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...
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
Sep 1, 2019
Spiritual Encounters: In Memory of Cui Xiuwen
On 2 August last year, I was completely shocked to hear the news of the death of Cui Xiuwen. Just a few months earlier, we had enjoyed a...
Guoying Stacy Zhang
Aug 20, 2018
Body and Mind in Chinese Martial Arts: A Conversation with Xu Xiangdong
What is the best state one can reach when practicing Chinese martial arts? Stillness—your body is not moving, but you are moving. Where...
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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