1,500-year-old statue found at Yungang
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A CHINESE archeologist has accidentally discovered a 1,500-year-old mini-statue hidden in a small hole in the Yungang Grottoes in north China鈥檚 Shanxi Province.
The small statue, which was seriously eroded, was found on the west side of the No.16 Cave by Wang Yanqing, a researcher with the Yungang Grottoes Research Institute, when he was surveying the caves during routine maintenance last year.
The statue is 20 centimeters high, and the small hole where it was hidden is 11.5 meters above the ground. It depicts a half-length figure with wide shoulders and a muscular chest and abdomen, with two arms outstretched.
The carving style was similar to statues in the No.18 Cave and had a history of 1,500 years, Wang said. 鈥淲e guess the statue was carved by the craftsmen who cut the hole. Due to its stealthy location, it was concealed when the wooden beams of the protective structures of the statues were plugged into the hole,鈥 he said.
The original beam structures of the No. 14 to No. 20 caves were later burned. The Yungang Grottoes boast more than 51,000 statues with the largest 17 meters high and the smallest 2cm high.
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