Pagodas
the pagodas are a giant symbol in china of Buddhism
Changchi Ye has written: 'Hanshan si zhi' -- subject(s): Temples, Buddhist, Buddhist literature, Chinese, Buddhism, Hanshan si (Suzhou, Jiangsu Sheng, China), Lu quan si (Dantu xian, China), Buddhist Temples, Chinese Buddhist literature
Yao Ming is a practicing Buddhist. His mother is a Buddhist and he has been known to visit Buddhist temples in China.
Xuanzhi Yang has written: 'Luoyang qie lan ji' -- subject(s): Temples, Temples, Buddhist, History, China, Early works to 1800, Lo-yang (Henan Sheng), Description and travel, Monasteries, Buddhist, Luoyang (Henan Sheng), Buddhist Temples, Buddhist Monasteries
Stupas
Fushan Sun has written: 'Huang jia fo sha' -- subject(s): Buddhist Temples, Description and travel, Temples, Buddhist, Xiang guo si (Kaifeng Shi, China)
At Shaolin temples. Most are located in China, but there are temples being established throughout the world. Most do not teach martial arts, but teach meditation and the Buddhist way of life.
There are many pagodas [Chinese buildings] that are used as temples in China! And there's many Buddhist temples in Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar [Burma]. And in Japan, a shrine is called "jinja". I hope this helped you~! :'D
Buddhist writings appeared in China in 65 C.E.
In Asia: India, China (Tibet : a kind of Buddhism - Lamaism), Indonesia. There are, however, Buddhists in almost every country in the world. Most major cities in the west have Buddhist temples or monestaries.
Buddhism was introduced to China from India around the first century AD, since the fourth century AD, it was widely spread and gradually became the most influential religion in China. Because of varied introduction time and channel as well as regional, historic and social backgrounds, Buddhism in China is divided into three branches, namely Chinese Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Pali Buddhism. At present, there are about 200,000 monks and nuns under these three branches. China has more than 13,000 Buddhist temples that are open to the public, 33 Buddhist colleges and nearly 50 types of Buddhist publications.
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