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Song Mountain's Shaolin Temple app for iPhone and iPad


4.6 ( 1376 ratings )
Travel Education
Developer: Well Concord Software Technology Company Limited
2.99 USD
Current version: 3.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 12 Jul 2014
App size: 78.22 Mb

Located in Chinas Martial arts village - Getting its name from its location in dense forest on the foot of Shaoshi mountain in Dengfeng city, Henan province, Shaolin Temple is the cradle of Shaolin Kung Fu and Zen Medicine, the ancestral chamber of Chinese Zen Buddhism, and called "The Top Buddhist Monastery in the World". On August 1st, 2010 UNESCO classified 8 clusters of buildings and 11 sites known as "The Center of Heaven and Earth" which includes Shaolin Temple, as cultural heritage sites.

Through over 150 high quality images and rich informative text, this app introduces Shaolin Temples cultural background, turbulent history, buildings and current situation, retelling in detail the historical background of Shaolins essence "Zen, Martial arts and Zen Medicine", cultural stories and the changing of times, and how from this one can understand how Shaolin culture took the world by storm and benefited human philosophy.

・This app contains a user guide and is easy to navigate.
・Four Operating languages can be easily switched on the fly and include Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and English.
・The app also has a photo wall feature for users to enjoy attractive sidelight images.
・This app contains many links which make it easy to navigate between this and other of our World Heritage apps.
・Text in the app can be hidden, and slideshow mode activated to simply enjoy the photography.
・Using the apps picture folder and camera function, you can freely add and delete your own images.
・Supports iOS6.0, and has the function to share on Facebook and Sina Microblog.
・Contains background music that may be turned on and off.
・Supports updates.