huge crowds of people at the scene of opening ceremony
a 7-day assembly of “the first shaolin meeting open to all 2017” was held in china songshan shaolin temple from july 29 to august 4, 2017. believers from the ten directions gathered in shaolin temple to inquire chan and exchange skills, cooperating with this great project. it is reported that there were around 50,000 people from home and abroad participating in the grand meeting with the largest scale and population, the richest content and the most various forms shaolin temple has held so far. (photographed by guo xudong)
2021-08-12