It is said that almost everyone who has been to Shaolin Temple has heard a sentence: "Generally, people will give at least 1,000, donor, please feel free." ”
In April 2022, the news that Shi Yongxin, the "president of the monk", bought a piece of commercial land in Zhengzhou for 450 million yuan, quickly attracted widespread attention.
For a long time, Shaolin Temple has been regarded by the world as a place outside the world, and monks are regarded as people outside the world, paying attention to pure heart and few desires.
But the cheapest incense in Shaolin Temple costs 400 yuan, and the most expensive one is as high as 100,000 yuan, and there are several tens of thousands of price stalls for people to choose from.
After a closer look at Shi Yongxin, he found that the inconspicuous robe on his body was worth 160,000 yuan, and the office was full of amazingly expensive mahogany furniture, and the 18 companies under his name also made a lot of money.
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It was originally a quiet place for Buddhism, but now it is full of commercial atmosphere and has become an overcrowded check-in resort. Why did he do this, and what happened?
Do monks today have to talk about business?
Many people said that Shi Yongxin's actions did not look like a monk who had escaped into the empty door at all, but more like a businessman dressed in the cloak of cultivating Buddha.
Since 2015, various real-name posts reporting Shi Yongxin have continued to appear on the Internet. In July of that year, a person who called himself "Shi Zhengyi" took out a large number of screenshots, claiming that Shi Yongxin had two ID cards and had a daughter with his mistress.
Various relevant departments have successively stated that they want to find out the truth and set the record straight, but in the end they have not released clear investigation results and circulars. In early August, a number of Shaolin Temple people, represented by Shi Yongxin's disciple and one of the Four King Kongs, Shi Yanlu, again launched real-name reports, saying that he had abused his power, embezzled, accepted bribes, and was illegally detained.
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On the issue of precepts, there was a result after half a year. In November 2015, the Henan investigation team announced that Shi Yongxin did not have the so-called "two illegitimate daughters". As for economic issues, it dragged on until the beginning of 2017, and some people said that he bought a million-dollar luxury car, and the license plate was still a beautiful name.
Shaolin Temple has four imported cars, eleven domestic cars, and a total of 666 trademarks, spanning various fields such as catering, culture, and tourism, and the annual income in front of the door alone is as high as 150 million.
Because he set the threshold for participating in Buddhism very low, even if he gave money to burn incense, even if it was fate, the price of incense was comparable to gold. In the past, when thinking of cultivating Buddhism, most people would subconsciously think of the word "bitter", but the Shaolin Temple is very modern, with mobile phones, TVs, computers, and wifi all available, which is completely different from the Buddhist life imagined by the outside world.
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Seeing that the pure environment was destroyed, the Zen culture, where introspection and enlightenment were key, was severely squeezed, and various controversies about him were increasing. To this, Shi Yongxin's answer is: "Today's monks must talk about business. ”
He believes that the image of a monk also represents an aspect of the country's image, and whether he has a comfortable life, whether he has a good car when he goes out, and whether he has a famous watch in his hand are also "the embodiment of identity".
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But the question is, is this really something that the monks should care about? Where does such an "avant-garde" idea come from?
President of the monk
Shi Yongxin's parents once named him Liu Yingcheng, who was born in 1965 and is a native of Yingshang County, Fuyang, Anhui Province. When I was a child, I often followed my mother to the temple to burn incense, and my favorite thing was the sound of the monks chanting scriptures in the temple.
When other people's children go out, they usually find friends to play in the fields, but he wants to go to the temple and stay for hours. His parents thought he was too young to understand anything, so they just thought it was a child's curiosity.
It wasn't until he was 15 years old that he said that he wanted to enter the Shaolin Temple as a monk and proclaimed himself a sergeant of Wanying, that his parents realized that something was wrong. But at this time, it was too late, and no matter how patiently they tried to dissuade them, they couldn't make their son change his mind.
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In desperation, they had no choice but to obey the child's wishes and send him to Chongshan Shaolin Temple. The abbot Shi Xing tested him, and seeing that he was sincere and wise, he agreed. It was also from this day that he changed from Liu Yingcheng to Shi Yongxin.
In addition to handing over to him what he had learned and understood in his life, the abbot also intended to take him to visit the Xi in various holy places related to Buddhism such as Guangji Temple in Beijing and Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui, and even left him the opportunity to travel abroad to study and practice Buddhism.
Under such careful cultivation, Shi Yongxin far surpasses his disciples of the same age in terms of knowledge and knowledge. Correspondingly, his ideas are much richer than others. In 1984, when he returned from his studies, the abbot asked him to follow him to deal with some daily affairs. When the temple established the Democratic Management Committee, he was strongly recommended as a member of the committee.
