The History

After these events, Shaolin Monastery became even more famous. Many prominent preachers gathered there. The monastery enjoyed its heyday through the following dynasties of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing. But at the end of Qing dynasty, the abbot was not competent enough to restrain the monks behavior. People around it became disgusted with the monks and the temple fell in disrepute.

The temple was burned down three times in its history. the last fire was set by warlord Shi Yousan in 1928.The immense establishment was almost wiped out, along with highly valued records and renovated within easy reach of Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, and Luoyang, the capital lot of nine of china's oldest dynasties, Mt.Song and the Shaolin Monastery have become major tourist attractions.