Stone Buddha unearthed
Neijiang Weiyuan County village of Xia Shuqing imperialism except when the village women's director, she also has another "secret" task - she and her cousin Luo Guiming generations of people watching over a century-old temple of a royal temple.
Recently, with the local building needs, the Royal Temple of the implementation of the demolition. The main hall in the temple construction workers discovered a burial ground where the soil color of the stone Buddha statues there, which makes Xia Shuqing, Luo Guiming surprised two people: They do not know the guardian of the temple, which has been such a "Baby." Yesterday, after the cultural relics management department Weiyuan County field inspection, appraisal, preliminary view that the Buddha relics of the Ming dynasty, after the point of no archaeological record, which has a high archaeological value, protection measures will be implemented in the rescue.
Color Buddha "ground-breaking" out of
"Come over here, we found something in the ground!" November 29 noon, in the area of construction of a temple called the demolition of the Royal Temple, the excavator dug a huge spoon "when" bang, hit hard things, "wisdom for things such a big head?" The workers carefully opened with a hoe Pa "hard object" around the earth, an image of the simple, yet the color of the stone Buddha with a "ground-breaking" out of the lifelike appearance.
10 o'clock yesterday morning, Weiyuan County Heritage management charge Zhao Zuo Ming, Li Yan Shu Xia Shuqing, who heard the news rushed to the house, and finally saw this statue of the "true face." Buddha was sitting, about 1.44 meters, 0.4 meters thick, the surface is still visible gorgeous colors, faintly discernible gold color; Buddha face loving, dignified and stylish.
"This is very important yo Buddha, an estimated five or six pounds, six brawny went to great lengths onto the car, delivered to my home store." Xia Shuqing said.
Temple Guardian hundred generations
Xia Shuqing heard of "Royal Temple" underground dug out stone statues, both unexpected and pleasant surprise: "the temple are a few statues shaped recent times, thought under these statues also 'hidden' with a stone Buddha."
Xia Shuqing, said her great aunt in this monastery, Si Qianceng entrust future generations we must take good care of what the temple; an iron bell, a wooden incense table, a pair of wooden lanterns. Listen to my grandfather's generation who have said, these things are in the Qing Dynasty antiques, together with the temple a hundred years of history.
Xia Shuqing said that both she and her cousin and other people have been abide by Luo Guiming Zuxun, generations of people are on guard this century-old temple has been continuously incense.
Xia Shuqing said: Because the temple within the larger cultural relics, has been coveted by undesirable elements. October 9 this year to keep the temple was to take advantage of people Luo Guiming conversation with the machine, fleeing into the temple, the beams hung around the lobby of a pair of wooden lanterns Republic stolen, but fortunately the police in a timely manner to avoid detection before the Temple was evil.
Protection of the Ming Dynasty stone rescue
Is this stone Buddha statue from which the age, what value? Person in charge of cultural relics management Weiyuan County Zhao Zuo Ming said they rushed to the Royal sihou, field survey found that surviving a cast-iron bell inside the temple, casting for the Qianlong twenty years, more severe corrosion; a Qing Dynasty wooden incense table, a wooden lantern of the Republic of China, "These cultural relics and archaeological collections have some value, the temple statues on the ground are a few modern build, little archaeological value; the only seated Buddha statue just unearthed in the Ming Dynasty estimated , the study of Buddhist practices at the time, sculpture art, art color, and so has a high archaeological value. "
Zhao Zuo Ming said that the Buddha statues in the local archaeological point of no records, are new discoveries, so the people were now working with the cultural relics department and public security departments to rescue their protection. Source: Huaxi Dushi Bao
