This is the impressive moment a double amputee climbed sacred mountain steps using only his hands. Wang Jiade, 30, successfully scaled the top of Mount Tai in Shandong, China, on March 9. He ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has banned mining on mountains sacred to Buddhists after protests from monks that the exploitation was damaging ancient temples and violating holy sites, the official Xinhua ...

The famous Shaolin temple, known for kung fu and Zen culture, a place of pilgrimage for followers worldwide, is under scrutiny. It has been discovered that its abbot had secret children with several ...