PHOTO / China
Putin tastes Shaolin kongfu in Henan
(AP/Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-03-22 22:19
Russian President Vladimir Putin, sitting at center, watches the
demonstration of Shaolin Kong Fu by two monks in Shaolin Temple in
central China's Henan Province, on Wednesday, March 22, 2006. Putin
arrived here on Wednesday for a taste of Buddhism and martial arts.
Established about 1,500 years ago, Shaolin is famed for the great
combination of martial arts skill and Zen, a sect of Buddhism, that
features long meditation sessions to purify the mind. [AP]
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