Live Jianbao: Baoyou, you are very wrong

Chapter 174 Burial with self-carved Buddha statues, what does this mean?
Everyone clicked on Ning Fan's picture, and fell into a collective daze.

"The thing sent by Master Ning looks familiar, doesn't it?"

"What's so strange about this, don't all the Buddha statues in the world look the same?"

"What I'm saying is, this looks like a large Buddha sculpture like the Leshan Giant Buddha to me. I don't know where Master Ning is from."

Most of the Baoyou in the live broadcast room could not recognize it, only a few Baoyou who specialized in Buddha statues frowned slightly.

"This thing looks a bit like the Yungang Giant Buddha!"

"It may also belong to Longmen."

"No, this is not the Buddha statue of Longmen. The carving style doesn't match, it's too obvious."

The friends who collected Buddha statues had a particularly heated discussion, and all the friends who eat melons couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

"What Yungang Buddha?"

"What is the Dragon Gate?"

Seeing that it is difficult for Baoyou who doesn't understand to eat melons, Ning Fan kindly reminded him.

"They're talking about grottoes."

"Yungang Grottoes and Longmen Grottoes are large grottoes that were built during the Northern Wei Dynasty."

"After all, the Northern Wei Dynasty was in a critical period of the integration of civilizations of various ethnic groups, and the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty also needed to find a good fusion point to balance the contradictions of the people of various ethnic groups."

"It is best to use the influence of Buddhism."

"And Emperor Xiaowen took the lead in setting an example on this road. These two grottoes are the actions that Emperor Xiaowen made to guide everyone to Buddha."

"It's just that the Yungang Grottoes are earlier than the Longmen Grottoes, so the characteristics of the Buddha statues are more characteristic of the Western Regions."

"The Longmen Grottoes have already reflected the strong characteristics of the Central Plains."

"This Buddha statue happens to be the main Buddha in the Yungang Grottoes, and it is also the largest grotto Buddha statue in Yungang during the Northern Wei Dynasty."

"Of course, that's not the point."

When Ning Fan finished speaking, he pointed to the photo and spoke lightly.

"Have you noticed that this Buddha statue is very similar to the one on Wuyin Baoyou's pigsty?"

When everyone heard the words, they looked at the screen and found that the above pictures were somewhat similar.

Both the lotus petals and the standing shape are highly consistent.

"That doesn't mean much, does it? After all, there are so many empty spaces and many standing Buddha statues. This...isn't enough!"

Although the treasure friends believed in Ning Fan, they still didn't dare to confirm it when they saw such a semi-finished product in front of them.

Even Tang Qisheng cautiously asked Ning Fan if there was any other evidence.

"Have."

Ning Fan looked at the barrage and spoke again.

"Emperor Xiaowen's bronze and gilt statue of Maitreya Buddha is still in the Metropolitan Museum of the Stars and Stripes. Has anyone seen the 1.4-meter-high one?"

"I have seen."

Tang Qisheng nodded repeatedly as he thought of something.

"Master Ning, I have seen the Buddha statue you mentioned!"

"The outflow of cultural relics was severe back then, and many Buddha statues in the Fomen Grottoes were sold abroad."

"Most of the stone Buddhas are more than one meter high, but there are only two gilded bronze ones. The only one that fits this standing statue is that one!"

After Tang Qisheng finished speaking, he found out the photo he was talking about and sent it out.

A gilt bronze Buddha statue standing with palms open and closed stands on a lotus platform. The robe on his body has curved and drooping folds and water ripples.

Although it is a bronze statue, it really has a silky texture.

Everyone in the live broadcast room said that this craftsmanship is too heaven-defying.

There are also sharp-eyed Baoyou who found the problem at a glance.

"Master Ning, these two Buddha statues seem to look the same!"

Everyone was surprised when they saw the barrage, and then looked at the photo of the Buddha statue in the grotto sent by Ning Fan and the face of the bronze Buddha statue.

Sure enough, as the bullet screen said, a stone Buddha statue and a bronze Buddha statue have the same face shape, and even the facial features are basically the same.

Ning Fan knew that Baoyou must not know the connection between these two things, so he spoke directly.

"There is nothing wrong with the resemblance of the faces of the Buddha statues. Many Buddha statues made by the same person are somewhat similar."

"However, the manufacturing techniques and sculpture ages of these two Buddha statues are different. There is only one possibility for such a similarity."

"The Buddha statue had a prototype back then."

"Only a Buddha statue carved and cast from a real person can have such a similarity."

After Ning Fan finished speaking, Bao friends were curious about who this identity was.

Ordinary people should not be able to do things like shaping their own heads on Buddha statues.

After all, it's not easy to tattoo Buddha statues. This is simply to treat yourself as a Buddha. People with low fate generally don't have the guts to do so.

The eyes of everyone in the live broadcast room fell, they were all curious about the identity of this person.

"Could it be some eminent monk?"

"Probably not. There are many Buddha statues in the Northern Wei Dynasty, but there are really not many of them in this shape. I don't think there are many statues that look like this."

As soon as Tiandu stubborn master sent a message, all the treasure friends remained silent, waiting for his analysis.

As one of the few knowledgeable friends in Master Ning's studio, his words still have a certain degree of credibility.

Since even Tiandu stubborn master said that he had never seen it before, it means that it is really unique.

Tang Qisheng also frowned deeply, not knowing what he was thinking.

Everyone looked at the screen and couldn't help asking who Ning Fan was.

"Emperor Xiaowen himself."

As soon as Ning Fan spoke the answer, the entire audience in the live broadcast room froze in place.

"What's the matter?"

"Emperor Xiaowen himself is so boring? How could he make himself into a Buddha statue?"

"Isn't this a taboo?"

Everyone's reaction was almost the same.

The bullet screen is full of puzzled questions about this behavior.

"One more thing, does Emperor Xiaowen really look like this? Shouldn't it be?"

Ning Fan saw the question on the barrage and answered patiently.

"Baoyou, there is a relief of an emperor and empress worshiping Buddha in the Longmen Grottoes, which is a large relief on the east wall of Binyang Middle Cave."

"Later, both reliefs were stolen and sold, and were hidden in two museums of the Stars and Stripes."

"In the picture of Emperor Xiaowen worshiping the Buddha, it is obvious that the man in the middle of the picture, that is, Emperor Xiaowen, looks the same as the two Buddha statues."

"So this is the evidence of Emperor Xiaowen."

"As for the mural brick of Wuyin Baoyou, the mural portrait on it is also Emperor Xiaowen himself."

"This can also explain why Emperor Tong Xiaowen gave Shaolin such a mural."

"He believes that his achievements in promoting Buddhism can at least obtain the merit of becoming a Buddha, and this image will also help to enhance the respect of the people for him."

That's it!

When Baoyou heard this explanation in the live broadcast room, he understood everything.

Looking at the things in front of them, they were shocked.

According to Master Ning, this is not just an ordinary Buddhist underground palace mural, but also a self-carved Buddha statue of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

This kind of thing, not to mention the whole country, there should be only one in the whole world, right?

However, there seems to be something wrong.

Didn't Master Ning say before that Buddha statues cannot be buried with him?

Even if Emperor Xiaowen wanted to shape his merits and image, he didn't have to make himself a Buddha statue to be buried with him, right?
As soon as this question came out, everyone became curious and wanted to hear Ning Fan explain.

What does it mean that Emperor Xiaowen buried his own statue of Buddha with him?
(End of this chapter)