US-based craft brewery Funky Buddha has launched a new series of specialty beers, The Living Barrel Series, with a new look. A bit about the series: "Like the spiraling growth of a tree's branches, so too are these beers transformed ...
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Niushou Mountain plays host to Buddha's mind-both his thought manifested and the cranium that warehoused his brain. It claims to preserve the world's only parietal relics of Buddha Sakyamuni. The other two Chinese sites said to contain ...
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An Asian collector snapped up three seated Buddha statues from China's Ming Dynasty at a French auction on Saturday with more than 6.29 million euros(nearly $7 million), breaking the auction record of its kind. The Buddhas are seated ...
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A long-awaited new branch of Taipei's Palace Museum was inaugurated in Chiayi city of south Taiwan on Monday. The project, with an area of about 68 hectares, is made up of a museum building, a green park and a lake. It costs more than ...
After eight months of patient, indirect and difficult contact with the Dutch collector, the villagers of Yangchun in south-east China's Fujian province failed to get back the mummy Buddha statue of Patriarch Zhanggong which was stolen in ...
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A shot of the White Dagoba Temple in the year 1860. [Photo/Sina Weibo] The White Dagoba Temple in Beijing opens again on Dec 6 after undergoing two years and seven months' repair. Located in Beihai Park, the temple was also named ...
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The Buddha statue on display at the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest in March. [Photo/Xinhua] A 1000-year-old Buddha statue with a mummified monk inside, now in possession of Dutch private collector Oscar van Overeem, ...
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The 20th anniversary of the enthronement of 11th Panchan Lama,Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, is celebrated at the Tashilhunpo Monastery in the city of Xigatze, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, Dec 8, 2015. [Photo/Chinanews.com] ...
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Laba Festival is held on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month on the Chinese calendar. It is a festival that started as a sacrificial offering to ancestors. It is a traditional festival of China that is regarded as the preface of the Spring ...
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18th century glided clock. [Photo provided to China Daily] A Tai Ping You Xiang bronze and an 18th century glided clock are among the highlights of Poly International Auction's autumn sale next month. The clock is an example of ...
The Yonghegong Lama Temple generally gets the hype from visitors in the capital, but the older Dongyue Temple is also in downtown Beijing, offering a surprisingly tranquil environment is home to some incredible buddha statues, as well as ...
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Summer Palace National Treasure Exhibition (Luoyang Station), held by China Poly Group opened in Luoyang from June 13 to 21. The exhibition showcased 4 animal bronze heads and 68 bronze Buddha statues from Summer Palace. Luoyang citizens ...
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More than 30 kinds of azalea flowers were in full bloom at the Emei Mountain area during the May Day holiday. The ocean of flowers at Emei Mountain's Buddha Kingdom was enjoyed by many visitors. In Buddhism, the azalea can represent ...
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For city dwellers, Mount Emei's scenic area (in southwest China’s Sichuan province) is a place to escape the heat of summer. For the elderly, it's a place for healthy tour. For couples, it's a perfectly romantic destination. A ...
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Everyone gets a different memory of Mount Emei,whether it be a song, a poem, flowers, wine, or even a dream...... A photo competition will be held from August 1 to 30 to seek snow beauties at the Emei Mountain Area. Winners of the "Snowy ...
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