Two giant cavities about a half-mile apart in the rock face mark the sites where two huge sixth-century statues of the Buddha ... and the country's sole female provincial leader.

Solo travel is having a moment. For me—a backpacker at heart, with a penchant for arty, boutique hotels—that moment began around 20 years ago when I embarked on my first solo sojourn to Central ...

Whether it’s transiting at Narita International Airport or jumping from one magical world to the next at Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea, most people heading to Chiba Prefecture are on their way ...

"I needed to maintain a critical distance and understand Ensign Wang as the product of a particular time and place, so as to ...

Depicted by the statue is the Buddha Amitābha, a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism.

An ancient Buddha statue from the early Goryeo dynasty was recently discovered at an archaeological site in North Korea. The Goryeo study saw the flourishing of Buddhist art and architecture ...

The Buddha statue unearthed recently in North Korea was sculpted during the Golden Age of Buddhism, which emerged out of an ...

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When the first cars started arriving, speakers blasted ancient ensemble music and broadcast monks’ chants from a pavilion ...

In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves, which Roman priestesses and priests once used to purify spaces.