Shaolin: Temple of Zen - Hardcover

Justin Guariglia; Shi Yong Xin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1597110809 ISBN 13: 9781597110808

Publisher: Aperture, 2007

Synopsis

For the first time in history, the notoriously guarded warrior monks of the fifteenhundred- year-old Shaolin Templeâa Chinese Buddhist sect dedicated to preserving a form of kung fu known as the âvehicle of Zenââhave allowed their secretive society to be documented. With the blessing of the main abbot, Justin Guariglia earned the trust and full collaboration of the Shaolin monks to create an astonishing, empathic record of the Shaolin art forms and the individuals who consider themselves the keepers of these traditions. Over the past eight years, Guariglia has deftly captured the changing context of this ancient sect as it encounters the increasingly hypermodern world of contemporary China. This amazing work by one of todayâs most promising photographers provides viewers with a rare opportunity to examine the energy and spirit of the Shaolinâs unique Zen practice, which has previously been seen primarily via pop-cultural interpretation in such films as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aperture
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1597110809
• ISBN 13: 9781597110808
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 152