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Featured Article: Shaolin Monastery

Main gate of the Shaolin Monastery in Henan, China
The Shaolin Monastery or Shaolin Temple, is a Chan Buddhist temple built by the Emperor Hsiao-Wen in 477 C.E. at Song Shan in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, of what is now the People's Republic of China. An Indian Monk, Bodhidharma, or Da Mo, taught what the monks called “18 Hands of the Lohan,” physical exercises which are said to be the origin of tai chi chuan and other methods of fighting without weapons, such as kung fu. The Temple's historical architectural complex was designated a World Heritage Site in 2010.

Popular Article: Seven Deadly Sins

The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things by Hieronymus Bosch
In Roman Catholicism, the Seven Deadly Sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, are a list of the worst vices that cut a person off from God's grace. These Seven Deadly Sins are: superbia (pride), avaritia (greed), luxuria (extravagance, later lust), invidia (envy), gula (gluttony), ira (wrath), and acedia (sloth). Each of the Seven Deadly Sins corresponds to one of the Seven Holy Virtues, and together these lists were the moral standards and tests of the early Catholic Church.

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The symbol of the city of Ljubljana is the dragon, which is found in the coat of arms, on top of the tower of the Ljubljana Castle, and on the Dragon Bridge (source: Ljubljana)