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• Buddhist Festivals
  ...d in the hall. However, on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, Chinese Buddhist temples are in the habit of dispensing laba porridge prepared of cereal, be ...lt the sutras for an answer. After three years of intensive reading of the Buddhist scriptures, Xiao Yan composed the “Water-and-Land Rhapsody,” had an alt
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• Buddhist Organizations
  ...there are also social organizations for Buddhist followers. These include Buddhist associations at various levels and layman’s institutes. ...year, he was succeeded by Shes-rab-rhya-mtsho (1884-1968), a famed Tibetan Buddhist scholar. In 1980 Zhao Puchu (1907-2000) began to serve as president, and th
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• Buddhist Temple Layout
  Chinese Buddhist temples usually face south and consist of a group of halls and courtyards i A typical Buddhist temple is arranged like this: It has a gate usually called Mountain Gate (S
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• Buddhist monk Yancan
  [[file: Buddhist monk Yancan.JPEG|thumb|200px|left|the Buddhist Yancan]] The '''Buddhist monk Yancan''' (延参法师) rose to popularity in June, 2012, when a vide
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• Revak Buddhist Temple Ruins
  '''Revak Buddhist Temple Ruins''' lie in the midst of the [[Kula Kansman Desert]], over 50 km ...temple ruins, Revak Temple is meaningful to the research on ancient Yutian Buddhist culture, architecture, and painting.
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/July9, 2012
  [[file: Buddhist monk Yancan.JPEG|thumb|200px|left|the Buddhist Yancan]] ...y interrupted by a group of playful monkeys, went viral on the Internet. [[Buddhist monk Yancan|(More...)]]
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• Lingyin Temple
  Meaning "temple of soul's retreat", Lingyin is one of the oldest [[Buddhist temples]] in China. ...n project was completed in October 2008, it reportedly became the "biggest Buddhist cultural tourism center" south of the [[Yangtze River]].
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• Guangji Temple
  ...e home of the [[Beijing Buddhist Culture Research Center]] and the [[China Buddhist Association]]. It is one of the few temples in the city proper since most o ...h and 23rd of the lunar calendar, Buddhists come to the temple to worship. Buddhist delegations from other countries often come to visit the temple and the ass
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/March 18, 2018
  ...Center]], thus serving as an important venue for nurturing young monks and Buddhist research. Fayuan Temple spreads over an area of 6700 sq.m, consisting of 13
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• Chuan Yin
  ...the Buddhist Academy of China and director of the [[Research Institute of Buddhist Culture of Beijing]]. Chuan Yin was born [[January 30]], 1927, to devout Buddhist parents. When he was 20, he became a monk. In 1954, he went to the [[Zhenru
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• Fa Xian
  ...they translated from Sanskrit into Chinese. In Fa Xian’s book, A Record of Buddhist Countries, he related what he had observed during his journey. This book pr
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• Jing Hui
  ...ce president of the [[Buddhist Association of China]] and president of the Buddhist Association of [[Hebei Province]]. He became a Bhikkhu, a fully ordained male Buddhist monk, at 18 and was accepted as a disciple of [[Xu Yun]], a Zen master, at
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/May 20, 2010
  ...e he visited many famous temples. He studied Buddhist classics and learned Buddhist doctrines from Indian monk scholars. ('''[[Xuan Zang|More...]]''')
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• Qianlong Edition of the Tripitaka Sutra
  ...the [[Buddhist Association of China]], and [[Zhao Puchu]], chairman of the Buddhist Association of China, both attended the ceremony. ...the encyclopedia of Buddhism, includes not only important information for Buddhist research, but also precious clues to ancient Oriental languages, literature
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• Xuanzang
  ...e he visited many famous temples. He studied Buddhist classics and learned Buddhist doctrines from Indian monk scholars. After returning to Chang'an, he translated 75 Buddhist scriptures (1,335 volumes) into Chinese. He also wrote an account of his tr
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• Northern Wei Dynasty
  ...by chiseling grottoes, building Buddhist temples, and personally preaching Buddhist scriptures.
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/December 20, 2009
  '''Jianzhen''' (Ganjin in Japanese) ([[Chinese]]: 鉴真) was a Chinese Buddhist monk of the [[Tang Dynasty]] (AD 618-907) who introduced the Ritsu school o Jianzhen was born to a Buddhist family in [[Yangzhou]], [[Jiangsu Province]]. His original name was Chunyu.
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/February 2, 2018
  ...by chiseling grottoes, building Buddhist temples, and personally preaching Buddhist scriptures. ([[Northern Wei Dynasty|More...]])
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• Guomari Village
  ...culpture, is a national-level key cultural relic preservation unit. Shilun Buddhist Pagoda is the biggest pagoda in Anto Tibetan area, which is famous its comp Special features: Guomari Monastery, Shilun Buddhist Pagoda
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• Tianning Temple
  ...ause Temple (Hongyesi), Heavenly King Temple (Tianwangsi), and Great Peace Buddhist Temple (Dawan'an Chansi). It got its present name in 1435. ...ure, it is 57.8 m high, with 13 stories and multi-layers of eaves. All the Buddhist statues, doors, windows, rafters and pillars are exquisitely carved in reli
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• Mount Jiuhua
  ...s_002.html) is located in [[Qingyang County]]. It is one of the four great Buddhist mountains in [[China]] (the other three are [[Mount E'mei]] in [[Sichuan]], ...he mountain. In its prime, Mount Jiuhua boasted over 300 temples and 5,000 Buddhist monks and nuns in residence. Now, over 50 are well-preserved.
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• Yunju Temple
  ...a to the south of the temple, lie buried 14,278 stone slabs inscribed with Buddhist scriptures with a history of a thousand years. It is probably the most impo ...ued his work until the 17th century. Altogether more than 1,000 volumes of Buddhist scriptures were carved, and the extant 14,278 pieces have now become state
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• CIIC:Selected anniversaries/April 11
  [[1912]]: [[Chinese Buddhist Association]] was founded in [[Shanghai]].
