GeneChing
05-01-2007, 12:30 AM
I want my own wushu palace and I want it now!!
07:12 GMT, Apr 25, 2007
Branch of Shaolin Monastery, Wushu Palace to be built in Kalmykia (http://www.interfax.com/3/264905/news.aspx)
BEIJING. April 25 (Interfax-China) - A protocol of intent to set up
a branch of the world famous Shaolin Monastery and a Wushu Palace in
Kalmykia was signed in Beijing on Wednesday, an Interfax correspondent
reported.
We plan to begin construction in 2007," Kalmyk President Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov told Russian reporters after the signing ceremony. "The
project has been supported in Russia at the highest level," he said.
The protocol was signed on the Russian side by Ilyumzhinov and
Chief Executive of the Russian-Chinese Center for Trade and Economic
Cooperation Sergei Sanakoyev and, on the Chinese side, by General
Director of the Shaolin Monastery's Wushu Palace Jiao Hongbo and head of
the Chinese Culture Ministry's Center for the Promotion of the Cultural
Market Liang Gang. A branch of the Shaolin Monastery will be built for
the Buddhists of Kalmykia and other countries, and a Wushu Palace will
be attached to it.
The decision to build a branch of the Shaolin Monastery in Kalmykia
was made after President Vladimir Putin visited the monastery in 2006,
Ilyumzhinov told an Interfax correspondent. "This event had a strong
resonance in Russia and gave us the idea of creating a Buddhist center
in Russia. Kalmykia is Europe's only Buddhist republic, which could
evolve into a European center for the world's Buddhists," he said.
Monks from the Shaolin Monastery are expected to arrive in Elista
on May 10 to select a site for construction, Ilyumzhinov said.
Not up on my Russian Geography, I had to look up Kalmykia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmykia).
07:12 GMT, Apr 25, 2007
Branch of Shaolin Monastery, Wushu Palace to be built in Kalmykia (http://www.interfax.com/3/264905/news.aspx)
BEIJING. April 25 (Interfax-China) - A protocol of intent to set up
a branch of the world famous Shaolin Monastery and a Wushu Palace in
Kalmykia was signed in Beijing on Wednesday, an Interfax correspondent
reported.
We plan to begin construction in 2007," Kalmyk President Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov told Russian reporters after the signing ceremony. "The
project has been supported in Russia at the highest level," he said.
The protocol was signed on the Russian side by Ilyumzhinov and
Chief Executive of the Russian-Chinese Center for Trade and Economic
Cooperation Sergei Sanakoyev and, on the Chinese side, by General
Director of the Shaolin Monastery's Wushu Palace Jiao Hongbo and head of
the Chinese Culture Ministry's Center for the Promotion of the Cultural
Market Liang Gang. A branch of the Shaolin Monastery will be built for
the Buddhists of Kalmykia and other countries, and a Wushu Palace will
be attached to it.
The decision to build a branch of the Shaolin Monastery in Kalmykia
was made after President Vladimir Putin visited the monastery in 2006,
Ilyumzhinov told an Interfax correspondent. "This event had a strong
resonance in Russia and gave us the idea of creating a Buddhist center
in Russia. Kalmykia is Europe's only Buddhist republic, which could
evolve into a European center for the world's Buddhists," he said.
Monks from the Shaolin Monastery are expected to arrive in Elista
on May 10 to select a site for construction, Ilyumzhinov said.
Not up on my Russian Geography, I had to look up Kalmykia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmykia).