This city in China is one of the oldest in the country and it's filled with some of the most beautiful gardens and temples.

Chinese Buddhists worshiped guan Yu as a temple ... The hall erected behind this archway is the famous Temple of Precious Pearls. This is the highest point in all the Eight Great Temples, and ...

Between two high-rise buildings on Queen’s Road East sits a quiet, rather dark temple. Its carefully carved roof bears patterns telling tales from Chinese folklore, and the smell of incense ...

[Photo by JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY] For 700 years, Yongle Palace, a Taoist temple in Ruicheng, Shanxi province, stood near the Yellow River, where it witnessed the seasons wax and wane. As its glory ...

UJI, Kyoto Prefecture--A spectacular sight awaits visitors to a Buddhist temple here founded by a Chinese monk in the early 17th century as Japan and China mark the 50th anniversary of their ...

Scupltures are used to decorate lintels of Yongle Palace. [Photo by WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY] In ancient Chinese architecture, chiwen were mostly made of pottery or wood before the time of Yongle ...