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• Buddhism
  .... Currently China has 13,000-some [[Buddhist temples]] and about 200,000 [[Buddhist monks]] and nuns. Among them are 120,000 lamas and nuns, more than 1,700 Li ...n Buddhism. Chinese Buddhism refers collectively to the various schools of Buddhist thought that have flourished in China since ancient times. These schools ha
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• Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai
  Vice-chairman of 11th [[CPPCC]] National Committee, honorary president of [[Buddhist Association of China]], and chairman of CPPCC [[Tibet]] Autonomous Regional 1952-1956 Studying Buddhist sutra in Sera Monastery, Lhasa
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• Revak Buddhist Temple Ruins
  '''Revak Buddhist Temple Ruins''' lie in the midst of the [[Kula Kansman Desert]], over 50 km ...temple ruins, Revak Temple is meaningful to the research on ancient Yutian Buddhist culture, architecture, and painting.
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• Dabeiyuan Monastery
  ...earthquake and was only restored in 1980. The monastery houses hundreds of Buddhist statues from different dynasties. Before 1956, the monastery contained a sk
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• Fayuan Temple
  ...Center]], thus serving as an important venue for nurturing young monks and Buddhist research. Fayuan Temple spreads over an area of 6700 sq.m, consisting of 13
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• Haibao Tower
  ...rliest Buddhist structure in Ningxia.jpg|thumb|Haibao Pagoda, the earliest Buddhist structure in Ningxia]]
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/November 14, 2019
  ...ft|250px|The name Badachu means Eight Great Sites, and refers to the eight Buddhist temples and monasteries scattered across Cuiwei, Pingpo and Lushi hills at The park is famous for its eight ancient [[Buddhist temples]] and monasterie: Changan Temple (Temple of Eternal Peace), Linggua
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/November 26, 2018
  ...ft|250px|The name Badachu means Eight Great Sites, and refers to the eight Buddhist temples and monasteries scattered across Cuiwei, Pingpo and Lushi hills at The park is famous for its eight ancient [[Buddhist temples]] and monasterie: Changan Temple (Temple of Eternal Peace), Linggua
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/November 1, 2016
  ...ft|250px|The name Badachu means Eight Great Sites, and refers to the eight Buddhist temples and monasteries scattered across Cuiwei, Pingpo and Lushi hills at The park is famous for its eight ancient [[Buddhist temples]] and monasterie: Changan Temple (Temple of Eternal Peace), Linggua
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• CIIC:Selected anniversaries/June 3
  [[1953]]: [[Buddhist Association of China]] was founded.
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• Buddhist monk Yancan
  [[file: Buddhist monk Yancan.JPEG|thumb|200px|left|the Buddhist Yancan]] The '''Buddhist monk Yancan''' (延参法师) rose to popularity in June, 2012, when a vide
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• Zhihua Temple
  ...ed out of a nanmu (a kind of hard wood), and on its upper floor are 10,000 Buddhist statues, each 13 cm high, in the niches. ...e only existing set of official wood blocks for printing Chinese-character Buddhist scriptures. Carved out of high-quality pear tree wood, the set includes 78,
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• Yufo Temple
  ...thousands of pilgrims arrive to burn incense sticks and do devotionals. No Buddhist visitor leaves Shanghai without going to this temple. Food lovers, too, tak
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• Huayan Temple
  ...m. What makes the temple well-known are the Buddhist scripture and painted Buddhist sculptures kept in the lower temple.
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/January 27, 2016
  ..., who traveled to the place later known as India on a pilgrimage to obtain Buddhist scriptures. Protected by his three disciples, he faced many trials and trib
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• Yonghegong Lama Temple
  ...the 9th year of Qianlong's reign (1744), it became a temple of the [[Lama Buddhist]] sect. ...s, the "Four Halls of Scholarship (Medicine Hall, Mathematics Hall, Mizong Buddhist Sect Hall, and Scripture Recital Hall) as well as two display rooms for rel
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• Luohan Temple
  ...temple. During the [[Ming Dynasty]], it was renamed the "Gufoyan (Ancient Buddhist Rock) Temple" in 1462 (6th year of the Tianshun reign, Ming), the "Luohan T ...us visitors from all over the world. It is now the site of the [[Chongqing Buddhist Association]].
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• Temple of Paradise
  ...iang]] with a total area of 57,000 square meters,is one of the four famous Buddhist temples of the three northeast provinces. ...l of Mahavira – the largest hall in the temple. This temple is the largest Buddhist monastery in the history of modern architecture, and lying in the east part
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• Five-Pogada Temple
  ...ya Temple of India. Built with brickes and lined outside with stone slabs, Buddhist carvings can be all over the walls of the base and on the small pagodas. Th
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/August24, 2013
  ...'''Fayuan Temple''' (Temple of the Source of Dharma) is the oldest ancient Buddhist temple in [[Beijing]]. ([[Fayuan Temple|More]])
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• Relic Hall of Chinese Buddhism Books
  '''The Relic Hall of Chinese Buddhism Books''', located inside [[Fayuan Buddhist Temple]] with a long-standing history of 1,300 years in Beijing, is a museu ...the main hall of the Temple is the Show Room of Different Editions of the Buddhist Sacred Literature through the Ages.
