Shaolin-style Boxing or Shaolinquan

少林拳

Shaolinquan is a kind of quanshu invented in Henan Shaolin Temple. It is an umbrella name for various kinds of quanshu including tens of taolu or sets such as Xiao Hong boxing, Big Hong boxing and the Senior Hong boxing, Arhat boxing, Meihuazhuang boxing and the Cannon boxing etc.

少林拳即由河南嵩山少林寺创制的拳术。少林拳是诸多拳术的总称，具体包括小洪拳、大洪拳、老洪拳、罗汉拳、梅花桩、炮拳等数十种拳术套路。

It had once been thought that Shaolinquan was invented by the dhyana originator bodhi Da Mo of Shaolin Temple.

曾经有不少人认为，少林拳源于少林寺的禅宗初祖菩提达摩。

During the Northern Wei time, bodhi Da Mo came to China from India.He practiced meditation by sitting quietly for nine years facing to the wall in Shaolin Temple.

北魏时期，菩提达摩从印度来到中国，在少林寺面壁静坐9年。

The long-time sitting would easily cause the fatigue so bodhi Da Mo created a set of quanshu to relax his body and mind. The set of quanshu is created in Shaolin Temple so it is called Shoolinquan.

因静坐时间太久，容易引起身体疲劳，为了使身心得以放松，菩提达摩便创制了一套拳术。由于这套拳术是在少林寺创制的，便被称为少林拳。

But it is clear that the set of Shaolinquan is made on the base of the mixture of essence of quanshu in the whole country.

但是很明显少林拳是汇集天下拳术精华的基础上创制而成的。

Though Shaolinquan is created on the base of the mixture of the essence of kinds of quanshu, it is not a hotchpotch with no individual features.

少林拳术虽是集天下拳术之精华而成，但它并非一个毫无自身特色的大杂烩。

Compared with the other kinds of quanshu, Shaolinquan emphasizes on the hardness, swiftness, practice and not the showy postures.

与其它拳种相比，少林拳讲究刚劲、迅捷、实用，不讲花架子。

Shaolinquan has its own characteristics in practicing its skills and the levels such as the famous “seventy-two skills” including the boy skill, the single-finger than, jinzhongzhao and tiebushan etc., which are frequently heard and repeated in detail.

少林拳在练功方法和练功境界上有其自己的特点，著名的“少林七十二艺”，其中包括童子功、一指禅、金钟罩、铁布衫等等，都是人们耳熟能详的功夫。

If these skills are practiced to certain levlels, the unimaginable special function will be achieved.

如果这些功夫若练到一定的境界，均能产生超乎常人想象的特殊功能。