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Cultural Heritage in Asia

Images showcasing significant Asian cultural elements, including ornate temple architecture, festive decorations, and ceremonial atmospheres reflecting local traditions.

Smoke and incense coils, inside Ong Pagoda, Can Tho, Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Smoke and incense coils, inside Ong Pagoda, Can Tho, Mekong Delta, Vietnam
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Chinese characters inscribed onto the Leshan Giant Buddha, which at 71 m or 233 ft is the largest stone Buddha in the world, Leshan, Sichuan Province, China, Asia
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Group of people on the arcade of a temple, Asakusa Kannon Temple, Asakusa, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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Freely walk monkey. Votive temples and shrines in a row at Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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China, Gansu, Xiahe, Labrang Monastery. Three Women Pilgrims
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Shrine bell
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Couple wishing for future luck, touching large brass gong, Burmese scripture, Mandalay, Birma, Burma, Myanmar, South Asia, Asia
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Thailand, Suthep Mount, Chiang Mai area, Doi Suthep temple, The original founding of the temple remains a legend and there are a few varied versions. The temple is said to have been founded in 13...
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Wong Tai Sin temple, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Jinzhong, China - 30 October 2025: View of a sculptor meticulously crafting a miniature statue before the imposing, weathered guardian statue at Zhenguo Temple.
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Young girl with traditional Burmese holding bowl of rice on the hand at beautiful golden pagoda in Myanmar
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A businessman pauses to inhale soothing fumes at the Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Japan
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View of the cemetery of the Konkaikomyo-Ji or Kurodani Temple in Kyoto, Japan, c. 1890 - In or Before 1903 photograph This photo is part of an album. Kyoto paper. photographic support albumen print temple, shrine ~ Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism. churchyard, cemetery Kyoto
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Guatemala, Chichicastenango. Santo Tomas Cemetery is one of the most colorful in the Western Highlands. It is filled with mausoleums the size of small houses.
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wedding ceremony area with rows of guests top view
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Portrait of asian woman traveler wear protective mask germs is praying at Chinese buddhist temple or shrine in Thailand,Prevention of the spread of COVID-19 virus,Chinese New Year
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Buddha statue on Temple of Borobudur, Borobudur, Indonesia
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In the heart of downtown Bangkok, at the Erawan Shrine, an Asian man offers his prayers handing a basket filled with fruits purchased as an offering. Bangkok, Thailand.
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Worshippers touching a wooden obelisk for inspiration at a sub temple of Zenkoji Temple, Nagano City, Japan, Asia
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China acquires Hong Kong Monument, Po Lin Monastery, Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China
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South Korean school children look at the golden pig statue at the Bulguksa Temple in Gyeongju
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Worshipper burning incense at the Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai, China
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Japan, Takayama. Festival Procession
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Reclining Buddha shrine in Sri Lanka. Theravada Buddhism is the official religion of the majority of Sri Lanka practiced by 70.2% of Sri Lanka's population. Practitioners of Buddhism can be found amongst the Sinhalese population as well as the Tamil population. ... There are around 6,000 Buddhist monasteries on Sri Lanka
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back view man praying temple with burning incense
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Entrance door detail of the Temple of Heaven - Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests in the Tian Tan Complex in Beijing, China.
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Mother with baby using incense smoke to cure bodily ailments at Zenkoji Temple, Nagano City, Japan, Asia
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Girls spinning prayer wheels at Drepung Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, China
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry admires a lying Buddha as he visits the Buddhist Shwedagon Pagoda during his stop in Rangoon, Burma, on August 10, 2014.
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Pura Besakih temple, Bali, Indonesia
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Asian man photographing outside temple
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China, Shanghai. The Chenghuang Miao district around the Shanghai City God Temple.
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Louis Magrath King and Rinchen Lhamo sculpture, Kangding, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan, China.
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Communist symbol, star and torch, karst mountains, Li River, Li Jiang, Yangdi Town, Yangshuo, near Guilin, Guanxi Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
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A Buddhist monk stands in a window taking donations at Lama Temple; Beijing, China
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Wuhan (China), 04/03/2020. Coronavirus crisis. Biandanshan Cemetery. To prevent incidents regarding the number of deaths, the Police monitor cemeteries and crematoriums.
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Grauman´s Chinese Theatre, Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, North America