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/February 16, 2011
  ...rch 1, 1683 – Nov. 15, 1706) was the sixth Dalai Lama. He was a rebellious Buddhist icon who wrote romantic poems about Buddhism and love that are still popula
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/February 23, 2019
  ...'''Badachu''' ('''八大处''') means Eight Great Sites, and refers to the eight Buddhist temples and monasteries scattered across Cuiwei, Pingpo and Lushi hills at
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/April 17, 2015
  ...'''Badachu''' ('''八大处''') means Eight Great Sites, and refers to the eight Buddhist temples and monasteries scattered across Cuiwei, Pingpo and Lushi hills at
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/April 9, 2016
  ...'''Badachu''' ('''八大处''') means Eight Great Sites, and refers to the eight Buddhist temples and monasteries scattered across Cuiwei, Pingpo and Lushi hills at
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/February 20, 2017
  ...'''Badachu''' ('''八大处''') means Eight Great Sites, and refers to the eight Buddhist temples and monasteries scattered across Cuiwei, Pingpo and Lushi hills at
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/November 10, 2010
  As one of the Four Great Buddhist Mountains in China, '''Mount Wutai''' is located in Wutai County, where peo
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/April30, 2011
  '''Temple of Paradise''' is one of the four famous[[ Buddhist]] temples of the three northeast provinces. [[Temple of Paradise|(More...)]
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/June 23, 2010
  ...920s with a total area of 57,000 square meters，is one of the four famous [[Buddhist temples]] of the three northeast provinces. ('''[[Temple of Paradise|More..
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/September 15, 2015
  ...d translations. In 1927, he followed [[Master Hong Yi]] (弘一法师) to become a Buddhist monk. ([[Feng Zikai|More...]])
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• Lushan Temple
  ...nese air raid. It was not until recent years that the [[Changsha Municipal Buddhist Association]] pooled money to restore the temple and turn it into a new sce ...ll day long. The vicinity is strewn with scenes and sights associated with Buddhist culture.
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/June 24, 2015
  ...[[Zhoushan Islands]] in the [[East China Sea]], and one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains in [[China]]. ([[Mount Putuo|More...]])
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/April30, 2012
  ...gjiang with a total area of 57,000 square meters,is one of the four famous Buddhist temples of the three northeast provinces. [[Temple of Paradise|(More...)]]
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/April27, 2014
  ...gjiang with a total area of 57,000 square meters,is one of the four famous Buddhist temples of the three northeast provinces. [[Temple of Paradise|(More...)]]
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• Nanputuo Temple
  ...over the last few years, turning the South Putuo Temple into the foremost Buddhist sanctuary in Xiamen. On any given day the temple is crowded with visitors.
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• Wenshu Yuan
  '''Wenshu Yuan''' (Manjusri Monastery) in [[Chengdu]] is a major Buddhist sanctuary in [[Sichuan]]. Its predecessor was the Xinxiang Temple founded d ...a pagoda was erected there, the "Thousand-Buddha Pagoda of Peace," and 999 Buddhist figurines are carved into the stone walls on each of its 11 floors.
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• Xingjiao Temple
  ...emple repaired on two occasions, enabling it to emerge as one of the major Buddhist sanctuaries in this country. ...iji and Yuance. The temple is in possession of more than 10,000 volumes of Buddhist canons, and many other precious cultural artifacts. A series of stone table
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• Samye Monastery
  ...e Utse Hall, represents Sumeru, the mythical mountain at the center of the Buddhist cosmos. The four pagodas set at the corners represent the four deva kings o ...gs are also unique, an important constituent of Tibetan religious art. The Buddhist statues in other monasteries are made of clay or bronze. In Samye, however,
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• Tianmu Mountain
  ...ing of the [[Liang Dynasty]] (502-557) pursued his studies in classics and Buddhist scriptures. On the east side of Chanyuan Temple are seven huge boulders arr
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/October 11, 2016
  ...t of [[Dunhuang City]], are one of the largest and best-preserved sites of Buddhist art in the world. ([[Mogao Grottoes|More...]])
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/December 24, 2016
  ...t of [[Dunhuang City]], are one of the largest and best-preserved sites of Buddhist art in the world. ([[Mogao Grottoes|More...]])
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/December 28, 2018
  ...t of [[Dunhuang City]], are one of the largest and best-preserved sites of Buddhist art in the world. ([[Mogao Grottoes|More...]])
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• Bailin Si
  ...has been gradually restored to its former glory. It is emerging as a major Buddhist sanctuary in north China.
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• Guanghua Temple
  ...Yuan Dynasty]] (1271-1368), this prominent temple now houses the [[Beijing Buddhist Association]]. It is situated on the north bank of [[Houhai]] Lake in the s
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/May 29, 2018
  Meaning "temple of soul's retreat", Lingyin is one of the oldest [[Buddhist temples]] in China.
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/April 17, 2010
  ...Hebei District, '''Dabeiyuan''' (Monastery of Great Mercy) is the largest Buddhist temple in [[Tianjin]]. Built in 1611 and expanded in 1940, it was partially
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• Guangxiao Si
  ...n Dynasty (317-420), this was where some Indian monks lived and translated Buddhist scriptures, including the eminent Gunabhadra (求那跋陀罗394-468) and P ...ew sites of historical interest to justify the temple’s fame as the oldest Buddhist sanctuary in Guangzhou.
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• Liurong Temple
  ...Buddhist emperor in Chinese history) had his uncle, monk [[Tanyu]], obtain Buddhist relics from Kampuchea and bring them to Guangzhou. A temple was specially b
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• Dahui Temple
  ...ty. Both the clay sculptures and murals are regarded as great treasures of Buddhist art.
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/October 6, 2016
  As one of the Four Great Buddhist Mountains in [[China]], '''Mount Wutai''' ('''五台山''') is located in [
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• Mount Putuo
  ...[[Zhoushan Islands]] in the [[East China Sea]], and one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains in [[China]]. New additions to this Buddhist mountain in recent years include a stone pagoda with 500 arhats in bas-reli
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• Shibao Mountain
  ...include the statues of the Tathagata Buddha, Kasyapa and Ananda, the eight Buddhist karma guardians, the slender-waisted Goddess of Mercy, and a deity with ele ...worship. The presence of female genital sculpture in grottoes dominated by Buddhist and royal images is a very rare occurrence anywhere in the world.
