Isn't this Horyuji Temple Treasure Museum dedicated to the treasures of the Emperor in Horyuji Temple?

Why is the treasure on display here so shabby? Could it be that they didn't come up with the real treasure at all?

Looking at these Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues, Jin Muchen can be said to be full of suspicions, but no matter what, this is also a national public museum, no matter how bold Little Japan is, he will not dare to fake it here, right?

Anyway, this museum is also equivalent to the face of the Japanese royal family, and it is impossible to fool the Japanese people with some shoddy things, right?

Although Little Japan has done a lot of fucking things in history, and it has always been a liar, Jin Muchen thought about it again and again, and still felt that these guys would not dare to cheat on such a thing related to the country's reputation.

Talking about these bronze Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues, although they look very rough, but they are also flashing with some special light that only antiques have, Jin Muchen pinched his nose and came to these Bodhisattva statues with a hard head.

If he had carefully inspected these bronze Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues when he came to step on the spot before, Jin Muchen might not have hesitated as much as he did now.

After he walked up to these bronze Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues, and carefully looked at the introduction of these bronze Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues, he realized that the Japanese really did not fool around, and these things can indeed be regarded as national treasures of the Japanese.

Because these bronze Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues can be said to be the earliest batch of bronze Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues in Japan.

A closer look reveals that these bronze Buddha and Bodhisattva statues were actually made around the 7th century in the park, which coincided with the Asuka period in Japan. It was also the Tang Dynasty civilization that had just begun to cross eastward to Japan. When it had a civilized influence on Japan.

Know until then. It can be said that Japanese culture has always been in a state of ignorance, although the rule of the emperor has begun, and there have been daimyo from all over the world, but at that time, Japanese culture had not yet been enlightened, and it had been wandering outside the mainland civilization and even the East Asian civilization circle.

It can only be the Imperial Family. If I had to say anything, it would be a history of the unification of the main island by the emperor of Japan.

However, it was not until the 6th century and the 7th century that the Tang Dynasty civilization was introduced to Japan, and the Japanese culture began to be rich.

It was with the input of the Tang civilization that Japan began to have real writing, began to live in decent houses, and sat on tatami mats, began to learn from the Chinese began to sit at the table to eat, and even many people from that time. I started to have a surname.

In the process of importing the Tang civilization, Buddhism cannot be mentioned. It was the introduction of Buddhism that gave the concept of religion to Japan for the first time in history, and in the end, the emperor used religious propaganda to complete the concept of the integration of politics and religion, tying the imperial family and Buddhism together, and then it remained standing tall for more than 1,000 years of history, and there was no change of dynasty like in China.

Although the Imperial family was overridden several times by daimyo and shoguns, there was no change of royal power, which cannot but mention the important role that Buddhism played in the history of Japan.

In the Nara period, Japan's ancient civilization saw a period of prosperity and prosperity, and this period is now known as the Balance Era, which is now talked about by Japanese historians.

At that time, it was the 45th emperor of Japan, Emperor Shomu, who reigned from 701 to May 2, 756.

Emperor Shomu is the grandson of Emperor Motomei, the 43rd female emperor of Japan, and was made the crown prince in 714 AD, but in 715 AD, Emperor Motomei died of illness, and the crown prince was still young, so he temporarily succeeded Huang Wei by the daughter of Binggao and became the 44th emperor of Japan, Emperor Motosho, which is also out of curbing the snobbish expansion of the balance Fujiwara and other families.

Later, after Emperor Shomu succeeded to the throne as an adult, Japan happened to be in a state of dealing with natural disasters, clan rivalries, rebellions, and political crises, and Emperor Shomu tried his best to learn and adopt the ruling system and living habits of the Tang Dynasty in order to change the political environment and ecology of Japan at that time, so as to educate the people.

It was at this time that he began to introduce Buddhism from the Tang Dynasty, and advocated the people in the country, believed in Buddhism, sent Tang envoys twice, introduced culture and Buddhism from the Tang Dynasty in the Eastern Soil, and also personally founded Kokubunji Temple and Todaiji Temple, and set out to cast the Buddha.

In 749 AD, the Emperor Shomu simply abdicated the throne and became a monk, and the Buddha name was full!

