Beijing — Heavy rainfall has swelled China's Yangtze River, threatening UNESCO World Heritage Sites and forcing officials to reassure nervous citizens that the world's largest hydroelectric dam isn't ...
China's gigantic 71-metre-tall (233-foot-tall) Leshan Buddha re-opened to the public today after experts carried out emergency restoration on the ancient holy statue. The famous Leshan Buddha is the ...
Tourists view the statue of the Leshan Giant Buddha in Leshan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 26, 2019. The giant Buddha in southwest China's Sichuan Province reopened to tourists ...
The Leshan giant Buddha statue, suffering from years of environmental damage, will get another facelift to fix the damage from weathering and acid rain. The world's tallest statue of Buddha, also ...
Leshan, China - Buddhism is a religion and philosophy important to the Chinese people. You'd expect to find Buddhas in temples, but photojournalist Steve Rhodes and I discovered Buddhas of all sizes ...
Mount Emei rises in the southwestern part of the Chengdu Plain in Emeishan City, with its highest peak being 3,099 meters above sea level. The craggy southern part of the mountain is crisscrossed by ...
On August 18, 2020, flood waters threatened the Leshan Giant Buddha following heavy rains in Leshan in China's southwestern Sichuan province, where thousands of residents have been displaced by rising ...
The first Buddhist temple in China was built here in Sichuan Province in the 1st century A.D. in the beautiful surroundings of the summit Mount Emei. The addition of other temples turned the site into ...
New information: At the time of its inscription at the twentieth session, the Committee recommended that the Chinese authorities carefully control tourism development at the site and encourage ...
Tourists view the statue of the Leshan Giant Buddha in Leshan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 26, 2019. The giant Buddha in southwest China's Sichuan Province reopened to tourists ...
The world's tallest statue of Buddha, also known as Leshan Buddha, in southwest China's Sichuan Province, is set to receive another facelift. doweshowbellyad=0; The 71 metres tall and 28 metres wide ...