Friends, when someone discusses with you who is the best player in NBA history? Please remember that the only answer is the "high monk" Master Wenban of Shaolin Temple.
Earlier this month, Wenban Yama started a private tour in China. On June 7, Wenban appeared at the high-speed rail station and was photographed by netizens. Then a group of netizens also found that the next stop of Wenban was Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan, where Brother Hyunthyroid Tour left a classic scene three months ago. On June 8, Wenban was photographed shaved his hair and put on a monk's uniform. When some netizens were still questioning that this was Brother Hyunthyroid's head hood, a frontal photo of Master Wenban triggered further discussion: "Brother, are you playing it?" On the morning of June 9, Spurs reporter Dusty Garza said: "Wenban Yama not only has a strong interest in Shaolin culture, but also invited a master to become a monk. He is currently conducting a 10-day retreat practice in Shaolin Temple. His upcoming travel plan has been suspended, and his entourage has also left." On the afternoon of the 9th, a reporter confirmed from Shaolin Temple that Wenban Yama is indeed in Shaolin, but the specific situation is not convenient for the temple to disclose.
The news has sparked heated discussions among netizens at home and abroad. Foreign netizens compared him with Aang, the supernatural power of Aang in the famous cartoon "The Legend of the World" of Nick Children. Some even believe that baldness is the cultural tradition of the Spurs (...); domestic netizens called him "the number one monk" on one hand, and started the Dharma name of the YY Wenban, and some even proposed the soul question "If the Wenban comes to Shaolin Temple every year to retreat, can we naturalize him in three years?"
"The Power of the World" is a classic anime based on Asian and Kung Fu culture, but the actual Qi-controlling master and supernatural powers pay tribute to Tibetan Buddhism, and foreigners can't tell the difference...
In fact, this is not the first "cross-border behavior" of Wenban Yama: early in the morning after defeating the Nets away at the end of December last year, Wenban posted a message on social media to ask where chess is suitable for New York. After receiving the reply, he immediately asked a large number of New York netizens to play chess in Washington Square Park, a hot spot in New York chess.
Even though the temperature in New York was close to 4 degrees Celsius and it was raining lightly on that day, many netizens still played against Wenban on the spot. Wenban Yama still said in a big way, "I learned a lot. I lost to two professional players, but I won my good buddy, which is worth it." It is worth mentioning that when facing the Bulls away a few weeks later, Wenban also played a game of chess with the Bulls mascot before the game.
Wenban Yama, who was born in a sports family, has a rich spiritual world. He is very interested in reading, playing chess, painting, science and film. In an interview, he talked to reporters more than once about "The Demon Hunter", "Star Wars", "Dune" and "Song of Ice and Fire" (the original novel of Game of Thrones). He called the little demon Tyrion Lannister his favorite Game of Thrones character (the cuteest height difference), and even the last three films of Star Wars with the last three, which had a bad reputation. In the offseason last year, Wenban also specially met and talked offline with Brandon Sanderson, a well-known American science fiction writer who wrote "Wheel of Time", and French astronaut Thomas Peske.
Before this year's All-Star Game, Jokic, as a teammate, found Wenban's book in the locker room and asked, "You actually brought a book?" Wenban replied easily, "I read it before every game." Then Jokic seemed to remember something happy and couldn't hide his smile for a long time.
Regarding Chinese culture, Wenban Yama also showed his interest in early: As early as two years ago, when the Casino participated in the summer league, Wenban expressed in an interview that he liked Sichuan cuisine and wanted to go to Chengdu one day (?). During the interview, Wenban wrote down his Chinese name in calligraphy, and asked himself if he could take the character away for souvenirs.
Last year, when Wenban Yama was interviewed by Basketball Characters, Wenban also frankly expressed his first impression of China as Dajianshan. When the reporter was puzzled, Wenban immediately took out his mobile phone and found a picture of Zhangjiajie. Even so, Wenban still praised Chinese culture:
"In Paris, I know some Chinese restaurants, the noodles are always delicious, and I also like spicy food. I also have some Chinese books, and there is a book that is very famous for us. . I also have "The Art of War". So I have a good impression of China."
From this point of view, it is not surprising that the 224 French boys who are curious about the world will be so popular when walking in this distant and strange country. Moreover, Wenban Yama had been involved in yoga and meditation in the French league before entering the NBA; and Jabbar, who participated in activities together during his rookie in the Wenban class and taught the Wenban class to learn to save money, is also a deep yoga and kung fu enthusiast.
On July 9, 2023, when watching the Wenban Summer League, Jabbar's T-shirt seemed to be giving an ambush of today two years later
Behind Wenban's escape from the monk, we must realize that perhaps because we are too close to us, the influence of Shaolin and Kung Fu on the world may be far underestimated by us...
In France, the hometown of Wenban, there was a first African-African black disciple, Shi Tingmai, who was officially accepted by Shaolin Temple. The latter had preached and learned in Paris for ten years after studying Shaolin Kung Fu and was awarded the honorary title of "Shaolin Temple Master" by Shi Yongxin in 2012; in 2001, the first overseas Shaolin Cultural Center was established in Germany, and in 2024, the European Shaolin Federation had 83 member units - in August last year, 509 European Shaolin disciples came to Henan to return to their ancestors..
Shi Tingmai Source: The official account of Shaolin Temple in Songshan, China
Not to mention that at the end of March this year, Master Liang, the Henan Shaolin Martial Arts Museum, said that "pain is life, pain is kung fu, pain is you", simply satisfy the imagination of people all over the world for Chinese kung fu masters.
Unlike the previous "friendly visits of politicians from various countries" and "celebrity travel-style photo check-in", Brother Hyun-thyroidism used a live broadcast to reveal that foreign friends can really learn from Shaolin, Songshan, and Shaolin Temple also has the ability and pattern of international cultural exchanges. Who wouldn't be confused?
Who can guarantee that among the millions of netizens around the world who watched the live broadcast that day, there was no French big man who was truant due to injury and loved Chinese culture?
But remember, don't offend the abbot...
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