Songshan Shaolin Temple Disciples College receives disciples every few years.

Although Shaolin Temple recruits lay disciples, there are also restrictions on the number and age. Generally, people aged five to twenty-eight are recruited only once every five years. Only 200 people are recruited at a time, and too many are not recruited.

Shaolin Temple, located at the foot of Wuru Peak in Songshan Mountain, Dengfeng City, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, is named "Shaolin Temple" because it is located in the dense jungle of Shaoshi Mountain in the hinterland of Songshan Mountain. Shaolin Temple is not only the birthplace of Zen Buddhism, but also the birthplace of China Kung Fu, and is known as "the ancestral home of Zen Buddhism and the holy land of Kung Fu".