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up north from the sutra-keeping pavilions, on the high terrace are the arch and east and west side doors over the gateway. as per stele record in the temple, the arch was built before the seventh year of qing qianlong (1752). the arch was destroyed  in 1928. the current three arches were rebuilt in the 1980s.

after the arch, the opposite is abbot’ s room, a place from abbot to handle the routine affairs. the room was initially built in the early ming dynasty and renovated in the following dynasties. the current structure was the relics of the qing dynasty. in the fifteen year of qing (1750), as emperor hongli (qianlong) stayed in the hall when travelling to shaolin temple, after the death of qianlong, the hall was also named as “long pavilion”. currently, in the center of the hall placed is the bloodstone sculpture of “buddha in teaching” donated by the believers at the 1500th anniversary of shaolin temple in 1995 and on the north wall is the century book of shaolin temple.

kuoran chapel is also named as official hall. the current door inscribed board is “silence in silence”. it is the living place of the shaolin temple’ s 29th abbot master shi xingzheng (1914-1987) before he passed away.

west to the abbot hall is the retied abbot’ room, a place for the retired abbots to live.

the eastern and western huts are on the eastern and western sides of the abbot, being the eastern and western wings of the abbot courtyard. they are the places for the executive monks to live and handle buddhism event.