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 ...

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.” ...

As if that’s not enough, the province also boasts the 2,800-year-old Pingyao Ancient City, the Wutai Buddhist temple complex constructed more than 1,900 years ago (one of China’s four major ...

Designated as a national treasure, the documents include the actual pass the monk used to be allowed to travel around China. The documents are in the possession of Onjoji temple (also known as ...

The Great Wall of China stretches across thousands of ... and the interconnectedness of religion and governance in ancient ...

The Forbidden City, China: A Window into Imperial China ... Bagan, Myanmar: An Ancient City of Temples Bagan is one of the ...