Chongqing repaired the 800-year-old thousand-handed Avalokitesvara

When everyone watches ancient TV dramas, they may be attracted by some bizarre but mysterious organs or dark spaces in the play. However, in reality, this kind of secret structure is also real. When the staff repaired the 800-year-old thousand-handed Avalokitesvara statue in Chongqing, experts accidentally discovered such a hidden compartment. What is hidden in it that can make their blood boil?

The full name of this thousand-handed Avalokitesvara is called Dazu Rock Carvings Thousand-handed Avalokitesvara, of which Dazu is a place name in Chongqing. The construction of this statue was probably during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period between the Tang and Song Dynasties, from which it can be seen that there were very superb carving skills at that time. This statue can be as famous as the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, which shows the importance of its status.

Since ancient times, it has also been cherished and protected by many emperors in all dynasties. This renovation in recent times is not its first restoration history. Throughout history, the statue has been restored several times to preserve its integrity. The last recorded restoration work occurred during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty.

However, the restoration work in recent times is particularly unusual, as the staff unlocked the secrets of the stone statue's dark grid that had been sealed for 800 years. There is actually a hidden grid in the stone statue, and I have to feel the ingenuity of the craftsmen at that time. And the large number of cultural relics hidden inside made the experts even more excited.

There are not only stone bricks and gold leaf in the dark compartment, but also a series of precious cultural relics. On the cultural relics, there is an inscription that records a clear time, which is not only an amazing material cultural relic, but also a strong evidence for tracing back history. This is the first amazing discovery in the history of archaeology, and it has high historical research value.

After years of hard work by experts and staff, more than one million Guanyin statues have been re-created. It can be said that the world is amazed and has to admire the wisdom of ancient ancestors.