The Giant Buddha Temple is located in the southwest part of downtown of Zhangye city, which is well known as China's biggest indoor sculpture of Nirvana Buddha. The Temple was initially built in 1098.

Giant Buddha Temple, also known as the Dafo Temple in Zhangye City, was built in 1098 during the Western Xia Dynasty (1038-1227) and is an important ancient temple on the Silk Road.

A Buddha carved into rock at the Yungang Grottoes has looked over the bleak plains of northern China for more than 1,500 years. Pilgrims journey to this UNESCO World Heritage site through the ...

A fire consumed a giant Buddha statue at a major temple in northwest China, state media reported. Video shared on social media showed the statue at the Shandan Great Buddha Temple burning in the ...

BEIJING, China — A 600-year-old Buddha statue has been discovered in a reservoir in east China’s Jiangxi Province after water levels fell during renovation work.

Young people in China are so demoralized by the economy that they are flocking to temples to pray for luck. Visits to Beijing's Yonghe Temple soared 530% in March and early April from a year ago.

Now scientists in Jingchuan County, China, say they've found a box with thousands of pieces of his "sarira" (cremated remains, including teeth and bones) with a message inscribed from a pair of ...

More than 2,000 people have taken part in a procession to escort a relic of the Buddha, lent by China, to a shrine in Bangkok to honor the birthday of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn and to ...

By Serenitie Wang PHILADELPHIA (CNN)-- A 600-year-old Buddha statue has been discovered in a reservoir in east China's Jiangxi Province after water levels fell during renovation work.