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| Shaolin Monastery | |||||||||||||||||||
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| The Pagoda forest (close view), located about 300 meters west of the Shaolin Monastery in Henan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 少林寺 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The shào (少) in "Shaolin" refers to Mount Shaoshi (少室山), one of the seven mountains forming the Songshan mountain range; it is on this mountain the Temple is situated. The word lín (林) means "forest". The word sì (寺) means "monastery/temple". The taijiquan master Zhang Zuyao incorrectly translated "Shaolin" as "young (new) forest" or sometimes "little forest". This newer translation is commonly accepted today.
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