Shaolin Temple was founded in the 19th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 495). At that time, Emperor Xiaowen built the Shaolin Temple at the northern foot of Shaoshi Mountain in Songshan, opposite the capital Luoyang, in order to place the venerable Indian monk Bhattara.
Shaolin Temple, known as "Zen" and "Wu" in ancient times, is a world-famous Buddhist temple, one of the ancestral halls of Zen, and the birthplace of Shaolin Wushu. Shaolin Temple is famous all over the world for its Shaolin Kung Fu. It is said that "Shaolin Kung Fu is the best in the world, and Shaolin Kung Fu is the best in the world".