Fear goodness, the Chinese ruined 1400 year old statues out of gratitude (6 photos)

The complex of Buddhist statues is more than 14 centuries old. But the trouble is, they are not standing in front of everyone, but remotely on a mountain in Nanjiang. Who might need to harm them? Who knew that good people would be the most dangerous?





In Sichuan Province in southwest China, there is a 3,000-year-old transport route called the Mikang Ancient Road.

In China, traditions are highly respected and historical monuments are preserved. So it’s hard to imagine that ancient artifacts could be damaged by anyone.

But they wanted to do what was best



This is how the statues looked before painting; a roof was built over them to protect them from the rain.

But here the complex of Buddhist sculptures was not spoiled, but on the contrary - the unlucky villagers decided to make them better. Guided by your sense of beauty, the brighter the better.

Local residents believe that if you pray to these statues, they will help your wishes come true.





Apparently, the villagers only had four colors of paint...

And it turned out that some people's wishes came true. Moreover, several at once and they definitely decided that it was all about the help of miraculous sculptures.

Therefore, we need to thank them properly.

Fear Gratitude

Usually flowers, food, and offerings are presented to the deities. But creative people live in villages, the villagers have cooperated to PAINT thousand-year-old sculptures in new colors.



Country residents from very deep hinterland have their own sense of beauty

At the same time, the statues are monitored by cameras, but they are located very far in the mountains. Officials went to the scene as soon as they noticed the “dyers” near the complex.

But when they got there many hours later, the job was already done - all the statues had been painted.

It turned out... pretty eye-rolling. And because of the distance, the fresh paint can no longer be washed off. Now restorers are discussing how to remove the paint as painlessly as possible without damaging the statues.



Do you remember recently two idiot workers demolished five meters of the old Great Wall of China?

- These residents are 70, 80 years old. They said they painted the figures out of gratitude that they had answered their prayers. And we can’t do anything except reprimand them and explain why they shouldn’t have done this,” the officials shared.

From which it becomes clear that a group of artists from the village will not be punished in any way. Moreover, the statues were discovered recently; they did not have time to be included in the list of state-protected cultural phenomena.

Do you remember how a woman in Spain stole an icon for good purposes and restored it herself? All out of a desire to help, and also out of hand-wringing, because this is how the most epic Fluffy Jesus appeared.



Furry Jesus cosplay. It turned out simply DIVINE, don’t you think?