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Your search "Buddhism" resulted in 10 Articles

• Buddha Tooth Relic

  
  by cyanwater
  posted 4 months ago
  6 comments and 5 votes

  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

  
  by hhjm
  posted 4 months ago
  4 comments and 2 votes

  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

  
  by cyanwater
  posted 4 months ago
  4 comments and 4 votes

  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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• Dali Chongsheng Temple (崇圣寺), Yunnan province, China

  
  by breakphreak
  posted 6 months ago
  5 comments and 5 votes

  Walking in a beautiful scene behind the pagodas and hear how the monks pray.

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• Dali Three Pagodas (崇圣寺三塔) Yunnan Province, China

  
  by breakphreak
  posted 6 months ago
  3 comments and 3 votes

  Those unique three pagodas are perhaps the main tourist attraction near Dali old town and that's on purpose!

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• Twin Pagodas, Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China

  
  by breakphreak
  posted 11 months ago
  1 vote

  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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• Songshan Mountain Geopark to Shaolin Temple, Henan Province, China

  
  by breakphreak
  posted 11 months ago
  3 comments and 2 votes

  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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• DaXiangGuo Temple, Kaifeng, Henan, China

  
  by breakphreak
  posted 11 months ago
  1 vote

  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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• Yungang Grottoes, Datong, China

  
  by breakphreak
  posted 11 months ago
  2 comments and 1 vote

  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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• Wutai Shan temples and mountains

  
  by breakphreak
  posted about 1 year ago
  1 vote

  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:)

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