Provincial Communist Party boss calls on temple's new leadership to protect reputation and return to 'true teachings' during ...

In the city of Quanzhou in Fujian province of China, there is a Buddhist temple, whose base and pillars are full of Hindu imagery. It reveals the long connection of trade between India and China via ...

ERSHUI, Taiwan — It was bad enough, villagers thought, when the kindly Buddhist nuns were forced out of their historic temple and longtime home. But what began as a bitter property dispute took a ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be building eight new temples, church President Russell M. Nelson announced Sunday afternoon. The Shanghai temple will be the first in the People's ...

BEIJING (AP) — China’s famous Shaolin Temple announced on Sunday that its abbot is under investigation on suspicion of misappropriation and embezzlement of project funds and temple assets. Shi Yongxin ...

May 13, 2011, 1:15 PM EDT / Source: GlobeNewswire LOS ANGELES, May 13, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Two celebrated panels of professionals comprising China's legendary Shaolin monks to experts from the ...

An image of a temple on a dramatic precipice has drawn the attention of people on Facebook. The image shows two house-like structures connected by a stone bridge on top of a mountain spire. In the ...

The US-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as Mormonism, has announced the building of its first temple in mainland China, a move experts believe has links with China-US ...

French 7’3” NBA star Victor Wembanyama may have just unlocked a new position: Shaolin monk. Wembanyama, who ended last season early due to a rare blood clot in his right shoulder appeared to be ...

BEIJING – With more than 100,000 pilgrims and visitors expected to attend the annual Xishan Wanshou Palace Temple Fair, authorities thought it would be a good idea to confine the local beggars in one ...

HANFORD, Calif. (KFSN) -- It was once a gathering place for Hanford's Chinese population. Now, it is a museum, maintained and preserved by the China Alley Preservation Society. Firefighters from ...

Reporting from BEIJING — A fire broke out at Tibet’s most sacred temple on Saturday, and the public knows no more. The blaze may have severely damaged the 1,300 year-old temple and many of its ...