“And obviously, the statue of the Buddha in this temple,” he said ... thing I look at in the morning,” said the 76-year-old retired high school teacher. From the windows of her home ...

The Great Buddha at Leshan This colossal statue was carved on a cliff on Soaring ... not far from the city of Leshan, is an old-style courtyard surrounded by four chambers. A small side room ...

HIROSHIMA--A large, ancient statue of Buddha, displayed near ground zero soon after the atomic bombing to provide emotional support for survivors, is finally coming home after disappearing for ...

No one knows exactly how old the statue is, but many say it dates to at least 1252. The Great Buddha was preceded by a wooden monument of the same grandeur that took 10 years of constant labor to ...

"The restoration of Buddha sculptures involves many steps ... The current project is a pair of 700-year-old Nio guardian statues for Saishoji, a temple with 1,300 years of history, also in ...