Laba Congee Festival, Warm Up to Chinese New Year
A month-long Chinese New Year Festival Season begins with a bowl of nuts-rich congee consumed on lunar December 8.
Laughing Buddha
About a thousand years ago, there was an itinerant Buddhist monk named Qici (契此) wandering around in the area on…
A Song Dynasty Ashoka Tower
The tallest Ashoka Tower found so far in China from the basement of the ruined Buddhist temple in Nanjing. Collection…
A Magic Ancient Chinese Mirror
If you hold it against a wall in the sun, the images and text in the back of the mirror…
A Revolving Library
In China's Sichuan Province there are two rocky hills hosting a temple accommodating both Daoist and Buddhist faiths.
8 Major Chinese Buddhist Sects
There are two kinds of travellers: One knows where to go and one doesn't.
Complete Enlightenment
The Sutra of Complete Enlightenment records a Buddhist seminar and is viewed, particularly by Chinese school Buddhism, as the jewel…
A Brief Introduction to Chinese Buddhist Temples
A classic Chinese Buddhist temple is typically a building complex consisting of several courtyards as shown in the illustration below.…