Facing north towards Mainland China, the Tian Tan Buddha sits 26.4 metres atop a lotus throne. At 34 metres high (including the base), the majestic bronze statue, which draws pilgrims all over Asia, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... HONG KONG — 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 ...

Soar over the Big Buddha, Hong Kong, the majestic Tian Tan Buddha that sits in serene meditation atop the peaks of Lantau Island. The drone captures the 34-meter-tall bronze giant, its right hand ...

A model of the Tian Tan Buddha made from more than 10,000 cans of seafood at Hong Kong airport has received a prestigious international design award. The 2.4 metre Buddha installation, which attracted ...

Local officials on the mainland are drawing inspiration from Buddha, but perhaps not in a way he might have intended. Tourism bureaus and developers are racing to build ever-higher statues of Buddha, ...

Frank Taylor started the Google Earth Blog in July, 2005 shortly after Google Earth was first released. He has worked with 3D computer graphics and VR for many years and was very impressed with this ...

Part of 1,600 papier-mache pandas, created by French artist Paulo Grangeon, are on display in front of the Tian Tan Buddha statue on Lantau Island in Hong Kong, June 10, 2014. The pandas arrived in ...

Tian Tan Buddha, Widely touted as one of the most significant Lantau tourist spots, the Tian Tan Buddha bronze statue of Buddha Amoghasiddi is one of the largest seated Buddha statues in the world.