<img src='https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-05-17/Shaolin-monks-amaze-with-silver-spear-throat-performance-1DkQmJFqs0M/img/ddec707d21e0462abaf5c94ff3acabfb/ddec707d21e0462abaf5c94ff3acabfb.jpeg'Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN
<img src='https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-05-17/Shaolin-monks-amaze-with-silver-spear-throat-performance-1DkQmJFqs0M/img/ddec707d21e0462abaf5c94ff3acabfb/ddec707d21e0462abaf5c94ff3acabfb.jpeg'Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN
<img src='https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-05-17/Shaolin-monks-amaze-with-silver-spear-throat-performance-1DkQmJFqs0M/img/ddec707d21e0462abaf5c94ff3acabfb/ddec707d21e0462abaf5c94ff3acabfb.jpeg'Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN
<img src='https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-05-17/Shaolin-monks-amaze-with-silver-spear-throat-performance-1DkQmJFqs0M/img/ddec707d21e0462abaf5c94ff3acabfb/ddec707d21e0462abaf5c94ff3acabfb.jpeg'Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN
<img src='https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-05-17/Shaolin-monks-amaze-with-silver-spear-throat-performance-1DkQmJFqs0M/img/ddec707d21e0462abaf5c94ff3acabfb/ddec707d21e0462abaf5c94ff3acabfb.jpeg'Martial arts monks perform a unique Shaolin kung fu technique: With its tip pressed against their throats, they bend a spear into a curve using their body weight. /CGTN
At Shaolin Temple, the martial arts monks perform a breathtaking stunt with a silver spear that involves pressing its pointed tip against their throat and bending it into a curve using their body weight. This incredible act is a demonstration of their neck strength and mental focus. By breathing deeply and concentrating, they toughen their throat sufficiently to withstand the spear’s pressure. More than a performance, this is the essence of Shaolin kung fu– training that blends physical power with mental discipline. Visitors watch in amazement as the monks transform a dangerous stunt into a display of human endurance, proving that centuries of practice can make the impossible, possible.
