it is widely accepted to be based on folk tales and oral accounts of a 16-year trip to India undertaken by Xuanzang (602-664), a Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar, during the Tang dynasty.

It is one of the eight famed temples in Fanchuan in the Tang Dynasty, a National Key Buddhist Temple, and a Key National Cultural Relics Protection Unit. Qinglong Temple, also known as Stone Buddha ...

Staying true to its role as a cultural melting pot, the Hexi Corridor was where both Tibetan and Han Buddhism flourished. A ...

For Xuanzang, a Buddhist monk traveling the Silk Road ... and horses moving east to the Tang dynasty capital of Changan, among the largest cities in the world. What kept Xuanzang going, he wrote ...

Enchin founded the Tendai Jimon sect after bringing back the teachings of Chinese Esoteric Buddhism from the Tang Dynasty. Designated as a national treasure, the documents include the actual pass ...

Wu Zetian’s influence across Central Asia helped boost trade, particularly in valuable commodities like silk and tea, which ...

Dragons were a symbol of luck and protection from natural disasters during the Tang Dynasty, archaeologists said.

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 ...

working their way from the outer city to the inner city and discovering the Tang Dynasty temple where the dragon was found in 2023 as well as other ceramics and Buddhist relics. The site was found ...