Clay figure

[Clay figure]

Clay figure, Ming Dynasty, 59.5 cm high and 18 cm wide
The figure wears a black hat, a round neck dress, and the dress is painted with gold and red color. The waist wears a square belt, with a tassel hanging on the left side hanging down to the knee, and the right wrist is covered with a string of rosary beads, and the hands are folded in front of the chest. This image was originally stored in the Temple of Dou Pi on the Fangshan Mountain in Beijing. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Feng Bao and other eunuchs, who were also in charge of the ceremony and printing, gave alms to rebuild the temple. It is said that this image is the sacrificial image of Feng Bao
In feudal society, there were many eunuchs who believed in Buddhism. Because many emperors and empresses believed in Buddhism in the Ming Dynasty, the eunuchs also actively contributed to the construction of temples and temples to shape the real person. More than 30 water and land paintings collected by the French Jimei Museum were produced by the imperial eunuchs Shang Yi and Wang Qin in the fifth year of Mingjingtai (1454); The frescoes of Fahai Temple were built for Li Tong, the eunuch of the Yingzong Dynasty; The iron Arhat statue of the Ming Dynasty in the Palace Museum was cast by eunuch Yao Ju during the Hongzhi period; Among the ancient clocks displayed in the Ancient Bell Museum of the Great Bell Temple in Beijing, there are also a large number of people who raised funds for the eunuch to cast them. Such cases are too numerous to enumerate. On the one hand, eunuchs are doing this to please their masters and gain the glory and wealth of the world; On the other hand, I hope to reincarnate in Zhumen in the afterlife, not to be a eunuch anymore, and to avoid ridicule and ridicule from the world.