hkkevin Posted September 28, 2006 at 07:35 PM Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 at 07:35 PM Hi, i plan to stay in Chengzhou for a few months, but have heard the sky is filled with haze. I expect my friends and i will do many heavy exercise in Shaolin, it's pretty worrying to me. I don't mean that i'll be dead for breathing polluted air, it's just not ideal. Anybody has been there before? Please share your thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heifeng Posted September 29, 2006 at 08:31 AM Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 at 08:31 AM Well I was in 2 smaller nearby cities near Zhengzhou, Henan and thought I was going to pass out and die for the entire 3 or so weeks I was there! But mostly that was just due to car exhaust I was exposed to daily. Maybe life/air quality near Shaolin will be much better....less traffic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkkevin Posted September 29, 2006 at 10:46 AM Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 at 10:46 AM the pollution in countryiside can also be very bad because of coal burning. Do you know if there's any pollution index in China? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted September 29, 2006 at 10:56 AM Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 at 10:56 AM Yep, there is. See here Edit: Actually, just tried following the link in that thread, and it's broken. It seems the site has been moved here http://www.sepa.gov.cn/quality/airforecast/air_forecast.php, but the info is only in Chinese. They have an English version of the website here http://english.sepa.gov.cn/, unfortunately I can't seem to find the nice static table anywhere. All you get is a rapidly switching table of the different cities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Tang Posted October 6, 2006 at 04:13 PM Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 at 04:13 PM How is your guys experience in getting training in Shaolin? I am planning on going. But am a bit concerned by this article i stumbled upon... http://www.squatmagazine.com/article.php?articleId=11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted October 7, 2006 at 04:41 AM Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 at 04:41 AM Sounds about right to me. You can find good martial arts in China, but you need to know where to look, and you need to be careful because there are plenty of "masters" who will charge you lots of money and teach you very little. This forum deals a lot with traditional chinese martial arts (the focus is on the internal arts, but many others are also discussed), you might have some luck there if you search/enquire about good teachers in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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