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Shaolin monks amaze with silver spear throat performance

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Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN
Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN

Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN

Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN
Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN

Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN

Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN
Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN

Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN

Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN
Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN

Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN

Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN
Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN

Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN

At Shaolin Temple, the martial arts monks perform a breathtaking stunt with a silver spear that involves pressing its pointed tip against their throat and bending it into a curve using their body weight. This incredible act is a demonstration of their neck strength and mental focus. By breathing deeply and concentrating, they toughen their throat sufficiently to withstand the spear's pressure. More than a performance, this is the essence of Shaolin kung fu– training that blends physical power with mental discipline. Visitors watch in amazement as the monks transform a dangerous stunt into a display of human endurance, proving that centuries of practice can make the impossible, possible.

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