breathing heavily. Sweat drops from his face to the ground. The azure soccer jersey soaks into a deeper blue. His face turns beetroot ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Shaolin Warriors at 8 p.m. on Nov. 19 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) ...