A giant statue of Buddha in China has had its toes dampened by floodwater for the first time since the 1940s. The 71m-tall statue, a Unesco heritage site, was carved out of a rockface in Sichuan ...
In the Theravada form of Buddhism followed in Southeast Asia, Gautama’s enlightenment is commemorated along with his birth ...
this Buddha has a majestic bearing. The statue, flanked by two armed warriors, represents a highlight in the development of sculpture in ancient China. According to historical records, the statue ...
Dharmaká¹£ema, who hailed from Central India, was instrumental in the translation of important Buddhist texts to Chinese in 5th ...
Nothing about this place seems like it could be possibly real, yet it is. Zhangjiajie is in Hunan Province, the main draws ...
Love SEVENTEEN? Explore Haicheng and Anshan in China, the hometown of K-pop sensation The8, and uncover the place that shaped ...
Worth noting are the steps on the huge Sumeru pedestal, rare in other ancient pagodas in China. Projecting above the niches on the first storey of the Sakya Buddha Pagoda is a wide, eight-tiered ...
One of the city's most popular attractions, the Jade Buddha Temple impresses visitors with its legion of statues. The temple was originally built to house two jade statues brought in from Burma.
Three themed exhibitions are opened on Tuesday at Mount Xuedou, in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province, to trace the spread of Buddhism in the country and the manifestation of its ideas and ...
Some in Nepal also believe that Delhi is wary of the fact that the Gautam Buddha airport was constructed by China's Northwest Civil Aviation Airport. The airport is also located near Nepal's ...