The museum marked the collaboration with the Dunhuang Academy with the signing of a memorandum of understanding. Read more at ...

The Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, a hub of ancient Chinese Buddhist art and spirituality, fell victim to extensive looting in the early 20th century. Today, the priceless relics taken from this sacred site ...

The China Institute Gallery has been transformed into an ancient cave, taking visitors back more than a millennium to a dazzling world where Buddhist worshippers adorned the walls with colorful ...

Xiling Auction is always dedicated to offering important ancient Buddhist art works for collectors. Since 2015, the sale of Elegant and Magnificent: Chinese Status, presenting statues of various ...

A statue of Kumarajiva in front of the Kizil Caves, in Kuqa, Xinjiang, China. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Yoshi Canopus Kumarajiva, a fourth-century monk and scholar responsible for translating ...

With the aid of his friend, Cambridge Chinese art Professor Cheng Te-K’un, Kiuan combed through the accumulations of other collectors in order to secure the most precious items for himself. This ...

China has long carried the imprint of Ramayana stories within its Buddhist scriptures, a connection that has come to light thanks to recent scholarly discussions. At a symposium titled “Ramayana: A ...

The Jigoku-zoshi (“Handscrolls of Buddhist Hell”) is a Japanese scroll from the late 12th century that graphically depicts naked, horrified monks running away from bands of vicious, animal-headed ...