HATFIELD – A handsome Chinese gilt-bronze seated Buddha statue, probably made in the late 19th or early 20th century and substantial in size at 20 1/2 inches tall, soared to $143,000 at a multi-estate ...
Giant naked Buddha sculptures in Jinan have been removed after online debate(photo fromhttps: It seemed like a good idea at the time: A restaurateur in the Chinese ...
In early 526, a Chinese emperor granted a personal audience to an elderly Buddhist monk. The monk, Daodu, explained to Emperor Liang Wudi that he had grown weary of “this physical frame.” The body “is ...
This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese ...
Buddhist monks and citizens in Laos are opposing a plan to build a Chinese-style Buddha statue in the capital Vientiane terming it a “cultural encroachment” from its largest foreign investor and aid ...
A previously submerged Buddha statue in China thought to date as far back as the 14th century has resurfaced for the first time in decades, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. The 12.5-foot-tall ...
The Dutch collector's three conditions for the repatriation of the 1,000-year old Chinese Mummy Buddha, which raised serious questioning over his sincerity, have been rejected by the Chinese ...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- As part of its efforts to subjugate religion in China, the Communist Chinese government on Feb. 2 blasted a 57.9-meter-tall Buddhist statue into smithereens, reported Bitter ...
PARIS, June 10 (Reuters) - A rare Chinese Buddha statue, found in a French family home and part of a set thought to have been lost, is expected to fetch 1 million euros ($1.1 million) when it is ...