Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...

Today, the statue in the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center has become a hub for interfaith efforts and a ...

Schaller, two of the leading experts at the research base in Wolong. The book summarized research results on wild giant pandas and sparked global interest in the species 1985-1988 Ministry of Forestry ...

It is approximately 120 kilometres from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, and serves as a transport hub in southwestern China. Leshan is renowned for the iconic UNESCO World Heritage site of the Leshan ...

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Things to do: Key attractions in Chengdu include the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Wenshu Yuan Monastery, Leshan Giant Buddha, Wu Hou Shrine of Chengdu, and Shufengya Yun must be on ...

Planning a trip to Chengdu to see the pandas but have NO idea what else to do with your time there? Most travel guides will have you running from one temple to the next, ticking off all the historical ...

When Micah Moeller put his 8-foot-tall KFC bucket up for sale, KAFE 104.1 hosts Dave Walker, Allan Fee and Patrice Valentine “went for it” and bought the bucket. Right now, the bucket sits in the ...

NAY PYI TAW (Xinhua): After more than three years of construction, Myanmar is preparing to unveil a giant sitting marble statue of Lord Buddha in its capital Nay Pyi Taw on Aug. 1, the Information ...