China’s famed Shaolin Temple said its celebrity abbot, Shi Yongxin, was under investigation over misuse of funds and ...

An air raid by the Allies during World War II destroyed much of the nearly 300-year-old Lungshan Temple in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. The attack on June 8, 1945, burned down the temple’s ...

The temple will be the second in the country after the Taipei Taiwan Temple, which was dedicated in November 1984.

Julia Ross has lived in Shanghai and recently completed a Fulbright scholarship in Taiwan. She last wrote for Travel about Chiang Kai-shek tourism in Taipei. 2009 is the Year of the Ox. Share ...