Background
Shi Yongxin was born as Liu Yingcheng (刘应成) in Anhui Province"s Yingshang County.
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He is the thirteenth successor after Shi Xingzheng. Yongxin"s duties are scholarly, which involves presiding over large ceremonies at Shaolin. Most of the criticisms involve gifts he has allegedly accepted, such as a special robe worth 160,000 Yuan ($23,439 United States dollar) in 2009 and a Volkswagen Touareg 4x4 worth over 1,000,000 Yuan in 2006.
Other criticisms involve him using advertisements for the temple, the way admission fees are charged, and the fees charged to burn incense.
Yongxin has also been criticized for his approval of the demolition of nearby environment in 2001, where the village surrounding the Shaolin Temple was bulldozed in order to help the bid for it to become a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage Site. In November 2009 the official Shaolin Temple website was hacked twice.
The first time, the message "Shaolin evildoer Shi Yongxin, go to hell" was posted in calligraphy. The second time, hackers posted a letter said to be written by Yongxin in which he apologized for living a materialistic lifestyle and commercializing the temple.
Yongxin has countered these criticisms by claiming that commercialization is just a modern tool to promote and spread traditional Shaolin culture and martial arts, and is good for the Temple in the education
My vision is that Shaolin will eventually become a source of consolidating Chinese people"s confidence and wisdom."
As of January, 2011, Yongxin and the temple operated over 40 companies in cities across the world, including London and Berlin, which have purchased land and property. Prostitution Rumor
In May 2011, it was rumored that Abbot Yongxin solicited prostitutes. While Yongxin himself did not comment on the accusations, Qiang Daliang, general manager of Shaolin Intangible Assets Management Center, said "it will depreciate ourselves if we make too many explanations." If it is time for the abbot to come out, he will, Qiang added.
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Quotations: "it will depreciate ourselves if we make too many explanations.".
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Religion
Bhudism