What are the representative works of temple sculpture in Ming Dynasty?

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, social stability and unity also promoted the development of sculpture, one of the plastic arts. Since the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the social tendency of yearning for and learning from the prosperous Tang Dynasty continued in the Ming Dynasty, and it changed from learning from the prosperous Tang Dynasty to learning from the Tang and Song Dynasties.

There are many temple sculptures in the Ming Dynasty, especially clay sculptures. Among Buddha, Bodhisattva, other related statues and Taoist statues, most of them are in Beijing, such as: the third Buddha and the eighteenth arhats in Guangji Temple; Twelve-day portrait of Long Fu Temple; The statue of the heavenly king of Huguo Temple; Eighteen arhats in the Buddha Hall of Cining Palace; The statue of the heavenly king in Saint 'an Temple and a woodcarving statue; Statues of heavenly kings, buddhas and bodhisattvas in Biyun Temple in Xishan; Fahai temple Buddha, Bodhisattva and woodcarving immortal statues in the western suburbs; Statues of male and female attendants at Dongyue Temple in the eastern suburbs; Eighteen arhats in Xiangguang Temple in Fangshan.

In addition to Beijing, there are a large number of similar sculptures in Shanxi, such as the woodcarving Luohan statue of Mingxian Temple in Taiyuan; Painted sculptures of Guanyin Pavilion of Taishan Temple and Manjusri Pu Xian Hall in Taiyuan; Luohan statue of Yanqing Temple in Taiyuan; Statues of heavenly kings on both sides of Daxiong Hall of Datong Shanhua Temple; Pingyao Shuanglin Temple Luohan Hall, Thousand Buddhas Hall, Daxiong Hall and other thousands of colorful statues; Female statue of Guan Yu, a master of Fenyang; Statue of the upper courtyard of Qianfo Temple in Shuoxian County, six halls and four wall-hung sculptures; Sixteen arhats carved by Ivory Temple in Qingxu County; Woodcarving manjusri Pu Xian statue in Guangsheng Temple, Zhaocheng County.

In addition, there are 24 ladies-in-waiting and musicians in the Sanyuan City God Temple in Shaanxi. Wall carving of Buddha story in Phoenix Terrace, Xianyang, Shaanxi; The story of the twelve gods king and Buddhism and Taoism in Liuan, Lantian, Shaanxi; Buddha Bodhisattva statue in Taiping Temple, Qishan County, Shaanxi Province; Statue of Buddha and Bodhisattva in Ruiying Temple, Tianshui, Gansu; Guangfu Temple's Twelve Sleeping Circles in Lushan County, Sichuan Province is also a representative work of temple sculpture in Ming Dynasty.