Current location:Horizon Herald news portal > style
Shaolin Kung Fu competition enthralls martial arts enthusiasts in Oceania
Horizon Herald news portal2024-05-21 20:55:14【style】1People have gathered around
IntroductionA participant demonstrates Kung Fu during the 2023 Oceania Shaolin Games held in Sydney, Australia,
A participant demonstrates Kung Fu during the 2023 Oceania Shaolin Games held in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 2, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)
by Liang Youchang
SYDNEY, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- A Shaolin Kung Fu games competition was recently held in Sydney and attracted more than 300 martial arts enthusiasts from Australia, New Zealand and other regional countries.
The 2023 Oceania Shaolin Games include various Kung Fu styles and weapon categories such as Shaolin Fist, Animal Styles and Seven Star Fist.
"Shaolin Kung Fu is a world-renowned intangible cultural heritage and an important cultural heritage shared by mankind," Shi Yongxin, abbot of the Shaolin Temple, told the opening ceremony of the competition at the Quaycenter in the Sydney Olympic Park.
Once a year, the abbot would assess and confirm the Shaolin disciples' eight kinds of practice such as preaching, chanting and etiquette. The Shaolin Kung Fu games competition is part of these contents.
"The contest has enhanced understanding, friendship and cooperation among Shaolin disciples around the world, and also reflects Shaolin Kung Fu's core values of strengthening the body and clarifying the mind," Shi said.
Blake Brown, a 22-year-old man who achieved a high score of 9.05 with a spectacular set of monkey fist, told Xinhua that Shaolin Kung Fu gave him the meaning of life and dreams.
"I found my purpose in life, my dreams. I was a bit lost beforehand and Kung Fu training told me to find peace," said Brown from Brisbane, Australia, who was elected as one of 10 Shaolin Kung Fu stars at the games.
So far this year, the Shaolin Temple has held Kung Fu games in Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America and Europe. The Oceania competition was the final one.
According to the organizers, more than 2,300 Shaolin disciples from more than 100 countries and regions participated in the examination contests this year.
"This competition serves as a testament to the universal appeal and profound impact of Shaolin martial arts," Wang Shuyu, consul for cultural affairs at the Chinese Consulate General in Sydney, said at the opening ceremony.
"In seeing participants from different cultural backgrounds, we recognize the unique opportunity this competition presents for cultural exchange and collaboration," she said.
Riley Greenland from Sydney told Xinhua that he had practised martial arts for more than 20 years since he was three years old and he went to China three times to learn Kung Fu.
"Kung Fu for me is everything. Everything, no just training," Greenland said. "I love the way it makes me feel. The energy, the power, the mental strength, everything."
(Editor:Fu Bo)
Address of this article:http://dominicanrepublic.bankruptcyintn.com/html-74d599849.html
Very good!(3)
Related articles
- Flight attendant reveals why plane passengers should NEVER fall asleep before take off
- No 10 hits back at Emmanuel Macron's jibe that the Rwanda scheme is a 'betrayal' of European values
- Minneapolis smokers to pay some of the highest cigarette prices in US
- No 10 hits back at Emmanuel Macron's jibe that the Rwanda scheme is a 'betrayal' of European values
- Julian Assange's five
- Packers take Arizona offensive tackle Jordan Morgan with 25th overall pick in NFL draft
- Here are 14 football players to watch next season from current Big 12 Conference schools
- Arkansas woman pleads guilty to selling 24 boxes of body parts stolen from cadavers
- Shohei Ohtani's first walk
- Mike Trout leading majors in home runs, but is looking for more consistency at the plate
Popular articles
Recommended
US overdose deaths dropped in 2023, the first time since 2018
Roger Goodell envisions more overseas games, more streaming and more cities hosting the NFL draft
Tennessee lawmakers adjourn after finalizing $1.9B tax cut and refund for businesses
Perez homers as KC beats Blue Jays 2
Baby Reindeer's real
Victoria Beckham does a 'U
Georgia tabs Cecile Landi, Simone Biles' longtime coach, as co
Meet the members of a transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for beleaguered Haiti
Links
- Movement of pilot's seat a focus of probe into LATAM Boeing flight, report says
- Hubei eases limits but new China cases up
- Israeli hostages' relatives arrested at protest as Gaza talks break down
- Journalist and commentator Rod Oram dies after cycling accident
- Mirror suits and serenades: The allure of Chris Isaak
- Free lunch scheme has made 'huge difference' for Wainuiomata school
- 'Not just Māori but all of us'
- Kiwi musicians boycott US festival SXSW due to defence industry sponsors
- Israel approves plan to attack Rafah but keeps truce hopes alive
- Hubei eases limits but new China cases up