The Yungang Grottoes are the crowning achievement of this ancient culture. Although the city of Datong today has become a leading center for China's coal industry, the "land of Buddhism," with its ...

It wasn't until after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 that efforts were made to restore the grottoes.

UNESCO’s executive board on May 24 approved the archives of the Buddhist monk Enchin (814-891) for inclusion. Enchin founded the Tendai Jimon sect after bringing back the teachings of Chinese ...

GANSU- A number of foreign journalists from different countries visited Mogao Caves in Dunhuang city in China’s northwestern ...

The Chinese government venerates Kumarajiva not only for his contributions to Buddhism but also as a symbol of China’s ideological and geopolitical ambitions. China is using Buddhist narratives ...

Amanda Foreman discusses the origins and development of Buddhism in China, with particular reference ... assessed by contemporary women. Women in Ancient Greece. videoWomen in Ancient Greece ...

The Yungang Grottoes are the crowning achievement of this ancient culture. Although the city of Datong today has become a leading center for China’s coal industry, the “land of Buddhism ...