A young Gongfu monk at Bodhidharma's
    Kongxiang Zen Temple.
    Bear Ear Mountain looms in the rear.

    Shaolin Temple, about 100 miles away in the
    same province, is the place where the 1st
    Ancestor of Chinese Chan (zen) spent 9 years
    "facing the wall" in meditation.  Shaolin Temple is
    a highly built-up tourist site, with thousands of
    young martial art trainees and teachers living
    and practicing the various Chinese wushu
    systems.  Shaolin and Kongxiang are sister
    temples, connected by the thread of
    Bodhidharma--this young boy is probably from
    Shaolin, on visit to Bodhidharma's final resting
    place.
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