Reluctantly leaving the Jade Buddha, Chen Wenzhe looked around and saw that the Buddha statue was gone. Suddenly, pottery figurines began to appear.
These pottery figurines were relatively familiar because he had seen them all before through the Little Bear Cauldron.
Of course, there are some that I have never seen before, but they are all similar in shape, so Chen Wenzhe just counted them briefly and took pictures without paying attention to them.
The number must be more than 5,000. Those people really knew how to find a place and actually put these pottery figurines in the place where the little devil hid the Buddha statues.
This place is well ventilated and the air is not very humid. Putting it here would really ruin a lot!
Looking at some pottery figurines with badly peeling colors, Chen Wenzhe felt very sorry.
These pottery figurines were poorly preserved. If he hadn't discovered them, over time, they might all turn into a pile of mud when he came here again.
Checking as he walked, Chen Wenzhe soon came to the end of the passage.
However, after reaching the end, why does Chen Wenzhe feel strange?
What is that blocking the entrance of the cave? It looks like a Buddha statue?
When I got closer and looked carefully, under the light, I saw some pieces of mud scattered around, even burying some nearby pottery figurines.
"How big is this Buddha statue?"
After a little calculation, Chen Wenzhe was a little stunned. This clay Buddha statue was at least five meters high.
"A Buddha with a clay body? Did those little devils eat enough to hold it up? Just because it's big, it was transported here? It couldn't be transported in, so it was used to block the door?"
Seeing this giant Buddha, Chen Wenzhe couldn't help but think of the Golden Buddha Temple in Elephant Kingdom.
The giant Buddha enshrined in the Elephant Kingdom Golden Buddha Temple is a 5,500-kilogram golden Buddha. It was cast in five parts and then assembled into a whole.
And what about the one in front of you? Even a clay Buddha needs a skeleton inside. Without support, this four- to five-meter-tall body would have collapsed long ago.
However, at this time, a lot of its muscles and bones had fallen off, but this giant Buddha still retained its general appearance, which is even more rare.
"The little devil worked so hard to transport such a big Buddha statue. Is it really because it is an antique? Stop making trouble!"
Chen Wenzhe used backtracking and immediately saw some of the pictures he wanted.
Needless to say, there is indeed a pure gold Buddha hidden inside this clay body.
A pure gold Buddha, by the way, the one in the Elephant Kingdom Golden Buddha Temple is also known as a pure gold Buddha, right?
Looking at the mud tire in front of him, the smile on Chen Wenzhe's face became even stronger.
This Buddha statue is really related to the one in the Golden Buddha Temple.
Speaking of which, the giant Buddha in the Elephant Kingdom Golden Buddha Temple, which is said to be pure gold, has a legendary story.
The Golden Buddha Temple is the most special temple because it contains the largest Golden Buddha in the world, which is 4 meters high and weighs 5.5 tons.
In fact, from this data, we know that the Buddha statue cannot be a pure gold Buddha.
If it is really four meters high, if it is really a pure gold Buddha, no matter how streamlined it is in size, its weight will definitely exceed 5.5 tons.
Of course, even if the weight reaches 5.5 tons, it is still very impressive.
The reason why this Buddha statue is legendary is that before 1955, this big golden Buddha was not found in the Elephant Kingdom.
And it appeared because the porter accidentally knocked off the clay sculpture outside the Golden Buddha, only to discover that the Clay Buddha turned out to be a golden body.
This matter is very interesting to talk about. It starts with the establishment of the Golden Buddha Temple.
The Golden Buddha Temple is located in Bangkok's Chinatown. It was built by three Chinese people who raised funds, so it is also called the "Sanhua Temple".
Before the three Chinese built the Golden Buddha Temple, the Golden Buddha was still a clay Buddha. It ate dust for many years in a lumber factory built by the British East Asia Company.
It was only in 1955 that I met those three Chinese people. That year, the three Chinese people funded the construction of a new temple nearby. The golden Buddha was lifted by a crane and prepared to go to the new temple.
The transporters were very careful to tie the ropes to the Golden Buddha. However, even after being sparse, there was still a hook that was not hung securely, causing the Golden Buddha to tilt.
No matter how hard the workers pulled it, they couldn't pull it up.
The workers watched helplessly as the golden Buddha fell to the ground with a dull loud noise.
The people of the Elephant Country believe in Buddhism very deeply. When they saw the golden Buddha falling to the ground, they were afraid that the Buddha would blame them.
But in fact, it was the Buddha statue that secretly arranged this story. Only by smashing the mud outside can people discover the true face of the Golden Buddha.
The workers invited the master who restored the Buddha statue to repair it, but not long after, there was a heavy rain in the sky.
The repairman couldn't repair it in the rain, so he had to run aside to take shelter from the rain, leaving the Golden Buddha in the open space to soak in the rain.
After the rain stopped, the restoration master went to repair the Golden Buddha, but found that the rain had made the cracks in the Buddha statue bigger and bigger, and the golden light was exposed inside the Buddha statue, which was originally made of mud.
They thought they had seen it wrong, but no matter how they looked, the lights were still there.
At this time, they were sure that there was gold in the mud, so they used tools to cut open the mud.
As the area dug out became larger and larger, people really believed that there was a golden Buddha wrapped in the mud.
This golden Buddha is a product of the Sukhothai period in the 13th century and spent 500 years peacefully in the Elephant Kingdom.
But in 1767, a war broke out between the Elephant Kingdom and the Burmese Kingdom, and it faced the risk of being snatched away by the Burmese.
The emperor of the Elephant Kingdom at that time did not want such a fine golden Buddha to be snatched away by the Burmese, so he asked his ministers to find a way.
It is impossible to transport the Golden Buddha away. The Golden Buddha is too big to move, and it will easily attract the attention of the Burmese people. Maybe they will snatch it away just two miles away.
It is also impossible to install the Golden Buddha with something, because it is not that easy to find something 4 meters high to install it.
And there is no place to hide in secret.
At this time, someone proposed the most dangerous method, which is the safest method.
The Burmese people must have thought that elephants would take care of the most valuable things, so they deliberately took advantage of this mentality of the Burmese people and placed the golden Buddha in front of the world.
The only thing that needs to be done is to wrap the Golden Buddha in thick mud so that the Burmese people think it is a clay Buddha and a worthless thing.
As expected, the clay Buddha deceived the Burmese people and was not taken away by the Burmese people after the war.
However, this trick also deceived many people in the Elephant Country. They themselves did not know that the clay Buddha was a golden Buddha.
It wasn't until the porters accidentally dropped the clay Buddha that people knew the true face of the clay Buddha.
After testing, the gold purity of the Golden Buddha's body is 40%, and the hair and top of the head are the places with the highest gold content, as high as 99%.
The gold content in the entire body of this golden Buddha was worth US$250 million based on the market value at the time.
As a country where the entire population is passionate about Buddhism, the Big Golden Buddha at the Golden Buddha Temple is not for sale no matter how much it costs.
It is still well placed in the temple and has become a sight in the temple.
Many tourists come here to pray that the Buddha statue can keep him safe and healthy.
Because this Golden Buddha is the largest Golden Buddha in the world, it attracts tourists from all over the world.
It can bring huge economic profits to the Elephant Country every year, which makes the people of the Elephant Country believe in it even more.