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The seventh rare place in the world is the only relic of the 'White Lotus Sect', the male Guanyin statue

Jinshui Cave has a Zushi Hall inside, a pavilion-style building, with six melon-ridged stone shuttle columns supporting the roof. It is one room wide and three columns deep, with a raised beam wooden frame, nine ridges on the top, and its wooden components are not rotten or decayed, becoming one of the four remaining Song Dynasty wooden structures in Fujian Province. The stone Buddha's Sumi seat belt in the hall is engraved with the words 'Sui Ning's second year, February 11th'. The Guanyin Cave is carved with a male Guanyin statue from the Song Dynasty. Taoism calls it 'Cihang Tianzun'. The Guanyin statue is about 1 meter high, with clear eyebrows and eyes, and is peaceful and dignified. The upper body is leaning forward, and the hands are crossed on the stone case in front of the statue; kneeling on the base, each foot is stepping on a small lotus. Inside the Linggui Cave, there is a statue of the 'Seven Ancestors of the Lotus Society' worshipped by the people in the Yuan Dynasty, which is quite rare. The overall composition is relatively scattered, the shape is simple, and it should come from the hands of folk craftsmen. This group of statues was created around the 14th century and is the only remaining relic of the White Lotus Sect's cliff carvings in China, filling the gap in the study of the White Lotus Sect in China.
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Posted: Feb 20, 2024
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