Above, the 268-step staircase that leads to the giant Tian Tan Buddha statue — also known as the Big Buddha — in Ngong Ping Village.

The Big Buddha that gazes down serenely on visitors to the Po Lin Monastery at Ngong Ping on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island opened to the public 25 years ago. Thirty-four metres (112 feet) high and ...

The Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery is one of Hong Kong’s most memorable cultural sites for travelers.

Buddha's Birthday is celebrated on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, which typically falls in May. Since 1999, this day has been designated as a public holiday in Hong Kong, making it the ...

Sotheby’s has postponed the controversial auction of ancient gem relics linked to the Buddha ’s remains at the last hour after the Indian government threatened legal action.

The 26-foot-tall statue of piled bodies signifying those killed in the Tiananmen crackdown is a potent symbol of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement.

Hong Kong is a crowded, busy place, but there is a way to escape the city, visit a giant Buddha and feel like you\'re nearly floating in the clouds.

Students of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) are hiding 10cm-long miniature statues of the “Goddess of Democracy” across the campus in an effort to mark the 1989 Tiananmen Square ...