Xiaolong Performance Troupe
Introduction to the Shaolin Kung Fu Performance Troupe of Shaolin Temple Xiaolong Kungfu Academy
Rooted in the sacred land of Shaolin, inheriting the thousand-year-old cultural heritage of Zen and Shaolin Kungfu, and relying on the more than 40 years of profound accumulation and strong strength of Shaolin Temple Xiaolong Kungfu Academy, the Shaolin Kung Fu Performance Troupe came into being. It serves as the core carrier for inheriting Shaolin Kungfu and spreading Chinese Shaolin Kungfu culture, as well as a shining showcase of the school’s educational strength and the heroic demeanor of young Shaolin Kungfu. As a professional performance group key-cultivated by the school, since its establishment, the troupe has upheld the mission of “Conveying Tao through Martial Arts, Spreading Sentiment through Performance”. It perfectly integrates the unyielding character of Shaolin Kung Fu with the flexible beauty of stage performance, stunning stages at home and abroad with exquisite skills, magnificent momentum and professional quality, and has become a recognized benchmark for Shaolin Kung Fu performance in the industry.
The confidence of the Performance Troupe comes from the unshakable educational strength and profound foundation of Shaolin Temple Xiaolong Kungfu Academy. Founded in 1980, the school is one of the earliest professional Shaolin martial arts schools in China, co-established by the Shaolin Temple Village Committee and Shaolin Temple. After more than 40 years of steady development, it has grown into a comprehensive modern martial arts education group integrating cultural and martial arts teaching, film and television talent training, Shaolin Kung Fu performance and international martial arts cultural exchange. It is also one of the first education groups approved by the Dengfeng Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, with formal school-running qualifications and the right to recruit foreign students, ranking among the top in the industry in terms of school-running scale and comprehensive strength. Covering an area of more than 500 mu with a total construction area of over 200,000 square meters, the school can accommodate more than 10,000 students, and is equipped with professional training halls, martial arts auditoriums and other complete facilities, providing first-class training venues and hardware support for the Performance Troupe, enabling every member to hone their skills and polish their stage presence in a professional environment.
The strength of the Performance Troupe stems from the school’s top teaching team and scientific training system. The school has gathered a group of senior certified coaches and champions of martial arts competitions at and above the provincial and municipal levels. They not only have solid Shaolin Kung Fu skills, but also rich experience in performance choreography and teaching. They personally guide the daily training and program creation of the Performance Troupe, deeply integrating core Shaolin skills such as traditional boxing, weapons, Sanda, hard qigong and the 72 Shaolin Arts with modern stage art and lighting effects, forming a performance style that is both ornamental and professional. It not only retains the authentic charm of Shaolin Kung Fu, but also meets the needs of various performance scenarios. At the same time, the school adheres to the teaching principle of “Equal Emphasis on Culture and Martial Arts, Equal Attention to Skills and Morality”. All members of the Performance Troupe are strictly selected; they not only have exquisite martial arts skills, but also possess excellent cultural literacy and professional ethics, living up to the standard of “Noble in Martial Arts, Elegant in Art, Virtuous in Character”. They present the high-spirited demeanor and sense of responsibility of Xiaolong students in every performance.
As the core window for the school’s foreign cultural exchange and image display, the Performance Troupe has left its footprints all over the world, writing a legendary story of spreading Shaolin Kung Fu with solid strength. Domestically, the troupe has appeared on large-scale cultural and artistic programs such as the Spring Festival Galas of CCTV and Henan TV for many times, participated in high-standard events including the 20th Central Plains Stage Martial Arts Exhibition of Henan Province, wowed the audience with high-quality programs such as Majestic Shaolin Spirit and Elite Martial Arts Youth, and won numerous honors including the “Excellent Team Award”. It has also deeply participated in large-scale live-action performances such asLegend of Kung Fu in Huzhou Dragon Dream, Zhejiang and Railway Guerrillas in Zaozhuang, Shandong, which have been full of audiences for every show, becoming an important force empowering cultural and tourism development. Internationally, the Performance Troupe shoulders the important mission of international martial arts cultural exchange. It has visited more than 80 countries and regions in Europe, Asia, America and other continents, appeared on international stages such as the Thailand International Travel Exhibition, showing the charm of Shaolin Kung Fu to the world, promoting the global spread of Chinese martial arts culture, and becoming an important envoy of cross-cultural communication. It has participated in hundreds of large-scale performances and exchange activities, winning high praise from audiences at home and abroad and recognition from the industry.
The growth of the Performance Troupe has always resonated with the development of the school, and the school’s strong strength is the solid backing for the troupe’s continuous progress. Over the years, the school has cultivated film and television stars such as Shi Xiaolong and Jiang Luxia, as well as elite martial arts athletes such as Wang Shiying and Wang Mawan. The school’s competitive training team has won more than 20,000 medals in various competitions at all levels, including 885 medals in 2025 alone. Its profound talent reserve provides a steady stream of high-quality students for the Performance Troupe, forming a complete talent system of “Selection-Training-Output”, ensuring that the troupe always maintains a high-level performance standard and vibrant vitality. At the same time, the school pioneered the art form integrating martial arts with dance and street dance, creating a precedent for martial arts dance art, and its kung fu street dance has become a featured cultural brand of the Central Plains. These innovative achievements have injected fresh vitality into the program creation of the Performance Troupe, making Shaolin Kung Fu performance more contemporary and internationally influential, and achieving a perfect integration of tradition and innovation.
With martial arts as the soul, performance as the bridge, and the school as the foundation. The Shaolin Kung Fu Performance Troupe of Shaolin Temple Xiaolong Kungfu Academy is not only an inheritor of the thousand-year-old Shaolin martial arts, a disseminator of Chinese martial arts culture, but also a concentrated embodiment of the school’s educational strength and talent cultivation achievements. Every soaring and flipping figure embodies the sweat and perseverance of young Shaolin Kungfu; every magnificent performance demonstrates the heritage and strength of Xiaolong Kungfu Academy. In the future, the Performance Troupe will continue to rely on the school’s strong strength, deeply cultivate the inheritance and innovation of Shaolin Kung Fu, and show the Shaolin spirit and convey Chinese power on more stages with powerful fists and flexible skills, making the thousand-year-old Shaolin Kung Fu shine more brightly in the new era.