Come out of the main temple complex, walk few hundred metres, come to Pagoda Forest - a cemetary where senior monks have their tombs.
The bigger the tomb, the senior the monk. Tombs with a surrounding wall means the monk had exceptional qualities, untouched by others and also that he never allowed women to come near him. Women visitors not allowed to enter the wall!
On a far off hill there is a huge Buddha statue and a temple (no picture - could not take). That is where the Indian monk made the first temple about 1,540 years ago. Origin of the present day ShaoLin Temple.
Last set to follow.
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