The addition of other temples turned the site into one of Buddhism's holiest sites. Over the centuries, the cultural treasures grew in number. The most remarkable is the Giant Buddha of Leshan, carved ...

Naka Ai carves a replacement halo for a Buddha statue. They called their venture ... depending on the type and characteristics of the wood used and the surrounding environment.

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 ...

Andong, South Korea - At South Korea’s thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a ... The predominant use of wood in these structures ...

An ancient Buddha statue from the early Goryeo dynasty was recently discovered at an archaeological site in North Korea. The Goryeo study saw the flourishing of Buddhist art and architecture ...

Workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a fire-retardant blanket At South Korea's thousand-year-old ... "The wildfire poses a significant threat to the preservation of these ...

google maps An arrest has been made following the recovery of a Buddha statue stolen from an art gallery near West Hollywood, Calif. Justin Livick has been arrested on suspicion of possession of ...

HIROSHIMA--A large, ancient statue of Buddha, displayed near ground zero soon after the atomic bombing to provide emotional support for survivors, is finally coming home after disappearing for ...

The second episode of Michael Wood's journey through Indian history covers the last centuries BCE—the age of the Buddha, the coming of the Greeks and the rule of the emperor Ashoka, one of the ...