TACOMA -- It would have taken a forklift to move the 3,000-pound copper bell stolen recently from a Vietnamese Buddhist temple here. But the bell and its hand-carved wooden frame disappeared sometime ...
This is the only remaining national treasure from the 10th century, located in Hanoi, and is not only a Buddhist artifact but ...
NAHA, Okinawa – A sign, “Welcome back to Okinawa,” stands next to a bronze temple bell at the entrance to the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum. Visitors who pause to learn more about this ...