While investment in cultural heritage is declining in the US and other countries, the ‘unique’ Chinese model is flourishing, observers said.

A respected philosopher and educator, Confucius is said to have taught 3,000 students during his 72-year life. In Nishan, the historic Confucian temple and Nishan academy, located among ancient ...

Additionally, these grottoes also feature statues with Han Chinese characteristics ... in Beiting Ancient City Site have revealed pottery fragments inscribed with "Beitian Temple".

“Why are there no measures to preserve such ancient artifacts in ... It is not the first such incident in China. In August 2018, Buddha statues in Fengmen Temple in Sichuan were smeared ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain ... some of which are inventories from temples on the island. "These inscriptions ...

The temple blends traditional Buddhist architecture with classical Chinese garden aesthetics. It is renowned for its Arhat ...

Ancient Buddhist murals and statues in caves along ... causing the collapse of the Jinci Temple and Tianlongshan grottoes, both national heritage sites, Chinese state media reported at the time.

Take, for example, the case of an ancient statue both Japan and ... court ruled that the nearly 700-year-old statue belongs to the Japanese temple from which it was stolen in 2012.