TAIPEI, Taiwan – Clasping their hands in a sign of worship, thousands of Buddhists welcomed the arrival Saturday of what they believe to be the remains of a finger that belonged to Buddha ...

ERSHUI, Taiwan — It was bad enough, villagers thought, when the kindly Buddhist nuns were forced out of their historic temple and longtime home. But what began as a bitter property dispute took ...

A Buddhist temple in Taiwan that had been turned into a base to promote Chinese communism and cross-strait unification is being demolished by local authorities. Wei Ming-jen, a Taiwanese ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The head from a statue of the Buddha fell to the ground Wednesday (April 24) after a series of earthquakes struck Hualien County. A post on the Facebook page Suhua Highway said ...

More than just religious organisations, temples have long been the cornerstones of their local community, especially in rural areas. The Ministry of Interior estimates that there are 33,000 places ...

Similar to the Fo Guang Shan temple in Kaohsiung, the Mabuhay Temple also houses a white Jade Buddha, an art gallery, a college, and a vegetarian restaurant, and offers free meditation lessons and ...

Visiting temples in Taiwan is an eye-opener any time of year, full of sound and color, but in the days after Chinese New Year (this year it starts tomorrow), the experience becomes a rite of ...

Buddhist temple, now a communist shrine, plants China’s flag in Taiwan It was bad enough, villagers thought, when the kindly Buddhist nuns were forced out of their historic temple and longtime home.