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/April 21, 2018
  ...assed down orally by the elderly. It was named from a tale originated from Buddhist scriptures, in which the hero Mulian rescued his mother from hell.([[Mulian
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• Ci'en Si
  ...istrict of Shenyang, the '''Ci'en Si''' (Ci'en Temple) is a relatively old Buddhist establishment in northeast China. It is said to have been first built in th ...hina. The Ci’en Temple today is the headquarters of the Shenyang Municipal Buddhist Association.
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/December 2, 2009
  ...y, it was a place that held a great appeal to monks and laymen to come for Buddhist scriptures. ('''[[Hongluo Temple|More...]]''')
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/November 28, 2014
  ...y, it was a place that held a great appeal to monks and laymen to come for Buddhist scriptures. ([[Hongluo Temple|More...]])
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• Stone-Carved Scriptures Exhibition Hall
  ...ers from downtown. It is famous for its 14,278 stone slabs carved with the Buddhist scriptures known as the Tripitaka. ...tain. Thus, Yunju Temple deserves to be called a treasure house of ancient Buddhist culture. On March 4, 1961, Yunju Temple was designated as a key historical
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• Jianzhen
  '''Jianzhen''' (Ganjin in Japanese) ([[Chinese]]: 鉴真) was a Chinese Buddhist monk of the [[Tang Dynasty]] (AD 618-907) who introduced the Ritsu school o Jianzhen was born to a Buddhist family in [[Yangzhou]], [[Jiangsu Province]]. His original name was Chunyu.
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• Guiyuan Si
  ...ynasty), two brothers from Zhejiang renounced the mundane world and became Buddhist novices. Devoted to the cause of providing the remains of dead people left
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• Kumtula Caves
  ...southwest of Kuqa, '''Kumtula Caves''' are considered one of the important Buddhist ruins of the ancient Qiuci (“Kuci” Uygur) and Gaochang (“Qara-hoja”
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/January 12, 2010
  ...'''temple fair'''" (Miao Hui) began as groups of vendors did business near Buddhist and Taoist temples when many pilgrims came to pay tribute to the gods durin
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/September 27, 2009
  ...1577 under the reign of [[Emperor Wanli]] of the [[Ming dynasty]] to store Buddhist scriptures in Chinese. It gradually became a temporary imperial dweling and
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/May 2, 2017
  ...ocated near Luoyang, [[Henan Province]], are a treasure house of ancient [[Buddhist]] cave art. The grottos were hewed and carved during the Northern Wei Dynas
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• Hongluo Temple
  ...y, it was a place that held a great appeal to monks and laymen to come for Buddhist scriptures. ...tupa Yard. More than 100 beads of granulated ashes and his teeth (known as Buddhist relics) were found in the stupa.
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• Hongfu Si
  ...uilt in 1672 (11th year or the Kangxi reign, [[Qing Dynasty]]), as primary Buddhist sanctuary for their city. But the temple did not acquire its present size w ...ka Pavilion. In each of these halls a complete array of the deities of the Buddhist pantheon are presented in finely crafted statues. A Qianlong edition of the
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• Ganglong Sutra Stone Wall
  ...ng the wall is a square niche, inside which is a stone plate carved with a Buddhist image. The wall is about 50 m long and about 3 m high. The stone is hard an
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• Yongquan Temple
  ...[[Gushan Mountain]] in the eastern suburbs of [[Fuzhou]] is another famous Buddhist establishment in [[Fujian Province]]. The name of the temple, which was fou ...d sago cycas (Cycas revolute) that blossoms every year, and 657 volumes of Buddhist scriptures written with blood. The picture-perfect mountains around the tem
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• Dabei Si
  The '''Dabei Si''' (Mahakaruna Temple， '''Chinese:'''大悲寺) is the only Buddhist temple of good size in Tianjin. It differs from its counterparts in that it ...an eminent monk who happened to be a Tianjin native. The Tianjin Municipal Buddhist Association is also headquartered here.
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• Mount Luofu
  ...ls, 72 caves and 18 scenic spots. It is also home to 19 Daoist temples, 18 Buddhist temples and 32 shrines.
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/January 5, 2020
  ...rch 1, 1683 – Nov. 15, 1706) was the sixth Dalai Lama. He was a rebellious Buddhist icon who wrote romantic poems about Buddhism and love that are still popula
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/January 11, 2018
  ...rch 1, 1683 – Nov. 15, 1706) was the sixth Dalai Lama. He was a rebellious Buddhist icon who wrote romantic poems about Buddhism and love that are still popula
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/June 28, 2010
  ...ause Temple (Hongyesi), Heavenly King Temple (Tianwangsi), and Great Peace Buddhist Temple (Dawan'an Chansi). It got its present name in 1435. ('''[[Tianning T
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• Buddhist Temple Layout
  Chinese Buddhist temples usually face south and consist of a group of halls and courtyards i A typical Buddhist temple is arranged like this: It has a gate usually called Mountain Gate (S
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/December 6, 2014
  ...the 9th year of Qianlong's reign (1744), it became a temple of the [[Lama Buddhist]] sect. ([[Yonghegong Lama Temple |More...]])
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/December 1, 2018
  ...the 9th year of Qianlong's reign (1744), it became a temple of the [[Lama Buddhist]] sect. ([[Yonghegong Lama Temple |More...]])
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• Jian Zhen
  ...hed southern Kyushu. The next year, in Nara, he began to preach and spread Buddhist teachings. He was founder of the Ritsu Sect in Japan. Accompanying him to J
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• Baotong Si
  ...ished itself as a major Buddhist center and became the site of the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary.
