VietNamNet Bridge – The Hung Ky Pagoda located at Chua Hung Ky Lane in the Hai Ba Trung District of Hanoi is a masterpiece of Buddhist architecture built in 1932 in the style of the Nguyen Dynasty.

There are around 48 Buddhist monuments in the Horyu-ji area, in Nara Prefecture. Several date from the late 7th or early 8th century, making them some of the oldest surviving wooden buildings in the ...

The reason is that this new form of architecture was introduced to China only when Buddhism spread to the country. The origin of pagodas, like that of Buddhism, can be traced to India. The ...

Later, with the development of architecture, changes in Buddhism and progress in engineering technology, pagodas of greater variety were built in China, such as multi-eared, pagodas with flowery ...

"The translation and spread of Buddhist scriptures influenced Chinese literature and arts … Artists have sought to blend the ideas of dharma into architecture, sculpture, painting, handicrafts ...

Peter van Ham has been documenting the site of the Tabo monastery for 30 years, and thanks to Phase One it's now presented in ...