This collective endeavor — carried out by legions of artists and craftsmen, many likely trained in workshops in the Tang ...

As one of the three longest holidays in China, the upcoming five-day holiday from May 1 to May 5 is expected to see a tourism ...

China isn’t a destination for the faint of heart — the crowds, the traffic, and the language are daunting. This can make it ...

Tourists view murals in the Ya'er Lake Grottoes in the city of Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 5, 2025. (Photo by Liu Jian/Xinhua) Two Buddhist cave complexes ...

Two Buddhist cave complexes along the ancient Silk Road in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region opened to the public for the first time on Saturday. The Ya'er Lake Grottoes ...

As one of the three longest holidays in China, the upcoming five-day holiday from May 1 to May 5 is expected to see a ...

The Panlongcheng site in Wuhan, Hubei province, after studies of more than half a century, was found to be a significant ...

While today, in India, Buddhism is strongly linked with social activism and anti-caste movements, the reason Buddhism thrived ...

And the Xumishan grottoes—a collection of ancient Buddhist cave temples constructed between the fifth and tenth centuries A.D.—owe their existence to this axiom. Located in China's Ningxia Hui ...

Wang Yanqing (L), a staff member of the research institute of the Yungang Grottoes, conducts an archaeological investigation ...

yet the earliest grand architectures and sculptures in India were funded by Buddhist merchants. These are found along trade routes. For example, over 500 rock-cut caves of Maharashtra were located ...