In Chinese, Gōngfu is a compound of two words, combining ‘gōng’ meaning "work”, "achievement”, or "merit”, and fū which translates into "man”, so that a literal rendering would be "achievement of man”. Its connotation is that of an accomplishment arrived at by great effort of time and energy. There are 552 sets of martial arts skills practiced everyday at the Shaolin Temple. There are 72 sets of stunts as well as 156 sets of special tricks including flying. The series of photos captured below illustrate real life scenarios of techniques and tricks used by people trained at the Shaolin Temple in China.