Kung Fu skills introduce Africans to Chinese culture

The fifth Shaolin Kungfu training program for African apprentices has been launched at the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng City, Henan Province on July 6, 2017. Organized by China's Ministry of Culture, the three-month course has attracted 18 students from Togo, the Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, and Chad, to practice Kungfu and learn Shaolin culture. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

An African apprentice practices Kungfu at the Shaolin Temple on the Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng City, Henan Province, on July 6, 2017. In the program, apprentices can also learn Chinese, calligraphy, meditation, Zen, and acupuncture with the monks. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

Shi Yongxin, the abbot of the Shaolin Temple, attending the launch ceremony of the training program at the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng City, Henan Province on July 6, 2017. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

The training program has been playing a significant role in cultural exchanges between China and Africa. It's an import initiative in implementing the Forum on the China-Africa Cooperation Johannesburg Action Plan (2016-2018) in the field of culture. [Photo: Chinanews.com]