China News: A glittering golden statue of the Buddha, 35-metrestall, bang in the middle of the hillside bordering Tibet promises to change the landscape of the re ...

Many materials have been used to make Buddha statues, such as gold, bronze, stone, jade, wood, pottery and porcelain, among which golden and bronze Buddha statues are best liked by collectors.

The Giant Buddha Temple is located in the southwest part of downtown of Zhangye city, which is well known as China's biggest indoor sculpture of Nirvana Buddha. The Temple was initially built in 1098.

Doctrinally, Tibet should be ruled by two lamas: the Panchen Lama, whom esoteric Tibetans believe to be Buddha’s spiritual reincarnation, and the Dalai Lama, Buddha’s temporal reincarnation ...