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China's Hu visits Nara on last leg of official visit to Japan

NARA, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) is briefed by priests of Toshodaiji Temple in Nara Prefecture on May 10 in front of the grave of Jingzhen, a Chinese Buddhist priest, known as Ganjin in Japanese. The Chinese priest spent over 10 years trying to travel to Japan in order to teach Buddhist precepts and founded Toshodaiji in 759. (Pool photo)

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China's Hu visits Nara on last leg of official visit to Japan

NARA, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) poses for photos with Nara Gov. Shogo Arai (2nd from L) and transport minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (R) in Nara, Nara Prefecture, on May 10 after presenting the prefecture with a bust of Jingzhen, a Chinese Buddhist priest, known as Ganjin in Japanese. The Chinese priest traveled to Japan to teach Buddhist precepts and founded Toshodaiji Temple in the prefecture in 759.

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China's Hu visits Nara on last leg of official visit to Japan

NARA, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao (front) pays respect at the grave of Jingzhen, a Chinese Buddhist priest, known as Ganjin in Japanese, at Toshodaiji Temple in Nara Prefecture on May 10. The Chinese priest spent over 10 years trying to travel to Japan in order to teach Buddhist precepts and founded Toshodaiji in 759. (Pool photo)

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Myanmar Buddhists visit Shwedagon Pagoda on traditional New Year's Day

STORY: Myanmar Buddhists visit Shwedagon Pagoda on traditional New Year's Day DATELINE: April 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Yangon CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people visiting the Shwedagon Pagoda STORYLINE: People in Myanmar, mostly Buddhists, visited the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon on the first day of Myanmar's traditional New Year on Sunday. The Southeast Asian country ushered in traditional New Year on Sunday after its four-day Thingyan Water Festival. Buddhists across the country have crowded pagodas to do their annual rituals. Elderly people around the country also visited monasteries to take precepts, and young people paid respect to their parents, grandparents, teachers and the elderly to gain merits on the traditional New Year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Yangon. (XHTV)

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China's Hu visits Nara on last leg of official visit to Japan

NARA, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao (front) pays respect at the grave of Jingzhen, a Chinese Buddhist priest, known as Ganjin in Japanese, at Toshodaiji Temple in Nara Prefecture on May 10. The Chinese priest spent over 10 years trying to travel to Japan in order to teach Buddhist precepts and founded Toshodaiji in 759. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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China's Hu visits Nara on last leg of official visit to Japan

NARA, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) poses for photos with Nara Gov. Shogo Arai (2nd from L) and transport minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (R) in Nara, Nara Prefecture, on May 10 after presenting the prefecture with a bust of Jingzhen, a Chinese Buddhist priest, known as Ganjin in Japanese. The Chinese priest traveled to Japan to teach Buddhist precepts and founded Toshodaiji Temple in the prefecture in 759. (Kyodo)

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China's Hu visits Nara on last leg of official visit to Japan

NARA, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) is briefed by priests of Toshodaiji Temple in Nara Prefecture on May 10 in front of the grave of Jingzhen, a Chinese Buddhist priest, known as Ganjin in Japanese. The Chinese priest spent over 10 years trying to travel to Japan in order to teach Buddhist precepts and founded Toshodaiji in 759. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)