For a religion that preaches the transience of all things, the ever shifting sands of China's western deserts might seem the ...

This statue, now preserved in the Guimet Museum, is a significant example of Tang dynasty Buddhist art and stands as a testament to the spiritual and artistic legacy of the Mogao Caves—a legacy that ...

From the foundation of the early Tang Dynasty ... Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, the artistic value of DAZU Rock Carvings has lasted forever. It is not only the pinnacle of grotto art from ...

Mount Wutai, located in Wutai county, is one of China's four sacred Buddhist mountains. Since the 1st century, many ...

On a high mound, it seems to rise into the sky. Big Wild Goose Pagoda was first built in 652 in the Tang Dynasty. Xuanzang, a prominent Buddhist scholar of the time, planned to have a huge stone ...

The Bronze Bell of the Northern Song Dynasty is the oldest original Buddhist bell collected by ... close to the style of bells cast during the Tang Dynasty. The body of the bell is fairly straight.

who founded the Tendai Jimon sect after bringing back the teachings of Chinese Esoteric Buddhism from Tang Dynasty China. UNESCO’s International Advisory Committee is scheduled to decide on ...