[HIGHLIGHTS] Wang Ruixia: Why did the Buddhist statues of Qingzhou Longxing Temple rewrite the history of oriental art?

Buddhist statues unearthed at the ruins of Longxing Temple in Qingzhou have been hailed by Western scholars as "a major discovery that rewrites the history of Eastern art" Wang Ruixia, former director and research librarian of Qingzhou Museum, recently accepted an exclusive interview with China News Agency's "East-West Question" to interpret the above issues. The largest Buddhist statue is 320 cm tall and the smallest is only 20 cm high.

Some of the unearthed statues have a chronological period, located in the range from the second year of Yong'an (529 AD) to the fourth year of Tiansheng (1026 AD) of the Northern Song Dynasty.