600-Year-Old Buddha Emerges From The Lake In China
A 600-year-old Buddha statue has emerged from the lake Zuixian (aka Hongmen Reservoir) when 30 feet (10 m) of water was drained because of the nearby hydropower gate renovation.
Archeologists think that this 12.5 feet (3.8 meters) tall statue could date back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), which stunned spectators of just how well it’s preserved. The scientists think that the underwater period since 1958, when the reservoir was built, might have helped shelter the statue from other elements as well.
The statue was originally built in the ancient town of Xiaoshi, and is thought to to be a spiritual protector from the two rivers, clashing in the area.
To those, surprised how such thing could have gone underwater, the recent history of China holds the answer. The statue was submerged in 1960 when the Hongmen reservoir was built, and back then the local authorities simply weren’t aware of heritage protection, explained Xu Changqing, director of the Research Institute of Archaeology of Jiangxi province.
Yet there still are those, who remember the statue before the flooding. Like Huang Keping, a 82-year-old local blacksmith, who saw the Buddha first time in 1952: “I remember the statue was gilded at that time,” he told Xinhua.
(h/t: cnn )
A 600-year-old Buddha statue has emerged from the Hongmen Reservoir when 30 feet (10 m) of water was drained because of the nearby hydropower gate renovation
Archeologists think that this 12.5 feet (3.8 meters) tall statue could date back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
It’s extremely well-preserved. The scientists think that the underwater period since 1958, when the reservoir was built, might have helped shelter the statue from other elements
The statue was submerged in 1960 when the Hongmen reservoir was built, and back then the local authorities simply weren’t aware of heritage protection
And there still are those, who remember the statue before that. Like Huang Keping, a 82-year-old local blacksmith, who saw the Buddha first time in 1952: “I remember the statue was gilded at that time”
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Pop Culture Buddhas: Now You Can Meditate To Your Favorite Superheroes and Villains
Buddha’s appearance as a jolly fat man in the “Laughing Buddha” statue is probably his best-known – and now, he‘s available in a variety of pop culture icon flavors! Chris Milnes is the Etsy artist behind the “Zen” line of 3D-printed sculptures of Buddha whose heads have been replaced with those of popular characters.
There’s everything from Zen Batman to Zen Optimus Prime (because robots should also know that desire is suffering). And you wouldn’t believe the variety of Star Wars characters present! Zen Groot from the Guardians of the Galaxy is probably the most fitting character here, though you will have to replace “om” with “groot”.
More info: etsy.com (h/t: lostateminor )
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