Asian Temples and Monks

Images of Buddhist temples and monks across Asia, highlighting intricate architecture, religious artifacts, and serene atmospheres with vibrant colors and cultural details.

Southeast Asia, China, Macau, A-Ma Temple in Macau with incense burning

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Gandan Khiid Monastery

Asia, Japan, Wakayama, Hongu, Kumano Hongu Shrine (Editorial Usage Only)

Golden Buddha Statue. Mount Emei Shan, Chengdu Province. China

A man praying in a garden at the Cyunsi Buddhist Nunnery in Chongqing China

Buddhist prayer sticks in chinese temple

Tibetan temple. Bodhgaya, India

Jakar Dzong, Bhutan - 24 September 2025: View of vibrant masked dancers preparing, their ornate costumes a kaleidoscope of colors against the backdrop of ancient Dzong walls.

Close-up of a painting of a dragon in a temple

Taiwan, Taipei, Hsing Tian temple dedicated to God Kuan Sheng Di Chun

China, Shanghai, Burning paper money at the Jade Buddha Temple

Taoist monk playing Chinese flute in a temple, Beijing Dongyue Temple, Beijing, China

China, Beijing. Drummers inside The Drum Tower, a later Ming dynasty version originally built in 1273 marking the centre of the old Mongol capital, Asia.

Guanyin Temple on Lake Erhai in Dali, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China

Temple, ash of incense stick, ash, Tai Shan, Shandong province, Taishan, Mount Tai, World Heritage, UNESCO, China, Asia

Vietnam, Hue, Tet, lunar new year, decoration,

A woman praying in a temple

downpour in front of Jingzhong GateWuhou Shrine Complex (Wuhóucí) 223 AD, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China, Asia.

Royal Funerary Carriage built by Thit Tanh in the Hohng Kep Mien at Wat Xieng Thong, built by King Setthathirat in 1560 - LUANG PROBANG, LAOS

People praying at Nishi Honganji Temple, Kyoto City, Honshu, Japan

Xa-La, Tonkin, Indochina a celebration of the ritual at the Te Ky-Phuk Temple, during a ceremony to ask for happiness , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Xa-la , Tonkin , Indochine Une célébration du rituel au temple Te ky-phuc , lors d' une cérémonie pour demander le bonheur). Religious habit, costume, temple, sacrifice, shadow , umbrella , umbrella, carpet , hanging, child, burnt-scoring, altar, religious or votive inscription, weapon, hairstyle , headgear, religious architecture, man, Clothing, human beings, registration , information, housing , architecture, Indochina, Tonkin, Hanoi sending, sacrifices, a spring sacrifice, during the ceremony

Chua Ho Quoc pagoda. Buddhist woman praying. Phu Quoc. Vietnam.

Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City. Jade Emperor Pagoda, interior

Chillies and corn being sun dried, Huangling, ancient village dating back to the Ming Dynasty, Wuyuan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province, China

Shrine

Heavy thunderstorm with lightning. Shaolin is a Buddhist monastery in central China. . Heavy thunderstorm with lightning.

Cock sculpture in in Sinheungsa Temple. Seoraksan National Park. South Korea

The Kaminarimon, the entrance to the Asakusa Kannon and Senso-ji Buddhist Temple in Tokyo, Japan.

Buddhist symbol of one circle and the three jewels of Buddhism, the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha, Seoul, South Korea, Asia

31 / 03 / 2006; Kawasaki shi; Kanamara Festival, or the fertility festival its held at Kanamara shrine every march created in the Edo period to pray for sexual safety (specially against syphillis among Kawasakis prostitutes) now helps raise money for HIV and AIDs, japanese couples and gays and lebians joins the festival for a good fertility lucky year.

