China Daily2d
The Great Wall of man and nature
Located 160 km southeast of Yumen Pass, Jiayu Pass marks the western end of the Ming Great Wall. Nearly 80 percent of the ...
China Daily2d
Buddha's gaze into eternity
The Buddhist deities depicted here have round faces, thick lips, deep-set eyes and high-bridged noses. Their physiques are ...
Remembering China’s Empress Dowager Ling, a Buddhist who paved the way for future female rulers
The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...
China's Empress Dowager Ling Paved The Way For Future Female Rulers
In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei.
South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as disaster chief points to ‘harsh reality’ of climate crisis
At least 27 people have died and hundreds of buildings destroyed in the southeastern province of North Gyeongsang, with the ...
The Art Newspaper1d
‘Ravaging shared heritage’: South Korea wildfires destroy ancient temple and threaten Unesco site
The Unesco-listed Hahoe Folk Village in South Korea has been evacuated and a 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple burned to the ...
Religion News Service11d
Remembering China’s Empress Dowager Ling, a Buddhist who paved the way for future female rulers
This cultural hybridity enabled the empress dowager to rule directly: On one hand, the Chinese court system rooted in the Han dynasty had ... only within Chinese and Confucian culture.
South Korea fires latest: 27 killed and 1,000-year-old Buddhist temples destroyed in biggest wildfire on record
Since Friday, more than 35,810 hectares (88,488 acres) of land in the southeast has been scorched, the disaster response ...
At least 24 dead and ancient temple destroyed as South Korea hit by ‘worst wildfires ever’
At least 24 people have been killed and 26 have been injured as South Korea battles the most destructive wildfires in its ...