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• Meili Snow Mountain
  ...year, thousands of pilgrims from all places come to worship the mountain. Buddhist devotees consider it the highest honor to be able to walk a full circle aro
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• Bezkilik Thousand Buddha Caves
  ...r in the center. The murals mainly depict jakata stories from the Mayahana Buddhist sutras. On both sides of the entrances are usually pictures of Huihu patron
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• Mount Wutai
  As one of the Four Great Buddhist Mountains in [[China]], '''Mount Wutai''' ('''五台山''') is located in [
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• Kizil Grottoes
  ...wings of the Buddha, patrons of Buddhism, and animals in Jataka stories in Buddhist sutras, such as the birth of the Buddha. In 1961, Kizil Grottos were design
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• Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion
  ...with copper bells dangling from beneath the eaves. It is a masterpiece of Buddhist architecture by the ethnic Dai people.
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• Tibetan Opera
  ...r. Its traditional repertoire includes full-length items based on folk and Buddhist stories, such as ''Princess Wencheng'' and ''Prince Norsang'', as well as s
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• Buddhist Organizations
  ...there are also social organizations for Buddhist followers. These include Buddhist associations at various levels and layman’s institutes. ...year, he was succeeded by Shes-rab-rhya-mtsho (1884-1968), a famed Tibetan Buddhist scholar. In 1980 Zhao Puchu (1907-2000) began to serve as president, and th
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• Ci'en Sect in Han Buddhism
  ...t, was founded by [[Xuan Zang]], the celebrated [[Tang Dynasty]] (618-907) Buddhist translator who once resided in the [[Ci'en Monastery]] of [[Xi'an]], and hi ...ination in the commandments and began traveling and calling on established Buddhist masters.
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• Longmen Grottoes
  ...ocated near Luoyang, [[Henan Province]], are a treasure house of ancient [[Buddhist]] cave art. The grottos were hewed and carved during the Northern Wei Dynas ...e statue of Vairocana Buddha is today praised as being the quintessence of Buddhist sculpture in China.
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• Lion Grove Garden
  ...area of 1.11 hectares, it was built in 1342 during the Yuan Dynasty by the Buddhist Monk [[Tianru]] in memory of his master [[Zhongfeng]]. Since the garden abo
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• Zhang Jinlai
  ..., who traveled to the place later known as India on a pilgrimage to obtain Buddhist scriptures. Protected by his three disciples, he faced many trials and trib
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• Jokhang Monastery
  As the center of Tibetan Buddhism, the Jokhang has a great number of Buddhist statues and images of eminent monks of various sects of Buddhism. In additi
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• Wolong Temple
  ...e [[Ming Dynasty]]. By the [[Qing Dynasty]], it had emerged as the leading Buddhist sanctuary in Xi'an. During the Republican years it suffered major destructi
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• Jing'an Temple
  ...) and Huashan Road, '''Jing'an Temple''' is one of those nationally famous Buddhist monasteries. It is said that the temple was first built as early as A.D. 24
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• Sanlun Sect in Han Buddhism
  ...iven by Paramartha (499-569), the great Indian scholar who was translating Buddhist scriptures there. ...virtuosity in his cultivation of Buddhist theories, and he began teaching Buddhist doctrines in the temple.
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/September 4, 2017
  ...assed down orally by the elderly. It was named from a tale originated from Buddhist scriptures, in which the hero Mulian rescued his mother from hell. Many per
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/September3, 2012
  ...assed down orally by the elderly. It was named from a tale originated from Buddhist scriptures, in which the hero Mulian rescued his mother from hell. Many per
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• Mulian Opera
  ...assed down orally by the elderly. It was named from a tale originated from Buddhist scriptures, in which the hero Mulian rescued his mother from hell. Many per
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• Qintong
  ...es of water outside the town are dotted by diked fields. The town boasts a Buddhist temple dating back to the [[Five Dynasties]] Period (907-960), the [[Shuiyu
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• The Ancient Bell Museum
  ...l people preferred to call it the Dazhong Temple because it housed a giant Buddhist bell cast in the [[Yongle Period]] (around 1420) of the Ming Dynasty. The A ...d, this huge bell is lauded as King of Bells. It is engraved with over 100 Buddhist sutras and incantations that total more than 230,000 characters, and has a
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• Zhanshan Temple
  ...ilion houses a Qianlong version of the Tripitaka on the ground floor and a Buddhist sarira on the second floor. The brick pagoda outside the temple is a seven-
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• Jile Monastery
  One of the four largest Buddhist monasteries in northeast [[China]], it was built in 1921. Located in [[Nang
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• Mountain Resort at Chengde
  ...'Mountain Resort''' was built during the [[Qing Dynasty]], together the 12 Buddhist temples at its periphery. It served as the second political center of the Q
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• The Ethnic Museum
  ...ts of Li minority dragon quilts, She minority ancestral paintings, Tibetan Buddhist sutras and records, and ancient Tibetan, [[Dai]], [[Yi]], [[Naxi]] and [[Sh
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• Wofo Temple
  ...the Three Ages and the Hall of the Recumbent Buddha, a two-storey hall for Buddhist scriptures and a pavilion on the Hill of Longevity and Peace behind the mai
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• Lantern Festival
  ...erial palace and temples to show respect to Buddha on this day. Later, the Buddhist rite developed into a grand festival among common people and its influence
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• Jingci Temple
  ...[Song Dynasty]] (1127-1279) when it was regarded as one of the four famous Buddhist temples by the West Lake.
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• Ethnic Museum
  ...ts of Li minority dragon quilts, She minority ancestral paintings, Tibetan Buddhist sutras and records, and ancient Tibetan, Dai, Yi, Naxi and Shui writings.
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• Big Wild Goose Pagoda
  ...Pagoda was first built in 652 in the Tang Dynasty by Xuanzang, a prominent Buddhist scholar of that time. The pagoda collapsed not long after it was built. It
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• Longhua Temple
  A millennial Buddhist venue, '''Longhua Temple''', located in Longhua Town, boasts is nationally
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• Greater Wild Goose Pagoda
  ...completed, Monk [[Xuanzang]] spent 19 years here to translate 74 types of Buddhist scriptures after he returned from India and wrote a great work ''Da tang xi
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• White Horse Temple
  The temple is so named to commemorate the white horse that carried Buddhist scriptures to Luoyang, then eastern capital of the Han Dynasty.
