Though sandstone succumbs easily to the chisel, it erodes quickly in rain. The survival of this Buddha and its grottoes, like ...

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 northern China's largest cliffside Buddha. The ...

The giant Buddha statue is carved into a cliff of sandy rocks at the Tianti Mountain, separated by a dam in the Huangyang River Reservoir in Wuwei, Gansu province. SHEN LONGQUAN/FOR CHINA DAILY ...

I had the wonderful opportunity to visit the Big Buddha sculpture on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Standing at 34 metres tall, ...

Representatives of China, including Beijing’s ambassador to Thailand, were also present, according to local media. The loan is the latest in a series of events to mark the 72nd birthday of the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire ... Simply put, what this meant was that the ruler of the empire legitimized his reign ...

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

"Among the discoveries was a Buddha statue represented in the Bayon ... according to the state-owned Angkor Enterprise. Enditem Follow China.org.cn on Twitter and Facebook to join the conversation.

The geological conditions pose both advantages and challenges for the grottoes. For example, the sandstone of the mountains ...