Shaolin Temple Cultural Center USA was established by Master Shi Yanxu under the official directive of the Songshan Shaolin Temple in China. The world-famous Songshan Shaolin Temple is the birthplace of Chan Buddhism (Zen) and Kung Fu. Working through the Shaolin Temple Cultural Center USA, Shaolin Temple hopes to protect and promote its 1,500 years of orthodox Chan (meditation), Wu(martial arts) and Yi (herbal healing) practice in the U.S. Shaolin Temple Cultural Center USA wishes to advance cultural exchange and organically enhance people's physical, mental and spiritual wellness through the practice of Shaolin's unique synthesis of Chan, Wu and Yi--a Holistic Healthy Lifestyle that nourishes the mind and spirit with meditation, strengthens the body with martial arts training and sustains physical wellness through traditional herbs.美國少林寺文化是LA唯一一家，由嵩山少林寺方丈指令建立的文化中心，是由師父釋延續所建立。少林寺文化中心美國希望促進文化交流和有機增強人們的身體,心理和精神健康通過練習少林的獨特的養生功法與功夫