Chinese monk runs on water for 125 meter and breaks his own record by 5m

By managing to run on water for a full 125 meters, a Chinese Shaolin monk has broken records. Shi Liliang, a monk from the Shaolin temple in eastern Quanzhou city, used 200 floating plywood planks to assist his feat. It requires him to move quickly and tread incredibly lightly to succeed. Shi Liliang sprinted across a wide river in front of a large, cheering crowd who were willing him to succeed, wearing only a pair of black shorts and with his arms outstretched for balance.
Shi Liliang’s incredible feat, which was the third time he had attempted to break his own personal record of 120 metres has been captured in the video footage. The monk finally succeeded in crossing the 125 meter wide river, having spent a long time working on his speed and balance at Quanzhou Shaolin Temple.
As he been steadily setting targets and breaking record over the past year, it is unlikely to be Shi Liliang’s final effort. Having recorded 18 meters the previous October, he set his 120 meters record in January.
Describing his technique at the time, the monk told reporters that the discipline required both speed and patience, adding, ‘You need to be fast but you should take only small steps.’ Shi Liliang is a member of the Buddhist Quanzhou Shaolin Temple. The temple is world famous for the incredible feats of skill and endurance its monks have displayed over the years. The facility is the birthplace of kung fu and is also known as the Southern Shaolin Monastery. Since the Middle Ages before being embraced by Americans and Europeans in the 20th century, kung fu steadily had spread throughout east and south Asia since the Middle Ages.