Tibet, Kham, Litang. Tibetan nomads near Litang. People circumambulating monastery with prayer wheels. (Editorial Use Only)

Vietnam, Hoi An, Hainan Chinese Temple,

Vietnam. Farmer women dressed up for New Year celebration posing in front of very old temple ruin. (MR)

Man reading at Besakih Temple Mother Temple, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

China, Beijing. Chinese New Year Spring Festival - incense sticks burning at Dongyue Temple and Beijing Folk Arts Museum.

A Ujiko at the Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine in Hiroshima, Japan.

Traditionally dressed musicians with drum during the Jongmyojerye Royal Ancestral Rite at Jongmyo Royal Ancestral Shrine Seoul South Korea

China, Beijing. Beiputuo temple and film studio - Chinese New Year Spring Festival - guards in traditional costume.

Japanese toys figurines in wooden pavilion 09-01-2022 Monaco Japanese toys figurines in kimono rich fabric in wooden pavilion - Japanese culture - Copyright: xZoonar.com/maratxyakhinx 21636142

Japan, Kanazawa, Higashi Betsuin temple, pilgrim statue

Japan, Honshu, Kyoto, Kiyomizu-Dera Temple - Prayers Written On Wooden Tablets Bring Good Luck To The Purchaser When Offered At The Temple

Galleries of statues of generals and officials of the Shu Han kingdom, Wuhou Shrine Complex (Wuhóucí) 223 AD, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China, Asia.

Chinese iconography written outside religious temple

Hong Kong, Festivals, Decoration For Chinese New Year.

Hà-Nôi, Tonkin, Indochine A group of children under the Thui-Toa "Kiosk on the edge of water", sheltering a stone stele called "Tablet of the Van-Xu 'O' Ng" tablet , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Hà-nôi , Tonkin , Indochine Un groupe d' enfants sous le Thui-toa «Kiosque du bord de l' eau» , abritant une stèle de pierre nommée «Tablette du Temple de Van-xu' o' ng»). Ile, Buddhism, costume, temple, roof, pagoda, stele, kiosk, child, lake , pond, column, religious or votive inscription, religious architecture, Religion, clothing, human beings, registration , information, housing , architecture, Indochina, Tonkin, Hanoi, the little lake of Hanoi, seen from the pagodon alone

Monks at Dashchoilon Khiid Monastery

The Naxi or Nakhi are an ethnic group inhabiting the foothills of the Himalayas in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province, as well as the southwestern part of Sichuan Province in China. The Naxi are thought to have come originally from Tibet and, until recently, maintained overland trading links with Lhasa and India. The Naxi form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. The Naxi are traditionally followers of the Dongba religion. Through both Han Chinese and Tibetan cultural influences, they adopted Tibetan Buddhism and, to a lesser extent, Taoism, in the 10th century. The Old Town of Lijiang dates back more than 800 years and was once an important town on the old Tea Horse Road.

Family alter and shrine inside house, Hida Folk Village, Hida No Sato, Takayama, Japan. (Editorial Use Only)

Pilgrims inside Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka Kandy, Sri Lanka - August 9, 2018: Buddhist devotees worshipping inside the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy. Copyright: xZoonar.com/OliverxFörstnerx 13576935

Traditional Chinese WeddingQueli HotelShandong ProvinceChina

Red Daruma figures, lucky charm of Shintoism, KatsuLT-ji Temple, Minoh National Park, Osaka, Japan

Guard, temple Zixiaogong, Wudangshan, China,, Asia

Lang Khai Dinh royal graves

China, Beijing. Chinese New Year Spring Festival - puppet theatre at Donyue temple and Beijing Folk Arts Museum.

Japan, Kansai, Osaka City, Shitennoji Temple

Western tourist in an old house in Zhuokeji Headman's Village, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, western Sichuan, China

Rong Thanh Temple. Vietnamese buddhist woman using a giant singing bowl. Tan Chau. Vietnam.

Girl in Ao Dai (traditional Vietnamese long dress) and conical hat at Minh Mang Tomb, Thua Thien-Hue, Hue, Vietnam.

