The Songyue Temple Pagoda is the oldest extant large pagoda in China. Its structure and style are consummate among ancient pagodas. It was constructed in 520 during the Northern Dynasties. The brick ...

NARA—The famed five-story pagoda at Kofukuji temple here will soon be hidden from public view for years as the city’s landmark undergoes a major renovation. Construction to erect steel columns for the ...

From city landmark to global memory, interactions and misinterpretations of the Glazed Pagoda of the Great Bao’en Temple are a unique window into the changing dynamics of when East met West.

Formally named Pagoda of the Tooth Relic of Buddha, it is the only great pagoda for the preservation of Buddhist relies built after 1949. Sponsored by Buddhist circles in China, the pagoda was ...

NARA--Yakushiji temple here will open its renowned East Pagoda to the public for the first time in more than a decade, from March 1 until June 30, as its restoration work finally finishes. The ...

Toji—literally the ‘East Temple’—has a famous five-storied pagoda that’s particularly picturesque in autumn, when surrounded by colored leaves. This is a common image seen in posters and T.V.

Monks prepare to take part in the completion ceremony of the East Pagoda of Yakushiji temple in Nara, on Feb. 15, 2021. (Mainichi/Takao Kitamura) NARA -- The dismantling and repair of the East Pagoda ...

A five-storied pagoda, designated as a national treasure, is seen at the UNESCO World Heritage temple Kohfukuji in the city of Nara, in western Japan, on Feb. 20, 2020. (Mainichi/Keiko Shioji) NARA -- ...

The fence that had been covering Korea’s oldest and East Asia’s largest stone pagoda located inside the Mireuk Temple in Iksan, North Jeolla, was finally pulled down on Saturday, after the site went ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Another local legend is leaving us. Jacksonville's self-proclaimed "air-conditioned Eden" is closing. The Secret Tiki Temple is closing, owners announced Friday. And most of us ...

PM Modi said Vietnam was an inspiration for everyone to shun violence and follow Buddha's path. Hanoi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited the historic Quan Su Pagoda in Hanoi and the stilt ...