--Shaolin Temple USA in 2016 San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade

 
On February 20, San Francisco hosted its one-and-half-century old cultural extravaganza —the annual Chinese New Year Parade. This is the 7th consecutive year that Shaolin Temple USA was invited to participate in this world's top ten biggest parade. Following the lead of Master Yanran, Shaolin Temple USA was invited to build two parading processions, one of the procession integrated Shaolin Kungfu into the story of "Journey To The West", which including Shaolin Monkey Fist, Monkey Cudgel and 18 Weapons of Shaolin, and the other procession performed "The Routine of Extra-long Poker", which aimed at inheriting and developing the spirit of courage and wisdom that Kimnara showed to us. Moreover, the brilliant performance by Shaolin Temple USA showed the great power of Shaolin Kungfu.

 "Monkey King Makes Havic in Heaven" as the opening performances

Shaolin Monkey Fist & Shaolin Monkey Cudgel 

 A group photo of Shaolin Temple USA

 "The Routine of Extra-long Poker" Parading Procession is on live TV.

 "The Routine of Extra-long Poker"

 Master Yanran leads the parading processions.

 The audience give the performers of Shaolin Temple USA a thumbs-up for their brilliant performance.

 A group photo at the terminus of the parade

The San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade covered 15 streets, including San Francisco's Downtown, financial district and Chinatown, which enthralled over a million viewers and it lasted over 3 hours. (News/Photo: Shaolin Temple USA  Editor: Fa Xi)