Over the centuries, the cultural treasures grew in number. The most remarkable is the Giant Buddha of Leshan, carved out of a hillside in the 8th century and looking down on the confluence of three ...

The giant Buddha statue is carved into a cliff of sandy rocks at the Tianti Mountain, separated by a dam in the Huangyang River Reservoir in Wuwei, Gansu province. SHEN LONGQUAN/FOR CHINA DAILY ...

A 20-meter-tall Maitreya Buddha statue in the Mekong Delta has been recognized as one of the world's most impressive giant Buddha statues by British travel magazine Wanderlust. The 250-ton statue ...

2003 Report on the ICOMOS Expert Monitoring Mission to the Leshan Giant Buddha of Chengdu, April 2003 2000 Report on the ICOMOS/IUCN Joint Reactive Monitoring Mission to Mount Emei Scenic Area, ...

NAY PYI TAW (Xinhua): After more than three years of construction, Myanmar is preparing to unveil a giant sitting marble statue of Lord Buddha in its capital Nay Pyi Taw on Aug. 1, the Information ...

The first Buddhist temple in China was built here in Sichuan Province in the 1st century A.D. in the beautiful surroundings of the summit Mount Emei. The addition of other temples turned the site into ...

A 20-meter-tall Maitreya Buddha statue in the Mekong Delta has been recognized as one of the world's most impressive giant Buddha statues by British travel magazine Wanderlust. The 250-ton statue is ...