Siddhārtha Gautama's student, the "Most Venerable Ānanda," came up with the first batch of Buddhist scriptures.

Among the different versions of the "Heart Sutra," by far the most popular one is the version by Xuan Zang.

In contrast to what was portrayed in the "Journey to the West," Master Xuan Zang's journey was, in fact, long and lonely.

The "Heart Sutra" is written in ancient language and contains passages that are difficult for the average reader to understand.

This video examines four famous characters from the "Heart Sutra": "Se Ji Shi Kong."

The "Heart Sutra" encourages one to embrace and adapt to change.

The "Heart Sutra" helps impart a Buddhist world outlook and methodology.

The "Heart Sutra" gives you the tools to face the challenges that life brings.

Which emperor could possibly restrain the "Eastern Heretic," Huang Yaoshi and "Western Venom," Ouyang Feng, as well as a host of other strange-looking fellows from the same era?

Song Huizong was the Chinese emperor with the best taste of them all.

Song Huizong had greater ambitions with his self-created font, "Slender Gold."

Song Huizong assigned very challenging subjects to his painters.

Song Huizong had an uncanny way of making the invisible visible.

The complexity underlying the simplicity of Song Huizong's art is especially evident in the Ru porcelain of his time.

We may not be able to live as extravagantly as the emperors before us, but we can still afford to live life with a bit of elegance.

Art comes in different forms, shapes, sizes and mediums. In this case, driftwood becomes a beautiful form of art.

The beauty of driftwood is its unexpected outcomes.

The wood's color also has a great effect on its art.

Finding something that one truly loves brings happiness to one's life.

In the eye of one photographer, everyone should have a self-portrait, which could portray a colorful stage in his or her life or his or her life as a whole.

Everyone has has his or her own story and the purpose of each portrait is to represent it.

A good portrait of a person must contain his or her soul.

Poetry is a great example of the reserved and cryptic manner in which many Chinese people tend to express themselves.

Yuan Zheng was a well-known poet during the Tang Dynasty. His most famous poem is the mourning poem he wrote for his wife.