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Similar to Dunhuang's Mogao Grottoes, the Yungang Grottoes is located in Datong City of Shanxi province in China. If you are interested in Buddhism, Yungang Grottoes has some excellent examples of rock-cut architecture and is one of the three most famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China.
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The Global Vipassana Pagoda is a short drive (1 hour) from the intensely packed Mumbai. You can also choose to go there by catching a ferry over the Gorai Khadi at Borivli. It is a great place to have a relaxed evening.
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Situated above the hillside in Sha Tin in New Territories, the Temple of Ten Thousand Buddhas houses nearly 13,000 Buddha statues of different shapes and sizes, with various poses and expressions.
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Walking around Chiang Mai is a visual feast. It is home to many of the most stunning old temples in Thailand.
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White Temple, located in the province of Chiang Rai, is among the most spectacular and intriguing temples I have ever seen in Thailand. The architectural form of it is unique and ethereal. It’s such a magical sight to look at!
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Yaowarat or Bangkok’s Chinatown is a lively and vibrant district that is best explore on foot.
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Buddhist temple claiming to house a fragment of the Buddha's tooth.
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The Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum (BTRTM) was founded in 2002 and situated at the cultural Chinatown. Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum established the Buddhist Culture Museum, with the mission to collect, research and exhibit Buddhist artifacts from Asia region to encourage deeper understanding of Buddhism.
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Bang Muang Municipalities,the old community must to preserve for posterity generations and place for who love and be fascinated with old atmosphere.
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Say a little prayer at Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, the largest Buddhist temple in Singapore. Founded in 1920, the building of Phor Kark See Monastery started as the first traditional Chinese forest monastery in Singapore.
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Walking in a beautiful scene behind the pagodas and hear how the monks pray.
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Those unique three pagodas are perhaps the main tourist attraction near Dali old town and that's on purpose!
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In history (like everywhere) the bigger is better. Same in religion, but accompanied with the meaning of being closer to heaven. This time it is about two octagonal pagodas (the tallest pair in China :), each one of more then 50 meters tall, standing since 16th century and accompanied with the temple and peony garden, which supposed to blossom beautifully in spring.
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Shaolin, the temple and the legend. We've passed there too, but chosen the backdoor to the temple because of two reasons: first, to avoid the overcrowded tourists and second, to enjoy the beautiful 3-hours track in Songshan Geopark.
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Kaifeng, now a modern city with parks, pagodas, temples and tourist attractions was founded in 4th century BC (!) and the historicans state that in 10-11 centuries it was
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53 grottoes (read: caves) with thousands statues carry a history of 1500 years back in time. The historical records state that more then 40000 people contributed to the project that took 50 years to complete (all happened during the Northern Wei Dynasty, guided by a monk, named Tan Yao).
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A visit to the 'City of Angels' is incomplete without beholding the divine awesomeness of Phra Buddhasaiyas, the huge Reclining Buddha at one of Bangkok's oldest and largest temple complex: Wat Pho (also officially called Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklararm Rajwaramahaviharn--whew, that's a mouthful!).
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4 hours on the bus from Datong, China - and you'll join the region of Buddhist temples and spectacular mountains. Pack well with warm clothes and carefully choose your hostel (there are plenty of and the place is cold in winter - below 0 Celsius degree is normal on 2-3 km high altitude:)
