<nowiki>ཧྲའོ་ལིན་དགོན་པ།; شایولین معبد; Шаолин; Şaolin rahipleri; 少林寺; Šao-lin; Шаолінь; Маъбади Шоулин; 少林寺; Shaolin Ibodatxonasi; Ŝaolina templo; Klášter Šaolin; monastère Shaolin; Šaolinski hram; Chùa Thiếu Lâm; Šaoliņas klosteris; Манастир Шаолин; 少林寺; Siàu-lîm-sī; Shaolintempelet; Şaolin; پەرستگای شاوڵین; Shaolin Monastery; معبد شاولين; ရှောင်လင်ကျောင်းတော်; 少林寺; Shaolin; Shaolin; monestir Shaolin; Shaolin; Шаалінь; Շաոլին; 少林寺; Shaolin Kloster; 嵩山少林寺; מנזר שאולין; Saw-lin-se; शाओलिन मन्दिर; ᱥᱟᱳᱞᱤᱱ ᱢᱩᱱᱫᱽᱨᱤ; Shaolin; ஷஒலின் மடாலயம்; Shàolín-sì; 少林寺; 少林寺; วัดเส้าหลิน; Shaolinklooster; Shaolin; Shaolin; شاؤلین مندر; شاؤلین ٹیمپل; Šaolino vienuolynas; Šaolin; شائولین معبدی; ਸ਼ਾਓਲਿਨ ਮੰਦਰ; Шаолинь; Vihara Shaolin; Klasztor Szaolin; Templul Shaolin; Shaolinski hram; Shaolin; Shaolin templum; 少林寺; 少林寺; 소림사; معبد شائولین; Σαολίν; Шаолинь; antiguo templo y doctrina de arte marcial budista de la China contemporánea; temple bouddhiste chinois; Буддийский монастырь, расположенный на горе Суньшань в Китае; buddhistischer Mönchsorden und Tempel; Mosteiro budista na China; 中國佛教名寺，位於河南省登封市嵩山; Chan buddhistisk tempel; budistični samostan v provinci Henan na Kitajskem; rojstni kraj čanskega budizma in šaolinskega kung fuja; 中国の寺院; bangunan kuil di Tiongkok; et buddhistisk tempel i Henan-provinsen i Kina; klooster in Volksrepubliek China; zenbudhisma templo en Henano, ĈInio, fama pri luktartoj; буддійський монастир, розташований на горі Суньшань у Китаї; Chan Buddhist temple in Dengfeng county, Henan, China; دير في دنغفنغ، الصين; tempio buddista nella regione dell'Henan; מנזר בסין שהוא גם בית ספר לאמנות לחימה; Tempio di Shaolin; Tempio di Shàolín; Tempio Shaolin; Shaolin-si; Shaolinsi; Shàolín; Temple Shaolin; Šaolinski samostan; Shaolin; ཧྲའོ་ལིན་དགོན་པའི་; ཧྲོའོ་ལིན་དགོན་པ།; Shaolin rahipleri; Templu Shaolin; Monesteriu Shaolin; Шао-Линь; Temple shaolin; Shaolin-Kloster; Shaolin si; Shaolinmönch; Shaolin-Tempel; Shao Lin; Mosteiro Shaolin; Templo Shaolin; Шао Лин; شائولین; 初祖庵及少林寺塔林; 少林; 嵩山少林寺; 北少林; Shaolin Temple; samostan Šaolin; tempelj Šaolin; Biara Shaolin; Templo de Shaolin; Templo Shaolín; Templo Shaolin; Monasterio de Shaolin; Shaolín; Shaolinski samostan; Samostan Shaolin; Shaolinski manastir; Hram u Shaolinu; Manastir u Šaolinu; Šaolinski hram; Samostan u Shaolinu; Manastir Šaolin; Šaolinski manastir; Shaolintemplet; Shaolin-templet; Shaolins fem djur; Szaolin; Klasztor Shaolin; Храм Шаолінь; Shaolintempel; Sjaolin; Shaolin; Shaolin tempel; เส้าหลิน; Shaolin Monastery; เสี้ยวลิ้มยี่; Shoalin Temple; शाओलिन मठ; शाओलिन मंदिर; Shaolin-tempelet; Shaolin; Shaolintemplet; Shaolinklosteret; 샤오린 사; Shaolin Temple; معبدشاولين; Šao-lin; Shaolin; Šaolin; Thiếu Lâm Tự; Thiếu Lâm Tung Sơn</nowiki>
Shaolin Monastery
Chan Buddhist temple in Dengfeng county, Henan, China
National Key Buddhist Temples in Han Chinese Area (1983–)
part of UNESCO World Heritage Site (Architectural Complex of Shaolin Temple: Kernel Compound, Chuzu Temple, Pagoda Forest, Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth”, 2014–)
In English, a temple is a single or at most a few buildings. Here there is no temple. The whole complex of hundreds of structures or any part of it might be the temple, comprised by the Chinese word si. English "monastery" might comprise many buildings of the larger monasteries. Their distinguishing feature is their use by a religious community living under a rule. Here there is no monastery. The monasteries in China fell victim to the revolution, which spurned religion of any sort. The entire complex is mainly concerned with education and tourism. The schools are under military discipline, emphasizing martial arts. They do intend to keep alive ancient Chinese medicinal and self-defense arts, carefully separated from the Buddhist religion. The major goal, however, is showmanship in the service of sustainable tourism. The "monastery" solicits and seeks international interest and participation. This policy results in an influx of wealth as well as personal satisfaction of the Chinese.
The total complex of hundreds of structures might be divided into "the authentic complex" and "the modern complex," which are terms that have been used. Very little of the ancient survived the revolution. However, most of the ancient buildings have been rebuilt in "authentic" style; that is, with architectural features that the scholars believe are characteristic of ancient periods. The modern complex, on the others hand, discards authenticity in favor of mass education. There were never any more than a few hundred monks, but thousands of students yearly from all over the world are trained in courses of varying lengths.
A carving at Shaolin Temple
A qilin statue sits outside a building in the Shaolin Temple grounds
This stands at the entrance to the Shaolin Temple grounds
