Wushu learning schools flourish around Shaolin Temple
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In recent years some wushu masters have organized various kinds of wushu learning schools around Shaolin Temple, hoping to promote traditional Chinese culture.
 
Chinanews, Zhengzhou, Oct. 20 – Shaolin Temple in central China's Henan Provincehas become a renowned1 cultural brand of Zhengzhou, the provincial2 capital. Wushu (martial3 arts) learning schools are booming in the area where the temple is located. The local government regards these schools as a crucial part of local tourism industry.

 

The film Shaolin Temple is popular in the world in the late 1980s, attracted thousands of wushu fans from home and abroad to learn and practice it in the temple. In recent years some wushu masters have organized various kinds of wushu learning schools there, hoping to promote traditional Chinese culture. Some reporters call the place "the largest wushu village in the world."

 

Currently there are 83 such schools around the temple, and 50 thousand people have been enrolled4. Shaolin Hepo Wushu Learning School, the second largest in Zhengzhou, possesses some 6,500 trainees5, 1,100 of them being foreigners. They can also choose to receive compulsory6 education there, making them practice martial arts as well as learn knowledge.

 

These schools earned 500 million yuan (US$63 million) in 2005. They give 8,000 martial arts performances every year, attracting 300 thousand tourists. In the year 2006, the local government has decided7 to make these schools its key industry and planned to build "a China's capital of martial arts" in the area.

 



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1 renowned okSzVe     
adj.著名的,有名望的,声誉鹊起的
参考例句:
  • He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
  • She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。
2 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的,地方的;n.外省人,乡下人
参考例句:
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
3 martial bBbx7     
adj.战争的,军事的,尚武的,威武的
参考例句:
  • The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
  • The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。
4 enrolled ff7af27948b380bff5d583359796d3c8     
adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 );登记,招收,使入伍(或入会、入学等),参加,成为成员;记入名册;卷起,包起
参考例句:
  • They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起,他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 trainees 576ef87c519dfddb06b6987e1e66077f     
新兵( trainee的名词复数 ); 练习生; 接受训练的人; 训练中的动物
参考例句:
  • We've taken on our full complement of new trainees. 我们招收的新学员已经满额了。
  • The trainees were put through an assault course. 受训人员接受了突击训练课程。
6 compulsory 5pVzu     
n.强制的,必修的;规定的,义务的
参考例句:
  • Is English a compulsory subject?英语是必修课吗?
  • Compulsory schooling ends at sixteen.义务教育至16岁为止。
7 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
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