Blanche Grantham

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I wish to follow Master to the Temple of Heaven and sweep the fallen flowers with the immortals A female student sweeps the courtyard under the magnolia flowers at Weibao Mountain in Weishan County, Dali. She has been busy and busy, cleaning carefully and tidying up. The entire building complex is located in the dense forest in the mountains, which is quite fairy-like.

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I took a photo of the gods in a foreign museum. The statues of Bodhisattva and Arhat from the Song and Jin Dynasties collected by the Guimet Museum in Paris were taken by mistake through the glass of the display cabinet. There is a sense of religious mystery. From the Arhat fruit position to the Bodhisattva, it is only a short distance away.

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A large Qing Dynasty bead lantern made of 1.2 million glass beads This is the most amazing cultural relic I have photographed this year. In an old house in Shangyang Village, Yiwu, Zhejiang, a large bead lantern that is over a hundred years old is on display. The lantern is 3.6 meters high and 2.2 meters in diameter. It is made of more than 1.2 million glass beads and weighs 378 kilograms. It is hard to imagine how much manpower was spent to complete it at that time. There are 3 large lanterns in the middle of the lantern, and 6 strings of small lanterns with poems around it. The couplets made of colorful glass beads are "Colorful rivers and lakes are beautiful, why worry about the end of the curtain moon. Better than Yichun Garden, and the same as the city that never sleeps. The light shines on the bullfighting, and the precious pearls are bright."

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800 years of offerings, the largest Thousand-armed Thousand-eyed Guanyin statue in my country The Southern Song Dynasty Thousand-armed Thousand-eyed Guanyin statue in Baoding Mountain, Dazu, Chongqing The folk Tantric statue from 800 years ago, on the whole rock wall with an area of 88 square meters of the cliff facade, three-dimensionally carved the main statue and the stacked arms holding instruments or making seals, and attached with gorgeous gilding and color painting. The main statue sits on the lotus platform, with two attendants standing on each side, 830 arms and 227 instruments arranged in an orderly manner, mostly in high relief, with complex and exquisite design, it is one of the representative works of Dazu rock carvings.

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Who wouldn’t love these girly jewellery in the Forbidden City?

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The peacock blue in the cultural relics, what a damn high aesthetic! [National Museum Collection·Ming Dynasty Peacock Blue Glaze High-foot Bowl] [Jiexiu Museum Collection·Qing Dynasty Peacock Blue Glaze Double-handled Flat Pot]

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Northern Song Dynasty blue glass hairpin, this is the aesthetic of 1,000 years ago! Northern Song Dynasty blue glass hairpin in the collection of Zibo Ceramics and Colored Glaze Museum The earliest record of glass in China can be found in "Shangshu·Yu Gong", which says that the glass byproduct similar to jade formed when smelting bronze is called "Miao Lin". The word "glass" appeared in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties with the Chinese translation of Indian Buddhist scriptures. The glassware has a history of 600 years. It is a glassware specially used for the inner palace. It was not until the Republic of China that these craftsmen drifted to the people and ordinary people had the opportunity to come into contact with the glassware. So the glassware is glassware, but it is the product of the further development of the glass craft.

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The golden nanmu revolving sutra made 600 years ago can still be rotated [In the Baoen Temple in Pingwu, Sichuan, there is a huge revolving sutra, which was built in the 11th year of the Zhengtong Period of the Ming Dynasty (1446 AD). It is 11 meters high, 7 meters in diameter, and covers an area of 22 square meters. People standing in front of it look very small. This is the most complete revolving sutra in China. It has survived many major earthquakes in history, especially the 512 earthquake, and it is intact. It is a miracle. It is also the only revolving sutra in the Ming Dynasty that can still be rotated normally. Rotating the revolving sutra once is equivalent to reading a Buddhist scripture. "If one can push it once with faith, it is equal to the merit of reciting the sutra; if one can rotate it without counting, the merit obtained is equal to reading a large Buddhist canon."

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This 2,000-year-old tomb is like a huge underground palace The Xuzhou Guishan Han Tomb is the tomb of Liu Zhu, the sixth king of Chu in the Western Han Dynasty. The tomb is 83 meters long from east to west, 33 meters wide from north to south, and has a total area of more than 700 square meters, almost hollowing out the entire mountain. The walls of the corridors in the Han tomb are polished and smooth, just like the effect of machine cutting, which is shocking. The Xuzhou Guishan Han Tomb is quite large, almost hollowing out the entire mountain, and the stone of the mountain is very hard. What is amazing is not only the huge tomb chamber, but also the corridors built in the mountain. The Guishan Han Tomb has two corridors, the distance between the corridors is 19 meters, and the error is only 1/16000. I don’t know how such craftsmanship and precision were achieved with the technical level 2,100 years ago.

