Strength Renewed: Construction and Conservation of the Big Buddha in Hong Kong
The Big Buddha at the Po Lin Monastery on the Lantau Island is one of the most visited sights in Hong Kong. The monumental bronze statue...
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Guoying Stacy Zhang
Mar 3, 2021
The Thousand-Buddha Motif: On the Timelessness of Ancient Art
The Thousand-Buddha motif is a recurrent theme in the Buddhist art of Central Asia and China. The motif depicts a multitude of buddhas...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Jan 6, 2021
Love Carved in Stone: Appreciating Buddhist Art in a Non-Buddhist Way
At the Tsz Shan Monastery Buddhist Art Museum in Hong Kong, there is a limestone sculpture depicting a pair of hands holding a...
Luo Wenhua
Nov 22, 2020
Happiness and Longevity of Sumeru: Tashilhunpo Monastery as a Palace of Arts and Culture
Luo Wenhua Translated by Guoying Stacy Zhang The Gelug tradition, also referred to as the “Yellow Hat Tradition”, founded by Tsongkhapa,...
Li Huang Wai
Nov 9, 2020
Treasures of Himalayan Art: The Zhiguan Museum of Fine Art
LI HUANG WAI Founder, Zhiguan Museum Translated by Guoying Stacy Zhang FOUNDED IN 2016, the Zhiguan Museum of Fine Art is located at 12...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Jun 24, 2020
Curating A Sacred Museum In Hong Kong: Consecration In The Tsz Shan Monastery Buddhist Art Museum
TSZ SHAN MONASTERY in Hong Kong is a Chinese Buddhist monastery dedicated to promoting the Buddhist teachings of Clarity, Compassion and...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Jun 24, 2020
Highlights From The Tsz Shan Monastery Buddhist Art Museum
TSZ SHAN MONASTERY Buddhist Art Museum—the first Buddhist art museum in Hong Kong—opened to the public in May 2019. The museum collection...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Feb 4, 2020
The Artful Transformation of Human Suffering: Banksy and Buddhist Art
In the midst of widespread protests in Hong Kong in October 2019, the city was imbued with feelings of anxiety, fear, and anger. Fire,...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Dec 30, 2019
Zhiguan Museum of Fine Art: Strengthening the International Community of Himalayan Art
The Zhiguan Museum of Fine Art in Beijing houses one of the most important collections of Himalayan art in the world, encompassing...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Aug 1, 2019
Tibet on the Silk Road from a Curator’s Eye: An Exhibition Tour with Dr. David Pritzker
A groundbreaking exhibition, titled “Cultural Exchange Along the Silk Road: Masterpieces of the Tubo Period (7th–9th Century),” opened in...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Jul 23, 2018
Sky Lanterns and Walubi: My Waisak Day at Borobudur in 2018, Part 2
Although Vesak, or “Waisak” in Indonesian, is celebrated at the national level, the Buddhist community makes up just 1 per cent of the...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Jun 26, 2018
Sky Lanterns and Walubi: My Waisak Day at Borobudur in 2018, Part 1
Borobudur has always enchanted me. Dated to the eighth and ninth centuries, during the Shailendra dynasty, it is the largest Buddhist...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Mar 25, 2018
Understanding Buddhist Astrology: An Interview with Dr. Jeffrey Kotyk
Buddhism and astrology might seem to be unrelated fields. Buddhism affords a set of teachings intended to liberate us from cycles of...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Mar 20, 2018
A Journey Through 5,000 Years of Tibetan History and Culture at the Capital Museum in Beijing
Tibet is not only romanticized in the West, but also among people of China. Situated on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the highest plateau on...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Jan 24, 2018
The Secularization of Pagoda Imagery in 18th Century Europe and China
The artifacts that we now categorize as “Buddhist art” were not always treated as art in their original context. Despite superb...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Dec 28, 2017
Rare 15th–16th Century Murals and Sculptures Found in Sichuan Province Shed New Light on Tibetan Art
In March 2017, Buddhistdoor Global interviewed Professor Luo Wenhua, a research fellow at the Palace Museum in Beijing and director of...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Nov 22, 2017
Tracing Artistic Developments from India to China: An Introduction to Zhou Mingqun’s Collection
“My goal is to build a systematic collection that illustrates how Buddhist art evolved from ancient India to China,” collector Zhou...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Apr 27, 2017
Buddhist Art on Paper: The Unique Painting and Calligraphy Collection of Fan Keqin
When we talk about Buddhist art, one tends to think of sculptures in stone or bronze, or monumental caves and wall paintings. However,...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Jan 27, 2017
The Making of Buddhist Wood Sculptures in China
According to the Ekottara Agama Sutra (增一阿含經), the first Buddha image was made of wood. It is said that when the Buddha was teaching his...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Dec 23, 2016
Buddhism in Contemporary China Through a Photographer’s Eye
According to the Washington, DC-based Pew Research Center, 18.2 per cent of China’s population—that is 224 million people—are Buddhists,...
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