Shaolin Temple's big plans for NSW

CHINA'S Shaolin Temple, historically known for its martial arts traditions but which recently has gained a reputation for aggressive commercialisation, is planning to build a $US297 million ($A381.11 million) complex in Australia including a temple, a hotel, a kung fu academy and a golf course.

THE Shoalhaven City Council in NSW said earlier this month that Shaolin Temple Foundation Australia, the developer, had finalised a land purchase at Comberton Grange for what will be known as Shaolin Village.

Mayor Joanna Gash said on Saturday that the city council and the state government had both approved the concept plan for the project, which is to include a temple sanctuary with resident monks, a live-in kung fu academy, a 500-bed four-star hotel and a 27-hole golf course. Planning officials have rejected a residential component, but the developer hopes to restore it, according to media reports."We would like to see it happen as soon as possible," Gash said in a phone interview."Shaolin Temple is well regarded. It will be phenomenal for us. There's a lot of interest in it."It's more than a temple," she said."It's a spiritual thing. It's also tourism. And it's employment."The temple, built in the late fifth century and located in central China's Henan province, has rapidly commercialised itself under Abbot Shi Yongxin over the past decade. Shi has defended it as a means to preserve the temple and its Buddhist cultures.Shi made a personal trip to Shoalhaven earlier this month to present a cheque of more than $3 million to finalise the land acquisition, and the gesture was seen as a commitment to the project, according to a February 23 public notice by the city council.

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