azaleas, guanyin, mount lushan

How a Cluster of Rare Azaleas Came to Grow on Mount Lushan in China

This story comes from Mount Lushan, Qingdao City, Shandong Province where there were two caves called Taoshidong and Shashidong. A village was located outside each cave, known as Taoshidong Village and Shashidong Village. The two villages were less than one mile apart. Later, however, only Shashidong Village remained. The area was home to a group ...

Helen London

Blooming white azaleas.

The 4 Holy Mountains of Chinese Buddhism

Since ancient times, Buddhism has been a huge part of China, both culturally and spiritually. Four of the country’s mountains have actually been sacred grounds for the religion. These include Mount Wutai, Putuo, Emei, and Jiuhua. Here is a brief introduction of these famous holy mountains of Chinese Buddhism for your knowledge. Holy mountains of ...

Emma Lu

Emei Shan Sacred Mountain, Sichuan, China.

China Destroys Buddhist Statue Carved in Cliff

On February 2, a statue of the Boddhisatva Guanyin that was carved into a cliff in Hebei Province was detonated and destroyed. The Buddhist statue took five years to complete and cost approximately 17 million RMB to build, but in just a few moments the statue, which represented traditional Chinese culture, was turned into rubble, ...

David Jirard

Before and after images of the statue's destruction.