Tag Archives: Chinese Buddhism
Kunming Day One Video Posted by sasha on Jun 21, 2017
What can you do with just 72 hours in China’s Spring City of Kunming? Quite a lot, actually! Join us for a new video series exploring one of the most beautiful cities in China. We’re staying in the city center for our Kunming day one video. In Part One, walk around the lovely Green Lake…
Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains Posted by sasha on Nov 24, 2012
A while back, we introduced China’s Five Great Mountains. Well, there’s more to China’s mountains than just those five, so today we’ll take a look at the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains (四大佛教名山 – sì dà fó jiào míng shān) as well. After all, a big part of Chinese culture is making a pilgrimage (朝圣 – cháo…
Luoyang (洛阳) – White Horse Temple (白马寺) Posted by sasha on May 9, 2012
For our second day in Luoyang, we wandered around the Old City and then took a trip out to the White Horse Temple. This is known as the first official Buddhist temple in China, and thus it has a long history and an interesting story behind it. We finished off the day with a stroll…
Longmen Grottoes Video Posted by sasha on May 7, 2012
A UNESCO World Heritage site since 2000, the Longmen Grottoes outside of Luoyang, Henan province, are one of the best examples of Chinese Buddhist art. Here, over 100,000 statues of Buddha and his disciples are carved into the limestone caves of the Xiangshan and Longmen mountains. It’s an amazing sight, and certainly worth a visit…