Driving on the road far away from Shigatse, from the west city you can see the gold roof of Tashilunpo Monastery shinning under the sunshine. Experiencing five centuries, it still maintains the magnificent vigor. Tashilhunpo Monastery (meaning...Read More

On Mount Yulaishan, on the east bank of Minjiang, can be seen the imposing Temple of the Two Kings (Erwang Miao), built in the Qing period (1644-1911) on the ruins of an earlier 6th C edifice. Statues of the creators of the irrigation system, Li...Read More

Grottoes in Bingling Temple is situated on the rock of west cliff in Dasi Gully on Xiaojishi Mountain on the north bank of the Yellow River, a place about 40 kilometers southwest of Yongjing County of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in Northwest...Read More

Located at Huajue Lane,the Great Mosque is the major spot for the religious activities of over 60000 Moslems in Xi'an. It is also an important historic monument in Shaanxi Province. Unlike other Arabic mosques, the Great Mosque in Xi'an possesses...Read More

The Mausoleums of Jing Jiang, located at the foot of the grand Yao Mountain in the eastern suburbs, some 5 kilometers from the city, are tombs of generations of Ming princes who were dispatched by the emperor to govern today’s Guilin...Read More

The Qutan Temple (Qutan si), a state-level protected religious complex, is a typical reflection of the ancient Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD) temples, now rarely seen in Qinghai. This site, after establishment in 1387, was one of the most important...Read More

The Baxian Temple (Temple of Eight Immortals), also known as the Baxian Palace and located at the Changle lane, Dongguan District, Xian City, is a famous Taoist architecture in Northwest China and also the biggest Taoist temple in Xian City. Ba Xian...Read More

One of the largest Buddhist temples in eastern China, the Tianning Temple is just a few blocks from Changzhou's downtown. It's also nearby from the city's main historic parks and a historic pagoda. The temple was founded almost 1,300 years ago,...Read More

Temple of Great Buddha is at the foot of the main peak of Tongan Big Wheel Mountain. It is an ancient temple dating from the Sui Dynasty (581). It used to be called Temple of Publicizing Buddhism (Xingjiao Si). During the over one thousand years of...Read More

Situated on Liurong Road, this world famous ancient Buddhist temple was built in 537 in the Liang dynasty during the Southern dynasties (386-581). More than 1460 years ago in the Liang dynasty, Emperor Liangwu ordered the master priest, Tanyu to...Read More