it is widely accepted to be based on folk tales and oral accounts of a 16-year trip to India undertaken by Xuanzang (602-664), a Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar, during the Tang dynasty.

For Xuanzang, a Buddhist monk traveling the Silk Road ... and horses moving east to the Tang dynasty capital of Changan, among the largest cities in the world. What kept Xuanzang going, he wrote ...

Enchin founded the Tendai Jimon sect after bringing back the teachings of Chinese Esoteric Buddhism from the Tang Dynasty. Designated as a national treasure, the documents include the actual pass ...

Dragons were a symbol of luck and protection from natural disasters during the Tang Dynasty, archaeologists said.

They looked to Tang Dynasty rulers in order to use their experiences to strengthen their states. Early Tang emperors, like ...

In the Tang Dynasty, it was rebuilt and repaired on ... which represents the Buddhist faith. In Liao Dynasty, the temple stood in the most flourishing market district of the imperial city; thus ...

Mount Wutai, located in Wutai county, is one of China's four sacred Buddhist mountains. Since the 1st century, many ...

On a high mound, it seems to rise into the sky. Big Wild Goose Pagoda was first built in 652 in the Tang Dynasty. Xuanzang, a prominent Buddhist scholar of the time, planned to have a huge stone ...

Bashbaliq City, or the Beiting ruins in Jimsar county, Changji Hui autonomous prefecture, used to be a political, military ...

This statue, now preserved in the Guimet Museum, is a significant example of Tang dynasty Buddhist art and stands as a testament to the spiritual and artistic legacy of the Mogao Caves—a legacy that ...

who founded the Tendai Jimon sect after bringing back the teachings of Chinese Esoteric Buddhism from Tang Dynasty China. UNESCO’s International Advisory Committee is scheduled to decide on ...

From the foundation of the early Tang Dynasty, the refining in the last ... with the integration of the three religions of the Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Its distinctive national, secular ...