{"id":81770,"date":"2026-09-03T09:08:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T01:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=81770"},"modified":"2026-09-03T09:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T01:08:05","slug":"how-africas-first-shaolin-temple-shares-chinese-martial-arts-and-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=81770","title":{"rendered":"How Africa\u2019s first Shaolin Temple shares Chinese martial arts and culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/09\/01\/7f3f8834-65c5-4ab7-859e-8c9bb1c337cc_d45efca8.jpg?itok=9W3vVF4E&amp;v=1788258751\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">From a distance, the Shaolin Temple outside Lusaka appears almost like a mirage, a slice of central China dropped into the Zambian landscape.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Then the dragons emerge from beneath the pagoda, their brightly coloured fabric bodies hoisted on poles by teenagers moving with surprising precision.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Nearby, smaller children tumble across a weather-beaten foam mattress, twisting into barrels and forward rolls as 30-year-old instructor Yan Chen barks commands.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The sprawling complex houses Africa\u2019s first Shaolin Temple \u2013 part of a Buddhist monastic martial arts tradition \u2013 set on a 20,000-square-metre (215,300 sq ft) plot 18 kilometres (11 miles) north of the capital.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The site was donated by Chinese businessman Jiang Qingde, with the cost of building the cultural centre estimated at nearly US$6 million.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">It has become one of the most visible symbols of China\u2019s cultural footprint in a country where Beijing\u2019s influence already runs deep through investment in mines, roads, factories and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/chinese-culture\/article\/3365960\/how-africas-first-shaolin-temple-shares-chinese-martial-arts-and-culture?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a distance, the Shaolin Temple outside Lusaka appears almost like a mirage, a slice of central China dropped into the Zambian landscape. Then the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[29384,4681,107,1332,6106,13274,1353,9027],"class_list":["post-81770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-africas","tag-arts","tag-chinese","tag-culture","tag-martial","tag-shaolin","tag-shares","tag-temple","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}