A 22.29-meter-tall cliffside Buddha statue in Hebi City has started a three-year restoration. Dating back over 1,700 years, it's China's earliest and ...

The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...

Mixing the kinetic city energy of Guangzhou with the beautiful vistas and Chinese painting-like landscapes of Guilin and ...

The recent transfer of cultural artifacts, including several Tibetan Buddhist relics, from the US to China may help advance the Chinese government’s efforts to distort Tibet’s history and appropriate ...

The Dalai Lama's successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says in a new book, raising ...

Last year, the Ti-Ratana Welfare Society organised a trip to Mount Putuo and Mount Jiuhua, two of the four holy Buddhist ...

In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei.

In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress ... portraying himself either as a Buddha or as a patron of Buddhists – their texts and institutions. This was a type of governance ...

The pagoda itself functions as a temple, making it a “vertical monastery” — or, as its name suggests, “The Palace of Buddha.” ...

Beijing insists it will choose his successor, but the Dalai Lama has said any successor named by China would not be respected. “The lineage of the Dalai Lama living Buddha was formed and ...

A 20-meter-tall Maitreya Buddha statue in the Mekong Delta has been recognized as one of the world's most impressive giant ...