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| Also known as | Shao Lin Seng Bing |
| Genre | Historical drama, wuxia |
| Written by | Wang Qiuyu Li Zhixian |
| Directed by | Raymond Lee |
| Starring | Sammo Hung Cui Lin Christopher Lee Li Man Sammy Hung Cui Peng Liu Ying Jeanette Aw |
| Opening theme | Shaolin Si (少林寺) performed by Kung-Fu Pop |
| Ending theme | Zuihao De Shiguang (最好的時光) performed by Jeff Chang |
| Country of origin | China |
| Language(s) | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 34 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Shi Yongxin Chen Juncong Zhou Liming Zhang Heyun Li Hua |
| Producer(s) | Wang Maoliang Shi Yongxin Gao Xiaoping Chen Lizhong |
| Location(s) | Wuxi, Jiangsu, China |
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) | Shenzhen Media Group, 少林寺文化傳播(登封)有限公司, China Television Media, Ltd, 北京藝博影視製作有限公司 |
| Distributor | 北京藝博影視製作有限公司 (China), MediaCorp (overseas) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CCTV-8 |
| Original run | November 3 – November 14, 2008 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 少林僧兵 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 少林僧兵 | ||||||
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The Shaolin Warriors is a Chinese television series directed by Raymond Lee and starring Sammo Hung, Cui Lin, Christopher Lee, Li Man, Sammy Hung, Cui Peng, Liu Ying and Jeanette Aw. The series was first broadcast in November 2008 on CCTV-8 in mainland China.
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The story is set in the Ming Dynasty during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor. General Qi Jiguang enlists the help of Shaolin Monastery's warrior monks to defend China from the wokou (Japanese pirates) and other invaders.[1]
The series had a costly budget. In addition to the participation of Hong Kong director Raymond Lee (李惠民) as the overall director, 120 warriors monks and 200 secular students from Shaolin Monastery were involved in the production as well.
The project was completed in late 2007 after more than three months of shooting in Wuxi's Film and TV Studios.
Shaolin Monastery's abbot Shi Yongxin expressed his desire to spread Shaolin's history and culture to the rest of the world through this television series.[2]