Chinese tourists celebrated this summer when it was announced that Larung Gar would soon be open to visitors again. Many had long dreamed of seeing the remote Tibetan Buddhist settlement, home to ...

Abstract: In the context of a perceived spiritual and moral crisis in Chinese society, growing numbers of Han Chinese are turning to Tibetan Buddhism for ethical guidance. This talk is based on an ...

Early this year, on the outskirts of Beiwuzhuang village in northern China’s Hebei Province, someone started dredging a riverbed. It’s not an unusual occurrence in China, a land of fast development ...

White Horse Temple (Baima Temple) is located 12 km away from Luoyang City. Established by the Han Dynasty in 68 AD when Buddhism started to spread, this temple is believe to be the first Buddhist ...

In this impressive debut, Buddhist chaplain Han offers an illuminating analysis of the intersection of race and privilege within American Buddhist communities. Along with Han’s accounts of her ...

An archaeologist displays the standing statuette of the Gautama Buddha discovered in Xianyang, Shaanxi province. [Photo/Xinhua] What are thought to be China's oldest known bronze Buddha images have ...

Presentation by John Osburg, Department of Anthropology at the University of Rochester. In the context of a perceived spiritual and moral crisis in Chinese society, growing numbers of Han Chinese are ...