“In 1245 Fuyu (1203-1275) was appointed by the first Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty Kublai Khan as the abbot of (Songshan) Shàolín Monastery before the former took the throne.” (, “Fuyu”) Fuyu’s good friend Yelu Chu Cai, also a Buddhist was reputed to be Genghis Khan’s foremost warrior at that time. According to the official Shàolín Temple records it became part of the Shàolín family under the auspices of Abbot Fuyu during the Mongolian rule of the Yuan Dynasty about a thousand years after Faxing Temple was first built. It is the oldest temple in the very large mostly rural Jixian area. The North Shàolín Monastery, originally called “Faxing Temple” was first built in the Wei Jin Dynasty (220 - 317 AD). The Songshan (headquarter) Shaolin Monastery was established in 495 ACE.
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