The aging spiritual leader is looking to prevent Beijing from taking advantage of a power vacuum. But there is pressure to preserve a core element of Tibetan Buddhism.

Tibetan Buddhists believe the Dalai Lama can choose the body into which he is reincarnated. His succession plan is ...

Tibet’s spiritual leader laid out plans for his succession, a process that is expected to face interference from China.

China has reacted to the announcement from the Dalai Lama that he will be reincarnated after his death and a successor will ...

An example of the distinctive sculptures on display at Zhihua Temple, Dongcheng district, Beijing. [Photo by Michael Rhys Card/China Daily] In recent weeks, those of us in Beijing have had to forgo ...

The magnolia of Wanshou Temple, Beijing. White lilac flowers in the Temple of Heaven, Beijing. Purple lilac flowers in the Fayuan Temple, Beijing. The flowers of Pyrus betulaefolia Bunge in the Ming ...

Zhihua Temple is one example of a family ancestral temple that came under royal patronage in the Ming Dynasty, was almost destroyed after the Boxer Rebellion and then forgotten, and in recent ...

During previous inundations of southwestern Beijing, the water had somewhere else to go: a vast expanse of fairly low-lying land in the Xiong’an area of Hebei along the Beijing border.

Zhihua Temple, meaning "temple of wisdom attained", was built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in 1444 and is the only remaining Buddhist temple with Ming characteristics in Beijing.