The historic Wenhua Tower in Sichuan, China was demolished in a controlled explosion on August 23. Completed in 2006, the nine-story building stood in the Cuiping Mountain park and was granted ...

Young people in China are so demoralized by the economy that they are flocking to temples to pray for luck. Visits to Beijing's Yonghe Temple soared 530% in March and early April from a year ago. The ...

At the base of Zhongnan Mountain in Xi’an, China, the Guanyin Chan Temple features an ancient ginkgo tree that is over 1,400 years old. Each autumn, this tree displays stunning golden leaves.

Trees at temple sites are also older than those outside them, with a mean age of 261 years compared with 203 years. Some of the trees growing on temple grounds had been there for 2,000 years.

Team finds China’s Buddhist and Taoist temples host higher concentration of old trees – some dating back 1,000 years – than anywhere else.