Zen Music Shaolin Ceremony (February, 2008)

This year, the Zen Music Shaolin Ceremony is originally decided to be held on 16th March. Engaging the grand ceremony, visitors will be wrapped up in mystery and peace. If you are devout, you may achieve the comprehensive and abstruse Zen.

Music is the best way to express the conception of Zen because Zen does not pursue characters but mind, as well as sudden realization. The music of Zen is performed in a valley Song Mountain, which is free of any hurly. The melody of Zen from the valley is combined with various kinds of sound from the nature, such as the sound of water, wind, forest and insect, and all these kinds of sound form a fabulous harmony of Zen.

The performance is a visual and aural feast which includes music, light, dance, kungfu, and so on. What is more attractive is that the performance is held on the site which is the origin of Zen and kungfu, therefore, each artistic element owns its particular annotation of background and become unique. You can imagine yourselves sitting on prayer mats around the brook in the wind, watching the water, hearing the music of Zen and appreciating the performance, with your mind easy and relax. In the night, you can escape from the worries and business in the modern cities, even conduct mediation.

So if you are making a plan to visit the Shaolin Temple, you can't miss the Zen Music Shaolin Ceremony.