A giant statue of Buddha in China has had its toes dampened by floodwater for the first time since the 1940s. The 71m-tall statue, a Unesco heritage site, was carved out of a rockface in Sichuan ...

This magnificent statue is one of the tallest in the region and a popular tourist attraction. The Jixiang Giant Buddha, located in Jinghong, China, stands 148 feet tall and was completed in 2008.

As tourism to Langza in Spiti increases, sale of marine fossils is seeing a spurt. But some locals are fighting to preserve ...

The giant reclining Buddha statue in the Zhangye Dafo Temple in Northwest China’s Gansu province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The Dafo Temple, or Giant Buddha Temple in Zhangye, Northwest ...

I photographed the giant Buddha statue with a 1916 Kodak Premo Cartidge No. 00 camera, as one does. This sacred place has plenty of landscaping and beautiful gardens, which means maintenance ...

An all-star reboot of the lost classic 1934 film, The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through The Country, made with the cooperation of director Yoshiro Edamasa's grandson. From Japan, a modern kaiju ...

The main hall containing the giant Buddha statue at Zhangye Dafo Temple in Northwest China’s Gansu province. [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn] Recognized as the existing largest and best ...