In Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, the Tibetan spiritual leader’s residence since he escaped into exile, preparations are in ...

In Wu's story is also how Buddhism became China's official religion for a brief period, and how Indian scholars influenced ancient Chinese culture.

Team finds China's Buddhist and Taoist temples host higher concentration of old trees - some dating back 1,000 years - than ...

Russell is a Science Writer with IFLScience and has a PhD in the History of Science, Medicine and Technology. Nestled along the northern Silk Road in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region stands a ...

A stone Bodhisattva head unearthed at an ancient Buddhist temple dating back to the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) in Pingcheng District, Datong, north China's Shanxi Province. Photo by Xinhua.

As the birthplace of the Tiantai School of Buddhism, Tiantai’s Guoqing Temple attracts pilgrims from Japan, South Korea, and ...

Kumarajiva hailed from the Kucha kingdom, an ancient Buddhism kingdom ... numerous sutras into scrolls of Buddhist scriptures from Sanskrit into Chinese, including the famous Lotus Sutra.

Buddhism had spread to China from India through the ancient Silk Road and was thriving in the country in the 4th century CE. When word got back to India that there was a demand in China for a ...

The country’s ancient dynasties had an on-and-off ... But that hardly means Xinjiang was culturally or politically part of China. After all, Buddhism originally came from India.

The study found that religious sites in eastern China have become refuges for old, ancient and endangered trees. Since the early years of the Common Era, Buddhist and Taoist temples have sheltered ...