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Remembering China’s Empress Dowager Ling, a Buddhist who paved the way for future female rulers
The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...
China Daily Global Edition3h
Painter follows in predecessors' footsteps toward modernization
In the early stage of his career, 78-year-old artist Xie Tiancheng primarily made oil paintings and gouaches. In the 1980s, ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN20h
Archaeologists Unearth the Torso of a Rare Buddha Statue—Nearly 100 Years After They Found Its Head
For nearly a century, the head of a Buddha statue has been kept in the collections of the National Museum of Cambodia. Its ...