15,000 martial arts practitioners show Kung fu skills

Shaolin martial arts practitioners perform during a grand ceremony to greet guests from home and abroad to the second World Traditional Wushu (martial arts) Championships (WTWUC) near the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province Oct. 17, 2006. On both sides of the 1,500-meter-long road leading to the gate of Shaolin Temple, the birth place of Chinese martial arts, 15,000 local martial arts practitioners showed their Kung-fu skills during the ceremony on Tuesday.

Shaolin martial arts practitioners perform during a grand ceremony to greet guests from home and abroad to the second World Traditional Wushu (martial arts) Championships (WTWUC) near the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province Oct. 17, 2006.

A young Shaolin martial arts practitioner performs during a grand ceremony to greet guests from home and abroad to the second World Traditional Wushu (martial arts) Championships (WTWUC) near the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province Oct. 17, 2006.

Shaolin martial arts practitioners perform during a grand ceremony to greet guests from home and abroad to the second World Traditional Wushu (martial arts) Championships (WTWUC) near the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province Oct. 17, 2006.