cultural heritage
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Abandoned Buddhas in Suzhou Village Contrast With Tech-Driven Buddhist World
In Suzhou’s Chongshan Village, hundreds of abandoned Buddha and deity statues rest in fields after being discarded by temples, shrines and factories. Their stillness contrasts with a Buddhist world increasingly adopting robots and AI, including a $1 million robotic priest at Japan’s Kodaiji Temple.
Gen Z Keeps 600-Year-Old 'Ground Opera' Alive in Guizhou
Source signal: Meet The Gen Z That’s Keeping This 600-Year-Old ‘Ground Opera’ Alive
France’s Guimet Museum Vows 24-Hour Repatriation of Looted Chinese Relics
Following a new French restitution law, the Musée Guimet of Asian Arts in Paris has pledged to return any Chinese artifacts proven stolen within 24 hours, marking a potentially historic shift in cultural heritage repatriation.
CHANEL backs revival of historic Paris cinema Saint-Germain-des-Prés
CHANEL has supported the renovation of the iconic Le Saint-Germain-des-Prés cinema on Paris’s Left Bank, which has now reopened.