As time gradually passed, the old abbot got older and older, and after explaining the matter in his hand to Shi Yongxin step by step, it didn't take long for him to pass away, and Shi Yongxin officially began to take over the Shaolin Temple.
According to him, there were only a dozen people in the Shaolin Temple at that time. They have always lived in poverty, and the whole temple lives on more than 20 acres of fields in the back mountain. There is only a narrow and rugged mountain road out of the temple, and there are weeds in the way on both sides, so as soon as he takes over, he is eager to change the status quo of the Shaolin Temple.
Because it is relatively closed, in the eyes of outsiders, Shaolin Temple has always been a place full of legends. Shi Yongxin, who has traveled abroad for many years, does not think that this kind of isolation is a good thing, on the contrary, he hopes to unveil the Shaolin Temple so that more people can explore, understand and Xi.
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More importantly, in this way, the people in the Shaolin Temple can also live a life that keeps pace with the times, instead of blindly resting on their laurels. It's not enough to be famous in Henan, it's not enough to be famous in the whole country, he wants to go abroad and bring Shaolin and martial arts culture to all corners of the world.
To this end, he renovated the Shaolin Temple inside and out. Due to the remoteness of the place, the sparse population, and the lack of spare human and financial resources, they can only do it themselves and carry it out day after day. After renovating the house, they restored the ancient books again as a sign of respect.
After completing the renewal of the infrastructure, Shi Yongxin set up a warrior monk association, hoping to spread the culture of Shaolin Temple by leading the warrior monks to perform and display in various places, and by the way, more income to supplement life. But the effect of this method in practice is not as good as imagined, going around in a big circle, the people just look at it and don't care too much.
After the martial arts road failed, Shi Yongxin changed to the literary road and tried to rely on publishing books to do publicity. Fortunately, the book was bought well, which could barely make the life of everyone in Shaolin Temple easier, but for Shi Yongxin himself, this was far from enough.
While he was racking his brains to find a way, the movie "Shaolin Temple" appeared in the public eye, setting off a martial arts craze. He struck while the iron was hot and organized another national tour. The tour was a success because of the film's foreshadowing, and the real kung fu revealed by the warrior monks also attracted a large number of admirers to set off to visit the Shaolin Temple.
After the development of the Internet, Shi Yongxin soon became keenly aware that it was a "good helper" who could cross time and space. He groped for the establishment of the official website of the Shaolin Temple, and posted a lot of content about Shaolin culture on it, encouraging everyone to go and see it for themselves.
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After some operation, the incense and popularity of Shaolin Temple became more and more prosperous, and the Shaolin Temple, which used to be as quiet as a secluded place outside the world, was slowly contaminated with fireworks and commercial atmosphere. If you just want to improve the life in the temple, in fact, you can already stop at this time. It can improve life without completely breaking the original peace.
But Shi Yongxin's idea is far more than that, he also wants to continue to expand commercialization, make Shaolin Temple a brand, bigger and stronger, so he quickly registered Shaolin Temple as a trademark and began to set up a company.
Under the price level in 1998, Henan Shaolin Industrial Development Co., Ltd., with a registered capital of up to 5 million, was formally established, and the detached Buddhist community had a company for the first time, and Shi Yongxin held 80% of the shares.
Immediately afterwards, Shi Yongxin spent a lot of money to renovate the old building Shaolin Temple around it, whether it is martial arts and Buddhism-related courses, or tourism, cultural creativity, traditional Chinese medicine and food, all of them are readily available.
Later, short videos rose, and Shi Yongxin immediately led everyone to open an account and posted videos about the daily life in the temple. Under the visual presentation of the video, Shaolin Temple has attracted more people's attention, and while the account has become an "Internet celebrity", more and more people have come to Shaolin Temple to check in, and many foreigners have come to learn kung fu.
If it is an old-fashioned and conservative person, he may not be willing to let outsiders experience or even learn the kung fu that has been inherited in Xi mainland for several years, but Shi Yongxin does not have these burdens.
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In the past 30 years, Shi Yongxin has run a magazine, made a website, and after running to all parties, he will go back in advance to prepare for the Buddhist meeting, take everyone to chant Buddha, chant scriptures, and Chongshan Shaolin Temple has also successfully applied for World Heritage and become a world cultural heritage, which has been protected and supported by the state.
There used to be only one sheep intestine trail to the outside world, but now there are cars that can pass the road, whether it is to the airport or high-speed rail station, it is very convenient, "Shaolin Temple" has become a golden signboard, bringing a lot of income.
Some people also say that the salary of ordinary people is only a few thousand yuan a month, if you come to Shaolin Temple, a burn is half a month's salary, then it is not incense, it is money.
In the face of controversy from the outside world, Shi Yongxin only said lightly: "Right and wrong are relieved by not defending." ”