Smoking incense in the temple Chua Thien Hau Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

In the temple

A Chinese young woman praying and offering incense in a Buddhist temple; Shanzidou, Kinmen Island, Taiwan

Gardeners working at the Temple of Literature.

a woman stands against a wall in an ornate doorway of trongsa dzong, trongsa, trongsa district, bhutan

Yuan Yin Temple, George Town, Pulau Pinang, Penang, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

alter japanischer Schrein mit rotem Torii und Steinlaternen im Abendlicht *** Age Japanese Shrine with red Torii and Stone lanterns at Evening light 1103402837

Man writing Chinese characters, Huanglongxi, Sichuan, China

Japan, Tokyo, holy smoke at the Asakusa Temple

Entrance to the Tian Tan Buddha near the Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

Monk eating at table, Myanmar, Shan, Myanmar

Chinese woman with yellow and red lions It is considered to enhance the prosperity for oneself on the occasion of the Chinese New Year festival every year Chinese woman with yellow and red lions It is considered to enhance the prosperity for oneself on the occasion of the Chinese New Year festival every year and in Chinese, it means prosperous, fortunate, happy, prosperous ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/SunanxWongsa-ngax 21898431 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Pilgrims prostrating outside the Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

China, Tibet, Lhasa, Man Repairing Prayer Wheel As Penance At The Jokhang Temple

Girl in Ao Dai (traditional Vietnamese long dress) and conical hat at Minh Mang Tomb, Thua Thien-Hue, Hue, Vietnam.

Asia, Taiwan, Taiwan Taipei Longshan Temple worshippers and food and flower offerings

Monk and money gifts in the Wat Phra That Doi Suthep Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Hangzhou Xixi Wetland Gaozhuang

SikSikYuan temple in Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon, Hongkong, China, Asia

Interior of the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, China. 06/29/2010

Monks at the courtyard of the Wannian monastery, Emei Shan, Sichuan province, China, Asia

Japan, Kyoto, kabuki theatre scene,

Asia, Vietnam. Man smoking in front of temple

Incense sticks at a chinese pagoda at Cholon, Saigon, Hoh Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Asia

A nun sweeping the courtyard of Xuandu monastery, Heng Shan South, Hunan province, China, Asia

China, Yunnan Province, Jianshui city, Statues of Confucious disciples in Dacheng Hall at Confucian Temple.

CHINA, BEIJING, GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE

Bunch of bamboo with engraved images and declarations of love

China, Hong Kong, Kowloon, Yau Ma Tei district, Temple Street Night Market Fortune Teller

Mongolia, buddhist temple

Yamabushi, Konzoji Temple, Nagaoka, Kyoto, Japan

Zündstifte im Loch der Lampe statues holding a lantern with holes for ignition incense sticks LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/MilanxVasicekx 12728479

China, Beijing. Chinese New Year Spring Festival - puppet theatre at Donyue temple and Beijing Folk Arts Museum.

Banteay Srei is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in Angkor, Cambodia Banteay Srei - a 10th century Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva. The temple built in red sandstone was rediscovered 1814 in the jungle of the Angkor area of Cambodia. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RudolfxErnstx 13663355

Jakar, Bhutan - 24 September 2025: View of monks in deep maroon robes framed by an ornately decorated doorway, juxtaposed against a mural depicting mountains.

golden water fountain in Kiyomizudera temple,UNESCO World Heritage Site,Kyoto, Japan

Tibetan man spinning prayer wheels at monastery, Daofu, Sichuan, China

Girl paying respect to a spirit house, Bangkok, Thailand

Uludanu Temple at Lake Bratan, Bali, Indonesia. Balinese Hinduism

Japan, Kumano Kodo, Kumano Nachi Taisha, shinto shrine,

Vietnam, Mekong Delta. Sam Mountain, Temple of Lady Xu, exterior

A girl spinning a prayer wheel, Yonghe Gong, Tibetan Buddhist Lama Temple, Beijing, China

Monks and nuns with harvest at the inner courtyard of a monastery, Tainan, Taiwan, Asia

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