March 15, 2011
Khai Doan Pagoda was given a reddish-brown color similar to the basalt soil found in the Central Highlands In the heart of Buon Ma Thuot Town stands the Khai Doan Pagoda that boasts a unique feature: a design that is a combination of the Central Highlands long house and palaces of the Hue Royal Court. [...]
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January 23, 2010
Mr. Dao Trong Cuong.VietNamNet reveals behind-the-scene information about the world’s largest jadeite Buddha statue by talking with Than Chau Ngoc Viet Company Director Dao Trong Cuong, the owner of the statue. Largest gemstone Buddha statue on the workVietnam set for world’s biggest jade BuddhaThe journey to Vietnam of the world largest jade block Why do you still [...]
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January 22, 2010
The 35-ton jade stone that is being used to sculpt worldâs largest jade Buddha statue The sculpting of the worldâs largest jade Gautama Buddha statue weighing 16 tons began in the northern province of Hai Duong on Monday. The statue, made from a 35-ton jade stone bought at a jewelry exhibition in Myanmar, is expected [...]
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January 21, 2010
The huge jade statue of Goddess of Mercy arrived in Vietnam on January 20. This statue was bought by the Goddess of Mercy Pagoda in the central province of Da Nang. The statue is 1.1m high and it was made from a jade block in Canada, which was also used to sculpt the world peace [...]
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January 5, 2010
The giant statue of the Goddess of Mercy, which is made from the largest jade block in the world, will be brought to Vietnam in mid-January 2010. The 1.1m high, 285kg statue is sculpted from the largest jade block in the world in Canada. In 2008, part of this jade block was used to make [...]
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December 29, 2009
Bonze Vu Khac Minh (R) who has been preserved in this sitting posture since his death in the 17th century and a replica at Dau Pagoda A Vietnamese expert strips the mystery surrounding a unique process used to preserve Buddhist monksâ bodies in China and Vietnam. When Nguyen Lan Cuong was called in to restore [...]
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December 27, 2009
Associate Professor Dr Nguyen Lan Cuong has been a paleoanthropologist for 44 years. Cuong talks about his passion for his job, which seems to grow as time goes on. LookAtVietnam – Associate Professor Dr Nguyen Lan Cuong has been a paleoanthropologist for 44 years. Although retired, he still stays busy by taking trips to look [...]
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December 25, 2009
Around 600 Buddhists and 30 artists are working at the Linh Phuoc pagoda in Da Lat to complete an 18m flower Buddha statue for the Da Lat Flower Festival in early January 2010. Linh Phuoc pagoda’s senior monk Thich Tam Vi said they will use 600,000 specially preserved flowers (over 1.5 tonnes) to make the [...]
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December 9, 2009
The bronze statue of King Tran Nhan Tong will be cast on December 16, the 1st day of lunar November, in the Yen Tu Buddhist Relic in Quang Ninh province. After five years of research, a council of historians and experts has decided to place the huge statue in Yen Tu relic. The statue will [...]
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December 6, 2009
The secrets behind mummies found in Vietnam are being explained in a new book by Nguyen Lan Cuong. Cuong talked about his research in this area over the past 30 years. Ass. Prof. Nguyen Lan Cuong (middle) and the mummy of Buddhist monk Vu Khac Minh at the Dau Pagoda, Ha Tay. Among the types of [...]
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