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• Wooden Pagoda in Yingxian County
  ...lics were found in the pagoda, including a picture of medicinal herbs, and Buddhist scriptures. The scripture scrolls found include both hand-written and block
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• Jingtu Sect in Han Buddhism
  ...iting the Buddha’s Name was the most convenient and easily achieved of all Buddhist commandments to be mastered, and thus he became a convert of the Jingtu sec ...iscourse Concerning Meditation on Amitayus), telling him that this was the Buddhist book on long life, and asked him to practice self-cultivation according to
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• Dinghui Si
  ...Dynasty]], with the addition of a good number of halls, it became a major Buddhist sanctuary south of the Yangtze. The Mahavira Hall was rebuilt during the Xu
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• Tibet Museum
  ...40,000 precious rare objects. On display are prehistoric cultural relics, Buddhist images, bodhisattvas, sculptures of historical figures, Tibetan classics an
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• Yuantong Temple
  ...as converted into a Taoist temple for a brief period, and as a result both Buddhist and Taoist influences are seen in some buildings, stele inscriptions, and r
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• Banruo Temple
  ...rapta), and against its side walls stand an array of cabinets that contain Buddhist scriptures. The second floor is devoted to a 1.5-m-high silver stupa. The m
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• Labrang Monastery
  ...cient Chinese palaces, embellished with golden iron tiles, cupreous goats, Buddhist wheels, ritual flags, and with a treasure bottles atop. Many figures of Bud
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• Great Xiangguo Temple
  ...Lingshan Temple of Singapore was set in the monastery in 1993. Many of its Buddhist statues are rarities, which include a gingko-wood statue of the 1,000-Armed
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• Tiantong Temple
  In 1979, the temple underwent large-scale repairs, and emerged as a major Buddhist temple in southeast [[China]]. The time-honored history of the Tiantong Tem
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• Rules on Administration of Religious Activities of Aliens
  ...to conduct ceremonies such as baptisms, weddings, funerals, and Taoist and Buddhist rites and likewise be able to bring religious articles to China for use in
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• Western Xia Tombs
  ...only show features of tombs the Tang and Song dynasties but also those of Buddhist structures, representing a combination of the cultures of the Han people, B
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• Xingguo Temple
  ...e of caves are scooped, with those at the foot of the cliff enshrined with Buddhist statues. This is none other than the well-known Thousand-Buddha Grottoes th
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• Shaolin Temple
  ...Tower and some other major buildings were burned down along with many rare Buddhist scriptures and other documents. What remain now are only the temple gate, t
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• Evening bell at Nanping hill
  ...s ring. Then, in October 1984, the bronze bell was recast with the help of Buddhist circles in Japan.
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• Xiuding Temple Pagoda
  ...tion. Such a combination of images of various religions is unique in early Buddhist carvings and decorations.
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• Fengjian Village
  ...bargaining, but half in non-holidays;<br>3. Vegetarian food offered by the Buddhist Nunnery for free. Avoid wasting and clear the table after dinner;<br>4. The
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• Youmin Temple
  ...d during holidays. It is also the headquarters of the [[Jiangxi Provincial Buddhist Association]].
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• Esoteric Sect in Han Buddhism
  ...g that the Huayan Monastery in Chang'an held some Sanskrit versions of the Buddhist sutras brought back by Chinese monks from studies in India, he received the ...o Chang'an, put together a workshop to translate large numbers of Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures and treatises into Chinese, most of them Tantric classics, and e
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• Mount E’mei
  Mount E'mei is known for its unique beautiful scenery and Buddhist activities, as well as its numerous invaluable cultural relics, such as a 4
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• Religious belief in China
  ...ular primarily in Tibet and Inner Mongolia. Now China has more than 13,000 Buddhist temples.
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• Worship
  ...n Buddhism. Chinese Buddhism refers collectively to the various schools of Buddhist thought that have flourished in China since ancient times. These schools ha Beijing houses many celebrated Buddhist temples.
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• Baoguang Si
  ...ght during his stay in the temple, the emperor saw a light emitting from a Buddhist sarira enshrined in one of its halls, and he issued instructions to give th
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• Yingjiang Temple
  ...e River]] in the city of [[Anqing]], [[Anhui Province]]. One of the famous Buddhist sanctuaries in Anhui Province, it was established in 974 (7th year of the K
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• Religion in China
  ...China. Currently China has 13,000-some Buddhist temples and about 200,000 Buddhist monks and nuns. Among them are 120,000 lamas and nuns, more than 1,700 Livi China has the following national religious organizations: [[Buddhist Association of China]], [[Taoist Association of China]], [[Islamic Associat
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• Blang ethnic group
  ...a Buddhism]], as a result of the influence of the Dai tribe. The Blangs' [[Buddhist temples]] and social systems were similar to those of the Dais. The death of a person is followed by scripture chanting by Buddhist monks or shamans to "dispel the devil," and the funeral is held within thre
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• Pali Buddhism
  ...During this period there was no written form for the Dai language, and the Buddhist sutras were preached and memorized by rote. The population of followers was ...ect.” Having the largest following, the Run is the most influential of all Buddhist sects in Yunnan.
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• Temple fair
  ...n of a strolling temple fairs began as groups of vendors did business near Buddhist and Taoist temples when many pilgrims came to pay tribute to the gods durin
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• The Journey to the West
  Written by Wu Cheng'en, the novel depicts pilgrimage of a legendary Buddhist monk who travels to the "Western Region" later known as India in search of
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• Dazu Rock Carvings
  ...agonal "soul chariot" which symbolizes the eternal turning of the wheel of Buddhist law is the most fantastic piece of work. Right in the center of the cave is
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• Hierarchy of Divine Beings
  ...so various tutelary gods, guardian spirits and the patriarchs of different Buddhist sects.