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The Palace Museum's collection of Qing Dynasty court female earrings is luxurious and elegant The Palace Museum is China's largest existing ancient palace complex and a world cultural heritage site, with more than 1.8 million cultural relics in its collection It includes a large number of Qing Dynasty court jewelry, some of which are currently on display in the Palace Museum's Treasure House, with separate ticket sales A total of more than 200 cultural relics are on display, all of which are exquisite and beautiful, made of pearls, jade, agate, jade and other expensive and beautiful raw materials, with no expense spared, representing the highest level of jewelry making at the time

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1400 years ago, the most beautiful necklace discovered by archaeologists in my country National Museum Collection· Sui Dynasty Pearl and Gem Gold Necklace Unearthed from the tomb of Li Jingxun in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, she was the granddaughter of Yang Lihua, Princess Leping of the Sui Dynasty. She died in 608 AD at the age of 9. This necklace is the most exquisite necklace discovered by archaeologists in China. It is composed of 28 gold spherical beads. Each spherical bead is welded by 12 small gold rings, and 10 pearls are embedded on each bead. The workmanship is very delicate. The lower end of the necklace is inlaid with a crystal chicken blood stone. It is still bright and shiny after being buried underground for more than a thousand years. There are 24 pearls embedded around the chicken blood stone.

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Come and worship this most beautiful Northern Dynasty Buddha statue from more than 1,500 years ago The title is limited in word count. This is the most beautiful Northern Dynasty clay Buddha statue in my country. The Maijishan Grottoes in Tianshui, Gansu is one of the four major grottoes in my country, preserving more than 10,000 statues from various dynasties. Most of the statues are original works from the Northern Dynasties (386-581). These statues are old, well-preserved, delicate and vivid, with extremely high artistic value. They fully reflect the development and evolution of Chinese Northern Dynasty statues. They are the treasures of Chinese grotto art and have been included in the first batch of national protection and world heritage lists.

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Beijing Lama Temple, the world's tallest wooden Maitreya Buddha [Beijing Lama Temple Wooden Buddha] This giant Buddha was carved during the Qianlong period, using more than 80,000 taels of silver and the trunk of a precious sandalwood tree. It is 26 meters high, 18 meters above ground (8 meters buried underground), and weighs about 100 tons. It is the largest single-wood statue in China. In August 1990, the Lama Temple Maitreya Buddha was included in the Guinness World Records, becoming the world's largest single-wood sculpture Buddha statue

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Wuye Temple, the most effective place for praying and making wishes in Wutai Mountain [Wuye Temple in Wutai Mountain] Wutai Mountain in Shanxi Province is a famous Buddhist holy place, the first of the four famous Buddhist mountains, and the dojo of Manjusri Bodhisattva. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the royal family funded the construction of a large number of temples here. Among all the temples on the mountain, Wuye Temple has the most prosperous incense. Pilgrims come here to burn incense and make wishes with different purposes. Wuye Temple was founded in the Qing Dynasty and rebuilt during the Republic of China. Although the world is full of struggles, the origin of life is kind. Regardless of whether they are rich or poor, all people are equal here, and people who worship are eager to get rid of the troubles of the world.

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It's snowing, and Master Xuanzang is freezing and has a runny nose Speaking of snow, I still want to offer this picture of Master Xuanzang in front of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. He is freezing and has a runny nose, which doesn't feel out of place Taken at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda Square in Xi'an in 2017

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The most comprehensive list of Shanxi merchants' courtyards from the Ming and Qing dynasties A considerable number of Shanxi merchants' courtyards from the Ming and Qing dynasties have been preserved. These houses are made of exquisite materials, have exquisite workmanship, and have gorgeous carvings. From these exquisite buildings today, one can still feel the wealth and luxury of Shanxi merchants a hundred years ago.

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The Phoenix Coronet of the Empress of the Ming Dynasty in the Palace Museum Collection is the best looking one [Phoenix Coronet of Empress Xiaoduan of the Ming Dynasty in the Palace Museum Collection] is collected in the Treasure House of the Palace Museum. It was found in the Dingling Mausoleum of Emperor Wanli and dates from 1573-1620 AD. The state prohibits the exhibition of cultural relics outside the country. The Phoenix Coronet is 48 cm tall, 27 cm high, and weighs 2,320 grams. It is inlaid with more than 100 unprocessed natural rubies and sapphires and more than 5,000 pearls. The overall shape is solemn and the production is extremely exquisite. The craftsmanship used includes filigree, kingfisher feather inlay, inlay, etc. The kingfisher feather inlay of this Phoenix Coronet is quite difficult. The kingfisher feather inlay area is large, and it looks rich and noble when paired with rubies and sapphires.

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The bronze statue of a strong man from the Tang Dynasty has a unique aura [Collection of Chengdu Museum·Bronze statue of a strong man from the Tang Dynasty] was unearthed on Tianfu Avenue in Pengzhou City, and the aura is so impressive

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Come and worship this 500-year-old Thousand-armed Thousand-eyed Guanyin There is a well-preserved Ming Dynasty wooden statue of Thousand-armed Thousand-eyed Guanyin in Baoen Temple, Pingwu, Sichuan, which is more than 500 years old. The main body of Guanyin is carved from a thousand-year-old nanmu tree, 9 meters high. Such a huge piece of wood is hard to find. There are 1004 hands in a fan shape behind her. Looking up, it is like a huge and blooming golden chrysanthemum, with various poses and beautiful and spectacular.

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The autumn scenery of Hemu Village in Kanas, Xinjiang, was taken in September. This is one of the most beautiful villages in northern Xinjiang, where the local Tuva people live in a concentrated area. The pointed-roof wooden houses built of logs are neatly arranged on a large open space in the dense forest, which is very harmonious with the surrounding natural landscape. Hemu Village is not only beautiful in autumn, but also has different styles in spring, summer and winter.

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