In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the supercomputer Deep Thought is constructed to find the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. After seven ...

On the east side of Moshikou Street, Jingxi Shuju bookstore offers an ideal place for visitors to read and socialize. The ...

Contemporary artists Anne von Freyburg, Epoh Beech, Gary Myatt, Graphic Rewilding, and Sophie Mess are inspired by nature to ...

Penn Museum has made strides in conserving and renewing the artistic and cultural legacies of two Buddhist murals, both of ...

Though sandstone succumbs easily to the chisel, it erodes quickly in rain. The survival of this Buddha and its grottoes, like ...

The Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang once guarded the ancient Silk Road by providing much-needed comfort and spiritual support to travelers. CHINA DAILY In Chinese, mingsha means singing sand.

Interconnected caves ascend in a seven-story pagoda-like formation at Mati Temple Grottoes, a site of Tibetan Buddhism. CHINA DAILY Staying true to its role as a cultural melting pot, the Hexi ...

The Buddhist deities depicted here have round faces, thick lips, deep-set eyes and high-bridged noses. Their physiques are strong and well-defined, yet their poses are fluid and graceful, almost ...

Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...

The howling of wind and pounding of hooves, the battle cries and clinking of cold glistening sword, the solemn chanting of ...

Husain's Untitled (Gram Yatra), a sprawling 14-foot-wide mural, sold for an unprecedented $13.8m (£10.6m) at a Christie's ...