Three themed exhibitions are opened on Tuesday at Mount Xuedou, in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province, to trace the spread of Buddhism in the country and the manifestation of its ideas and values in various kinds of art and crafts. [Photo by Zhang Wei/China Daily]

From the paintings of the Jataka stories, grotto murals to crafted Buddhist statues, Buddhist art manifests the boundless creativity, imagination and yearning for a better life of people in different places and from different cultures.

Three themed exhibitions were opened on Tuesday at Mount Xuedou, in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province, to trace the spread of Buddhism in the country and the manifestation of its ideas and values in various kinds of art and crafts in all times.

Three themed exhibitions are opened on Tuesday at Mount Xuedou, in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province, to trace the spread of Buddhism in the country and the manifestation of its ideas and values in various kinds of art and crafts. [Photo by Zhang Wei/China Daily]