Shaolin Temple recruits novice monks

A Buddhist monk shaves the head of a man to prepare him for a ceremony to be ordained as a monk at the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, central China's Henan Province, May 25, 2007. A total of 600 men became Shaolin monks after going through 28 days' Buddhist discipline.

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Abbot Shi Yongxin attends the ordination ceremony to recruit novice Buddhist monks at the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, central China's Henan Province, May 25, 2007. A total of 600 men became Shaolin monks after going through 28 days' Buddhist discipline.