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Long lost buddhist temple yields treasures


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More than 1,500 Buddhist tablets and stone sculptures have been recovered in the centre of one of the largest cities in western China following the rediscovery a lost temple, a mainland newspaper reports.

The ruins of Fugan Temple, a well-known Buddhist site from the Eastern Jin dynasty (317AD to 589AD) to the Southern Song dynasty (1127 to 1279), were discovered recently by archaeologists under Shiye Street in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, the West China City Daily reported.

The artefacts recovered so far include more than 1,000 clay tablets inscribed with Buddhist scriptures and more than 500 stone carvings of Buddha and various Bodhisattvas, according to the report.

 

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2096926/legendary-buddhist-temple-lost-more-seven-centuries-yields-its

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