Shaolin Festival kicks off
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An International Shaolin Wushu Festival is underway in the central Chinese province of Henan.
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Students of a kungfu school show kungfu during the welcoming ceremony of the 10th Zhengzhou International Shaolin Wushu Festival in Dengfeng, central China's Henan Province, Oct. 19, 2014. More than 1,800 kungfu practitioners from 63 countries and regions will participate in the three-day festival, opened on Sunday. [Photo: Xinhua/Zhu Xiang] |
The opening ceremony has seen some 10-thousand athletes performing martial arts in unison outside the famous Shaolin Temple.
This year's festival includes participants from 60 different countries and regions.
American Dwight Duckens is attending the festival for the third time.
"So far today, this is the most I've ever seen at an opening ceremony, so I'm glad to be here and see the vice governors and officials speaking for the opening. We've never seen it before, I haven't seen it in the past. So this is great."
Canadian John Cossey is also among those taking part in the festival.
"I think there were some pretty unique activities that were done, like throwing the needle through the glass and popping the balloon. And I liked some other activities where they were using unique objects like shovels or brooms or nun chucks and stuff like that to demonstrate their kungfu skills."
This year's event will run until Wednesday.
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