Redundant Buildings Removed from Famous Temple
Apr 14, 03 in Shaolin Temple News

Central China's Henan Province has started to remove buildings believed to affect the natural landscape around the famous Shaolin Temple, known as the birthplace of Chinese Kung Fu.

In the Shaolin Temple scenic area altogether relocated 384 households inhabitants, the relocation also involves the nearly 300 stores, 25 martial arts colleges, 9 companies, the relocation area amounts to 70000 square meters. All would be removed in the coming month, said a government official from Dengfeng city,where the temple is located, adding the project would affect 23,000 residents around the temple.

More efforts would be made to retain the natural environment around the temple, said the official; Dengfeng city invests 200000000 Yuan and the Relocation Project was prepared by Qinghua University.

The Shaolin Temple, which attracts millions of visitors a year,was first built some 1,500 years ago.