Built in 1416 and located at the northwest suburb 5 kilometers from Lhasa, it is the largest of the six big shamanist monasteries in China. It occupies a land of 250,000 square meters and had once boasted 10,000 monks, among whom, many became...Read More

Drepung lies five Kilometers west of Lhasa at the halfway point of the hill. It was built in 1416 by Gyayang Chugye, the disciple of Master Zongkaba. It is the biggest monastery in size and is built in the style of Tibetan religious constructions....Read More

Daming temple, also named Great Brightness Temple, is one of the most historic Buddhist temples in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. It occupies a commanding position atop a hill overlooking Yangzhou and the Shou Xi Hu(Slender West Lake) Garden. The...Read More

Duihui Temple is a Buddhist temple with a history of more than 1,500 years (591 A.D.). The temple is only a Buddhist temple that faces the north in comparison with other Buddhist layouts unanimously facing the south direction. The temple was...Read More

The Beijing Dongyue Temple is a Daoist (Taoist) temple in the Chaowai area, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China. The temple is dedicated to the God of Mount Tai.Founded during the Yuan Dynasty, it is the largest temple of the Zhengyi school of Daoism...Read More

Drepung Monastery, whose white grand buildings shining under the sunlight, lies in west of Lhasa under Mt. Gambo Utse, clustered round by the black mountain. Built in 1416, it is considered as one of the largest monasteries in the six principle...Read More

Dinghui Temple is located within the Jiao Hill Scenic Region and is an attractive destination for tourists. The temple was erected in the Eastern Han Dynasty and is the largest of all the temples on the hill. It was originally called the Puji Temple...Read More

Da Ming Temple is among the first group open-up key temples of Chinese Buddhism, and incorporates Buddhist temple, historical relics with garden scenery and international Buddhism education into the whole. It is an important unit of cultural relics...Read More

Located in Kaiteng proper, Daxiangguo Temple was first built in 555, the sixth year during Emperor Tianbao's reign of the Northern Qi period (550-577), but was destroyed in the late Ming Dynasty. After reconstruction, it has such structures as the...Read More

Situated in the suburbs south of Xian is the Daxingshan Temple; one of the oldest Buddhist temples in China. It was built during the Western Jin Dynasty (265-316). During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Buddhism prevailed widely in Chang'an, Xian City's...Read More