Across the world, temples, pagodas, sacred land and water formations, manuscripts and sculptures are under threat from a variety of sources. |
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There are two very fine pagodas to visit at this temple as well as enjoying the lovely mountain stream. |
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Outstanding examples of Korean architecture can be seen in historic palaces and Buddhist temples and pagodas. |
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Anawrahta's capital, Pagan, was sacked by the Mongols in 1287 and the city with its many thousand pagodas and temples was abandoned. |
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There seems to be endless jewelled demons, gilded temples and tall pagodas. |
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It boasts fine restaurants, immaculate hotels and glitzy bars amidst its colonial villas and venerable pagodas. |
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Generation after generation, Kampucheans have found refuge and inspiration under the roofs of our pagodas. |
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In this plan, two pagodas were built in front of one Main Hall in the main courtyard. |
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I love the palace gardens though, taking walks to the pagodas, over bridges spanning lakes full of koi carp and under cherry blossom trees. |
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In a city famed for its golden pagodas, they build crumbling temporary shelters, beg for kyat, and try to avoid police and army soldiers. |
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They display books on pavements, near schools, and bus stations, even pagodas, cafe bars and restaurants. |
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They have no residential quarters, unlike the pagodas of the Mahayana and Theravada Buddhists of the region. |
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I love the palace gardens, taking walks to the pagodas, over bridges spanning lakes full of koi carp and under cherry blossom trees. |
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Temples and pagodas exist only to inspire the proper frame of mind for believers' devotion and self-awareness. |
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The red of ages-old pagodas popped against the thick, green leaves and bright, blue sky for some much-appreciated contrast. |
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Inside those parks are pavilions, stages, pagodas, cocklofts, mazes leading to quiet places, red flowers and green grasses. |
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The landscaped gardens are complemented by eastern temples, Nepalese pagodas and roaming peacocks. |
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The engineer found inspiration in the tall, thin wooden Buddhist pagodas of Japan. |
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Early pagodas were usually wooden and had quadrangle, hexangle, octagonal and twelve sided ichnographies. |
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Thirteen Buddhist pagodas, 17 schools, and several villages are now planting those trees in an attempt to restore a severely deforested area. |
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The Garden contains two Japanese pagodas and a large Buddhist statue, as well as rare Japanese plants and many beautiful lanterns. |
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Construction of community facilities, including the renovation of pagodas and churches, assembly halls, the market in Kanbauk and soccer fields. |
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Another room is devoted to perfume, and shows scent bottles shaped like pagodas and tasselled coolie hats. |
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The grounds are dotted with stiff bamboo as well as pendulous willows, pagodas as well as ducks. |
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Gifts for the dedicated aquarist include underwater Chinese pagodas, bonsai trees, wrecked junks and replicas of SpongeBob SquarePants. |
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Chinese pagodas and Zanzibar gate have been integrated in the architecture since 1830 as a sign of gratitude. |
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In Vietnam this week-end, hundreds of Buddhist pagodas all over the country are holding ceremonies to pray for the UBCV Patriarch. |
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Our mission was cut short because today, in the churches, in the Vietnamese pagodas, there are more police officers than monks. |
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Hundreds of UBCV pagodas were placed under surveillance by Security Police and UBCV followers all over the country were intimidated and harassed. |
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Indigenous civil society organizations2 are still at an elementary stage in Cambodia, apart from those linked to Buddhist pagodas. |
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Inspired from the burmese pagodas from the far plains of the Mandalay division 18 Karat sanded andd polished yellow gold. |
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Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar adventure holidays, traveling on the Mekong, wide rice fields, pagodas and friendly people everywhere. |
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It was a place of pebbled walkways, pagodas, stone lanterns, a waterfall, and a wishing well where families and courting couples could give voice to their dreams. |
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The converts among the merchants and nomadic rulers built temples, pagodas and cave sanctuaries carved into the canyon cliffs and mountains along the Yellow River. |
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We encounter here something entirely different from the most beautiful cathedrals, mosques, the Indian and Siamese temples or pagodas, and even from the temples of China. |
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Experience the ancient mystical city of Ho Chi-Minh and its Eastern traditions, Buddha temples, towering pagodas and colorful oriental river markets. |
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The tours begin in Hanoi, where guests will visit the Museum of Ethnology, the old craft quarter and several pagodas and temples, including the Tay Phuong Pagoda. |
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People circled around the pagodas with the wish to be like Buddha himself. |
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Monuments, temples, pagodas have been restored for use and for tourism. |
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In a telephone call with UBCV International Spokesman Vo Van Ai this afternoon, Thich Quang Do, said that he and the other UBCV monks had left their pagodas seperately this morning in order to avoid Police attention. |
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Cast iron was invented in China in the 5th century BC and poured into moulds to make ploughshares and pots as well as weapons and pagodas. |
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I had a mother who was born in Rangoon, Burma, in the mid-1950s and grew up in the wrap of longyis, pagodas, and Burmese nursemaids. |
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Exotic motifs like monkeys or pagodas also were in vogue. |
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Furthermore, it is expected that the success of this appeal will raise awareness of sustainable tourism issues among administrators of villages, districts and pagodas and primary school teachers. |
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It comprises numerous temples, pagodas, pavilions, gardens and ornamental trees, as well as causeways and artificial islands. |
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On 13th November, Thich Huyen Quang sent a letter to UBCV Buddhists around the country urging them not to risk reprisals by travelling to Binh Dinh, but to organize ceremonies in their own pagodas. |
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Among them are 140 houses of worship: churches, mosques, Hindu temples, Buddhist pagodas and a synagogue. Many of these buildings lie at the centre of tangled webs of ownership. |
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Today, Yin Xin works directly on ancient paintings found in flea markets, which he restores and transforms into palimpsests, replacing church towers with pagodas and frock coats with brocade robes. |
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Adjacent to the lake is a scenic area which includes historical pagodas, cultural sites, as well as the natural beauty of the lake and hills, including Phoenix Mountain. |
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It also shows bays, estuaries, capes and islands, ports and mountains along the coast, important landmarks such as pagodas and temples, and shoal rocks. |
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He said 56,838 families were affected, while 30,442 houses, 136 schools and 82 pagodas were flooded, as were more than 32,000 hectares of paddy fields. |
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Ordination was restricted to men fifty years or older, thus creating a severe shortage of monks to perform ritual services, teach pali chants and suttas, and rebuild pagodas. |
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On the other hand the small, individual ones, especially those shaped as fruits, pagodas, cottages etc., though eminently shelfworthy, are very expensive. |
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