The Conversation19d
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 ... deeply familiar with Buddhism, a religion that they ...
Smithsonian Magazine9d
South Korea’s Worst Ever Wildfires Ravage Ancient Buddhist Temples and Menace Historic Villages
One monk said his old temple was ‘reduced to heaps of ashes,’ as the fires continue to rage across the country ...
China Daily Global Edition10d
Passage to history
The howling of wind and pounding of hooves, the battle cries and clinking of cold glistening sword, the solemn chanting of ...
Yahoo19d
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 ... his reign through Buddhism, portraying himself either ...
Houston Chronicle20d
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 long included the ... cultures had become deeply familiar with ...
TheCollector on MSN9d
Centuries-Old Buddhist Temple Destroyed by Wildfires
Wildfires tearing through the southern regions of South Korea have killed at least 28 people and destroyed or threatened ...
South Korea fires latest: 27 killed and 1,000-year-old Buddhist temples destroyed in biggest wildfire on record
More than 35,000 hectares (88,000 acres) have been charred or were still burning in the largest of the fires that began in ...