Boys Practice Kung Fu At Shaolin Temple Area

DENGFENG, CHINA - OCTOBER 30: (CHINA OUT) Boys from Shaolin Kung Fu Training Base practice Kung Fu movements at the Shaolin Temple on the Songshan Mountain on October 30, 2009 in Dengfeng of Henan Province, China. Shaolin Temple, built in AD 495 in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (420-581) and located in the Songshan Mountain area, is the birthplace of Shaolin Kung Fu. Shaolin Kung Fu, with its incredible strength, vitality and flexibility, is expecting to be included in the UNESCO intangible heritage list. About 63 Kung Fu schools around the Shaolin Temple have now became a magnet for tens of thousands of fancier from home and abroad who want to follow in the footsteps of Shaolin Kung Fu masters. Some 70,000 learners receive Kung Fu training in these schools at the Shaolin Temple Area which have gain the repute 'the biggest Kung Fu tribe in the world.' (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)