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• Tripitaka of Buddhism
  While the Buddhist sects were busy producing written versions of the Buddha’s creeds, classi ...ence gave rise to tremendous differences in the preaching contained in the Buddhist classics. In China, Mahayana Buddhism is widely followed.
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• Da Jue Temple
  Da Jue Temple is a famous temple with a long history. Many lively and vivid Buddhist sculptures are worshiped there. The stele that recounts the sutra treasured
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• Achang ethnic group
  ...ngraving is extraordinary and can best be seen on furniture, buildings and Buddhist shrines, on which workers have etched vivid forms of animals and plants. Achangs generally bury their dead. In Buddhist areas, funerals are scheduled on holy days and follow the chanting of scrip
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• Tibetan Buddhism
  ...y furnishing favorable conditions for the translation and dissemination of Buddhist literature. ...ng Dynasty]] to the East. Both brides brought their homelands' versions of Buddhist statues with them when they arrived in [[Lhasa]]. Construction of temples t
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• Beijing Art Museum
  ...1577 under the reign of [[Emperor Wanli]] of the [[Ming Dynasty]] to store Buddhist scriptures in Chinese. It gradually became a temporary imperial dweling and
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• Han Buddhism
  ...ign, Western Han Dynasty), when Yicun arrived from Indo-Scythae to dictate Buddhist scriptures to a man named Qin Jingxian. ...syapamatanga and Gobharana. At Cai Yin’s invitation, the two monks brought Buddhist scriptures and sculptures to Luoyang, the Chinese capital, where they began
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• Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
  The Temple of Azure Clouds is a Buddhist temple some 600 years old. It is comprised of four large halls, the innermo
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• Wu Zhen
  ==== Market for Buddhist Pilgrims ==== ...ke Market in Hangzhou. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were many Buddhist temples in Wuzhen, and therefore pilgrims. Street peddlers and theatrical t
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• Vinaya Sect in Han Buddhism
  ...ortly afterwards, he went on an itinerary to collect different theories of Buddhist discipline. On the basis of the Dharmagupta Vinaya, he drew on the strength ...t of commandments. By “embodiment of commandments” is meant the function a Buddhist acquires to forestall erroneous thoughts and to prevent evil in his heart w
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• Tsangyang Gyatso
  ...rch 1, 1683 – Nov. 15, 1706) was the sixth Dalai Lama. He was a rebellious Buddhist icon who wrote romantic poems about Buddhism and love that are still popula
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• Feng Zikai
  In 1927, he followed [[Master Hong Yi]] (弘一法师) to become a Buddhist monk.
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• Chan Sect in Han Buddhism
  ...“The bodhi never has a tree, nor has the mirror a pedestal. The heart of a Buddhist is calm and clean – how can they be contaminated by dust?” Not knowing ...s teacher had given him. Yinzong was impressed and he arranged for the lay Buddhist to settle down in the monastery and ordained him as a monk. Later, Huineng
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• Badachu
  ...ht|300px|The name Badachu means Eight Great Sites, and refers to the eight Buddhist temples and monasteries scattered across Cuiwei, Pingpo and Lushi hills at The park is famous for its eight ancient [[Buddhist temples]] and monasterie: Changan Temple (Temple of Eternal Peace), Linggua
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• Mount Emei
  ...shrined with a cast-iron figurine of the Buddha. There are 307 tiny bronze Buddhist figurines that have been placed in horizontal niches dug into the upper par ...e of foundry art that is a 14-layer, 7-metre-tall structure with 4,700-odd Buddhist likenesses and the unabridged text of the Garland Sutra engraved in its wal
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• Buddhist Festivals
  ...d in the hall. However, on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, Chinese Buddhist temples are in the habit of dispensing laba porridge prepared of cereal, be ...lt the sutras for an answer. After three years of intensive reading of the Buddhist scriptures, Xiao Yan composed the “Water-and-Land Rhapsody,” had an alt
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• Lahu ethnic group
  ...ent and defeat of the peasant uprisings led to the disintegration of local Buddhist bodies. However, as a religion Mahayana still prevailed among the people.
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• Baiyun Guan in Beijing
  ...covers an area of more than 10,000 sq. m. Its layout is very similar to a Buddhist temple, with several courtyards and the main buildings on a central axis. F
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• Niujie Mosque
  ...The mosque is quite noticeable, and from the outside it looks more like a Buddhist temple than a mosque. It has curved eaves and colorfully painted supports a
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• Ancient bells
  ...s musical instruments, sacrificial vessels and musical instruments used in Buddhist or Taoist masses, keeping up all the uses of bells during the pre–Qin per .... The Yongle Bell of the Ming Dynasty was an outstanding representative of Buddhist bells and ancient Chinese bells. Known as the "King of Bells with Five Uniq
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• Huayan Sect in Han Buddhism
  ...oshou.” For a while, he was part of the celebrated monk Xuanzang’s team of Buddhist translators, but he quit after failing to see eye to eye with Xuanzang on s A prestigious Buddhist during the Tang Dynasty, Fazang personally bestowed the Bodhisattva Command
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• Dai ethnic group
  ...s of aristocrats and poor people were strictly separated. When a monk or a Buddhist leader died, he was cremated and his ashes placed in a pottery urn to be bu ...a sect of Buddhism, while retaining remnants of shamanism. There were many Buddhist temples in the countryside, and it was a common practice, especially in Xis
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• Yungang Grottoes
  ...he elements, but still preserved in the east zone are relief sculptures of Buddhist stories on the lower part of the eastern wall of Grotto No. 1. Inside the e
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• Palace Museum
  ...is the Hall of Peaceful Benignity (Cininggong), and to its north are some Buddhist sanctuaries.
