Tsai Chih-chung Photo: IC. Tsai Chih-chung, the 72-year-old cartoon master from Taiwan, became a Buddhist monk on Tuesday in the famed Shaolin Temple of Henan Province on the Chinese mainland ...

Tsai Chih-chung, the 72-year-old cartoon master from Taiwan, became a Buddhist monk on Tuesday in the famed Shaolin Temple of Henan Province on the Chinese mainland, according to media reports.

Yanxu ran away from home at a young age to train as a monk at the Shaolin Temple. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times) By Frank Shyong Staff Writer . March 19, 2016 5 AM PT .

Shaolin monk Huang Jiahao’s life has changed a lot over the last decade, since he went on tour with Sutra, one of the biggest productions ever put on by London’s Sadler’s Wells dance theatre.

Shifu Shi Yan Ming is a Shaolin warrior monk and founder of USA Shaolin Temple. He defected from China and escaped to New York in 1992, in part because he didn't agree with the monastery's strictures.

Chinese parents hire 'Iron Man' kung fu monk to guard child. A family in the south of China has hired a Shaolin monk to protect their six-year-old daughter on the way to school in the wake of a ...

French 7’3” NBA star Victor Wembanyama may have just unlocked a new position: Shaolin monk. Wembanyama, who ended last season early due to a rare blood clot in his right shoulder appeared to ...

A Shaolin monk has been captured on high-speed video throwing a sewing needle through a sheet of glass. The video was shot using a Phantom Camera at 1000 frames per second.

HONG KONG — On the basketball court, NBA star Victor Wembanyama plays forward-center, but in China it seems he has temporarily taken up the position of Shaolin monk. The towering 7-foot-3 player ...