Shaolin generations: Ancient traditions, focused practice

Liu Congzhi, a six-year-old boy who has studied kung fu for two years, makes a pose at Shaolin Temple, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, March 3, 2025. /CGTN

Zeng Zhipeng, a master from Shaolin Youyi School, with the school's students at Shaolin Temple, March 3, 2025. /CGTN

Three little kung fu masters, March 3, 2025. /CGTN

Liu Congzhi, March 3, 2025. /CGTN

Zhang Zihan, a 10-year-old boy who has studied kung fu for four years, March 3, 2025. /CGTN

Zhang Zihan does a split by Xiangyin Pavilion, March 3, 2025. /CGTN

Li Yuanhang, a nine-year-old boy who has studied kung fu for less than a year, bites an orange, March 3, 2025. /CGTN

Shi Yancong, a 34th-generation Shaolin warrior monk, March 3, 2025. /CGTN

Shi Yancong, March 3, 2025. /CGTN

Liu Congzhi and Zhang Zihan at Yingtian Gate, Luoyang, Henan Province, February 28, 2025. /CGTN

Liu Congzhi at the Longmen Grottoes, Luoyang, March 1, 2025. /CGTN