It was also during the time of Emperor Shomu that Buddhism took root in Japan and developed rapidly, and in 740 AD, Emperor Shomu made a great wish to build a great Buddha when he worshipped the Buddha Lushena at the Temple of Knowledge in Hanoi.

He asked the countries that were divided into the main island of Japan to build three statues of Shakya, copied the "Great Prajna Sutra", and built the Golden Light Temple and Hokkeji Temple in various countries, and also personally built the famous Todai-ji Temple in Nara, and it was he who made Buddhism the religion of the protector of Japan.

In addition, he also promulgated the "Pension Law", which included such a "Monk and Nun Order", which managed the precepts that were originally managed by the Buddhist community in the form of the national legal system, and the faith-based ordination was also to be officially verified by the state, and Buddhism officially became the state religion of Japan from this time.

And at this time, those monks who got the sweetness, of course, also knew very well what it meant to repay the peach, the emperor gave them so many benefits, and they also gave the emperor a corresponding return.

Later, when these monks spread Buddhism around the island, they would promote the emperor as the supreme god of Japan, so the Imperial family became the agent of Amaterasu, which was worshiped by the whole of Japan.

This is also why the Heavenly Emperor Family completed the ******** notification method with these monks at this time.

It is precisely because of the preaching of these monks that the Imperial Family has been deeply rooted in the hearts of ordinary people throughout Japan, and has even become the belief of ordinary people.

Therefore, although later, after the actual control of the imperial family over the country weakened, many local daimyo began to play the trick of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but no general with real power dared to ask the emperor to abdicate like the old Cao family of the Wei Dynasty in Chinese history.

As for the rotation of feng shui, this year, when I came to my house, Lao Tzu also came to sit on the dragon chair and was chic, which has never happened in the history of Japan.

So this shows the place of Buddhism in Japanese history and how close it is to the imperial family.

At this time, it is not surprising to be able to see these shoddy bronze Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues in this Horyuji Temple Treasure Hall.

These bronze Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues, in Jin Muchen's eyes, may be shoddy and tattered, but in the eyes of the Japanese Buddhist scholars and the Emperor, they are quite remarkable treasures.

These bronze Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues, according to Jin Muchen's eyes that he is accustomed to seeing top Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues, are really rough workmanship to a certain extent, and even if they appear in China's antique market, they will definitely be swept into the category of fake antiques and imitations.

After all, the workmanship is a bit rough, but if you learn that these bronze Buddha and Bodhisattva statues are the products of the Asuka period in Japan, the seventh century AD, you will be relieved.

After all, Buddhism had only just entered Japan at that time, and the Japanese probably had just learned how to cast these bronze Buddha and Bodhisattva statues from China.

At that time, the Japanese were able to make Bodhisattva statues and Buddha statues like this, which was already their limit.

So you really can't say that other people's things are too rough, you can only say that this is the truest embodiment of Japan's metallurgy and mold-making technology at that time.

Therefore, these bronze gilt Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues can really be called Japanese national treasures, although Jin Muchen is very disdainful of such national treasures, but he can't help but pinch his nose and admit it, who makes these things really special Japanese national treasures.

And this is still a royal treasure, because the following brief introduction can be said, these bronze Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues, but the people of Horyuji Temple back then, specially collected, dedicated to the imperial family.

And when they were dedicated to the emperor, it should be around the eighth century AD, which means that these bronze Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues have been handed down in the imperial family for more than a thousand years.

If you calculate it in this way, the collectible value of this thing will immediately increase.

Japan's Imperial Family, although compared with the Windsor family of the former Empire on the other side of the world, is also a royal family that has been inherited for more than 2,000 years and has been unextinguished.

Although the reputation of this family in Asia is really not good, the good family is also one of the few royal families in Asia that has been inherited to the present.

Since it is a treasure held by this family for a long time, although the workmanship is rough, it is not very beautiful, and it is not made of precious materials, but this B grid is still quite high.

If it is used internationally, there will be many people from Europe and the United States who are willing to collect this item in addition to the Japanese.

After all, collectors in Europe and the United States like this kind of historical inheritance the most, especially famous people in history, or things inherited by famous families.

Such something is the most appetizing for them.

So these bronze Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues, although Jin Muchen couldn't look at them very well, he still pinched his nose and accepted them, but he didn't plan to keep these things for a long time, according to his plan, since Europeans like this thing, it would be better to simply take them to Europe and sell them for a long time. (To be continued.) )