The Shaolin Temple is not the founder of kung fu?!
CCL: The Chinese Martial Arts are very very old and they have a long history. In the old days people knew about this history. In southern China, also in Japan, Korea, Singapore etc. the martial arts were very common. Today it is impossible to define exactly the origin of the Chinese Martial Arts. It is said, that the first people in Asia were living near the yellow river. The first fights and wars were fought out for better places at water or for better hunting grounds. Based on fragmentary information, which are coming from old literary and artistic traditions from China, a high developed martial art already existed in the Zhou Dynasty (1027-256 b.C.). This was long before the birth of northern or southern Shaolintemple. Contrary to the statement of some people from the present Shaolintemple, this was long before Shaolin existed. People of Shaolin are always saying that they were the founder of Kung Fu, that they have invented it. Yet this is not true. Wushu, Kung Fu? What’s about all
