Shaolin - videos, teasers and stills from filming

All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "Shaolin"

新少林寺 (2011)

Timing: 2:11 (131 min)

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The film's plot is fictional, however, allegorical parallels can be traced between its three main characters – generals dividing the city of Danfeng and betraying each other – and the “three revolutions” in China, as well as the three real military cliques of the so-called “Era of Warlords in China” which ended in 1928. In the same year, Shaolin was practically completely destroyed.
The prototype for the main character – General Hou Jie – is Yuan Shikai, who actively participated in the overthrow of the imperial dynasty in China in 1911, but then himself attempted to become emperor. Through his dualistic policies, he engendered the warring military cliques of the “Era of Warlords”.
The prototype for the deputy, Cao Man, who betrayed the main character – General Hou Jie and sold national historical treasures to the English at the cost of his people’s lives – is likely the Zhili Clique and the notorious traitorous warlord Shi Yousan, who in 1928 ordered the complete burning of the Shaolin Monastery. Unique ancient manuscripts stored in the monastery were destroyed in the process.

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