Periods of peace and wealth allowed people to invest more in the afterlife, leaving behind a lasting record of cultural and ...

What Jesus’ death means for how I make sense of my culture’s traditional religious practices. If you ever visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing—ancient China’s largest center for high-level ...

Featuring a pottery bowl adorned with an indescribable motif, a set of pottery artifacts debuted at the Chinese Archaeological Museum in Beijing on Wednesday. These relics look surprisingly modern, ...

Buddhist temples in China are home to trees from dozens of endangered species, a new study shows. Some of them are almost 2,000 years old. A Phoebe zhennan tree, about 400 years old, in the Wen-Qi ...

BEIJING -- The freedom of religious belief is fully protected in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, said a white ...

This influential ancient monster from Chinese mythology predates the written word. This influential ancient monster from Chinese mythology predates the written word. Inspired by ancient bronze and ...

The Communist Party is reviving traditional beliefs for political gain — while cracking down on some faiths. By Ian Johnson Mr. Johnson’s most recent book is “The Souls of China: The Return of ...