A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

An enormous effigy of the goddess of compassion hides within the sanctuary.

One of China's last communal villages wears its ideals on its sleeve.

China has many statues of the general and war god, but none are as epic as this.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

A golden temple atop a sacred mountain, known for its giant effigy of the revered Pu Xian.

The largest statue in the world towers at 420 feet high atop another 66 feet of pedestal.

The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.

Where better to stay the night than inside a trio of ancient Chinese deities representing "the good life."

It took an artist 20 years to create this sprawling sculpture garden honoring the area's ancient inhabitants.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

The field of tiny caves that mark this Chinese cliffside are each their own historic Buddhist temple.

The tiny statues form China's only known terracotta army from the Han dynasty.

Beijing's World Park offers the excitement of international sites without the travel.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

This incredible Chinese theme park may be the largest bootleg in history.

Massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

Tatar Russian in origin, the largest mosque in Japan is now an Ottoman-style Turkish culture center.

Weighing nearly 7 tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.