At more than eighty years of age Venerable Shi Suxi, he is one of Shaolin's oldest and most venerated monks and martial arts masters. Born Geng Shuanzhu, Suxi entered Shaolin Temple in 1938 and has lived there ever since.
“From within the walls of this venerated refuge, Suxi witnessed sixty six years of Shaolin's turbulent history: the rise of the Communist party, the founding of the People's Republic of China, the rapacious Cultural Revolution, the decline of the Shaolin brotherhood to only a handful of loyal monks, and the rebirth of Shaolin in the last two decades.”
There was some controversy, when construction began on Shi Suxi’s pagoda in Shaolin's Talin (pagoda forest). While it is customary sign of respect to build a pagoda for an illustrious master when he reaches old age, Suxi's was the first new pagoda to be added to the Pagoda Forest, and it attracted a great deal of public attention because it depicts scenes of the 21st century, such as cars, jet planes and laptops.
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