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• The Peony Pavilion
  ...troops. The family must leave immediately for the new post, and they ask a Buddhist nun to tend Liniang's grave in their absence. ...examinations. He falls ill during his journey, and is given shelter by the Buddhist nun. One day while he is recuperating from his illness, Mengmei happens upo
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• Xia Zunmian
  ...grave circumstances he found himself in, Xia managed to translate “Tibetan Buddhist Scripture in Southern China.”
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• Soong May-ling
  ...me enamored with [[Chiang Kai-shek]], who was then a military official and Buddhist who had already married three times. Soong’s relation with Chiang was str
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• The Palace Museum
  ...is the Hall of Peaceful Benignity (Cininggong), and to its north are some Buddhist sanctuaries.
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• Laba Festival
  ...Laba porridge is a distinctive and popular tradition of the Laba Festival. Buddhist tradition equates porridge with good fortune. Friends, family, and neighbor
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• Beihai Park
  ...es, with 14 bronze bells hanging around them. Inside, the dagoba holds the Buddhist Scriptures, the monk's mantle and alms bowl and two pieces of Sarira. Since ...King Hall, Chengguan Hall and the Temple of Little Western Skies, a famous Buddhist architecture.
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• Religious
  ...]]. Currently China has 13,000-some Buddhist [[temples]] and about 200,000 Buddhist [[monks]] and [[nuns]]. Among them are 120,000 lamas and nuns, more than 1, China has the following national religious organizations: [[Buddhist Association of China]], [[Taoist Association of China]], [[Islamic Associat
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• Life in Cloisters
  ...ng-term survival. This is true of the monks’ organization in a temple. The Buddhist term sangha means the assembly of at least three monks, one of whom is the ...isor at large, and their task is to provide leadership over the search for Buddhist truth and the chanting of incantations in the prayer hall. These four posit
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• Chinese ancient pagodas
  ...not, no such precious shiny beads could be found in the ashes of cremated Buddhist monks, other things, such as gold, silver and crystal objects or precious s ...structure. Therefore, a new Chinese character was created to stand for the Buddhist tower, or pagoda. The new character was ta, which first appeared in Zi Yuan
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• Luzhi
  The [[Baosheng Buddhist Temple]] in Luzhi is among the most well-known of its kind in southeastern
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• Chongyang Gong
  ...ted the integration of Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism. Assimilating the Buddhist monastic system, he made it a requirement that Quanzhen Daoist priests must
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• Tiantai Sect in Han Buddhism
  ...follower of this sect, and his research covered the philosophies of other Buddhist sects as well. During the interregnum between the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
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• Chang'an
  ...an as masters of the esoteric doctrine in Japan. Pagodas were important in Buddhist construction, and Dayan Pagoda in Cien Temple and Xiaoyan Pagoda in Jianfu
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• Panjiayuan Antique Market
  Buddhist relics, costumes of ethnic minorities, apparels, "Cultural Revolution" (196
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• Mogao Grottoes
  ...t of [[Dunhuang City]], are one of the largest and best-preserved sites of Buddhist art in the world. ...ation of grottoes and statues, taking along with them new model samples of Buddhist statuary. This event helped drive the process of sinicization, and the Moga
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• Xitang
  ...ition rooms. Each of the rooms has a name: Guinness World Records, Eagles, Buddhist Images and the Underwater World.
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• Tongli
  ...es. According to township records, 38 sizable residential compounds and 47 Buddhist or Taoist temples were constructed in the town during the years between 127
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• Mongolian ethnic group
  ...onaries, as well as translations of the Inside History of Mongolia and the Buddhist Scripture Kanjur done into Chinese. These works enriched Mongolian culture ...western grasslands, with costly betrothal gifts demanded. Before weddings, Buddhist scriptures would be chanted and heavenly protection sought.
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• Yugur ethnic group
  ...rst year of the reign of Emperor Shenzong (1068) and requested a copy of a Buddhist scripture. According to an envoy in 1073, there were more than 300,000 Ouig
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• Zhouzhuang
  This Buddhist temple is as old as Zhouzhuang itself. In fact, the name "Zhouzhuang" is so
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• Tibetan ethnic group
  ...uanzhengyuan (or political council) and put it in charge of the nation's [[Buddhist]] affairs and Tibet's military, governmental and religious affairs. ...d the name generally tells the sex. As the names are mostly taken from the Buddhist scripture, namesakes are common, and differentiation is made by adding "sen
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• Tibetan
  ...uanzhengyuan (or political council) and put it in charge of the nation's [[Buddhist]] affairs and Tibet's military, governmental and religious affairs. ...d the name generally tells the sex. As the names are mostly taken from the Buddhist scripture, namesakes are common, and differentiation is made by adding "sen
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• Naxi ethnic group
  ...se and harmonious strokes of Tibetan painting, and the style of Taoist and Buddhist paintings of the Tang Dynasty. Modern Naxi painting has made fresh progress
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• Tibet
  ...Gyamcain]], an eminent monk with the Sagya Sect that greatly influenced [[Buddhist]] worship on the Tibetan Plateau, to a meeting in [[Liangzhou]] (present-da ...he central authorities directly appointed by the emperor, taking charge of Buddhist affairs in the whole country, and local affairs in Tibet.
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• Diagnosis by Pulse Feeling
  ...es quoted in History of Japanese Medicine by Fukuji Fujikawa, the Japanese Buddhist monks E-Nichi and Fukuyin who had come to China as students carried Chinese
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• Chinese Tea Art
  ...s of an immortal riding a crane, auspicious clouds and swan geese, and the Buddhist patterns of Datura and the lotus design. The exquisite vessels won people's
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• The History of Chinese Imperial Food
  ...g in China by this time, and vegetarian dishes began appearing because the Buddhist monks ate vegetarian food. In response to the demand for vegetarian dishes,
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