Dandan-Oilik was once a thriving complex packed with Buddhist temples in the Taklimakan desert. What do we know now about ...
For 700 years, Yongle Palace, a Taoist temple in Ruicheng, Shanxi province, stood near the Yellow River, where it witnessed ...
Originally, the Chinese character si, meaning temple, stood for an official building that, in ancient China, ranked second only to the emperor's imperial palace. To show his respect for Buddhism ...
When the Chinese team first arrived in 2018, the Montu Temple area was an untamed landscape: overgrown with wild grasses, obscured by dust from previous excavations, and cluttered with abandoned ...
Ancient China’s main rivers ran west to east ... Writing in the eighth century, Zhang Ji describes a temple on the canal whose “ringing bell reaches my boat at midnight.” ...
The ancient Temple Fair in Xunxian County central China Henan Province kicked off to welcome the Chinese New Year by showcasing various traditional ...
Explore Asia's ancient cities, including Varanasi, Xi'an, Kyoto, Angkor, Bagan, Kathmandu, Petra, and Lhasa. Discover their ...
Varanasi is in India, it is one of the world’s oldest cities known for its ancient Hindu culture and enormous temples. Bagan, ...