In North-Western China, the not-known Buddhist sutras were discovered

Buddhist sutras not known to the present time were discovered during the restoration of the statues of the Buddha in North-Western China, ITAR-TASS reports. Religious canons are performed in Chinese and several other languages ​​of the peoples living in China, today on the electronic website of the Central Chinese newspaper Zhenmin Zibao.

The sacred scrolls, according to tradition, were inside the sculptures of the Buddha of the present - Shakyamuni. Experts made important the history and culture of ancient China in the Buddhist monastery of Shikuns, located in the Ninsya-Huean Autonomous Region. More than 20 years ago, colorful wall murals, more than 100 clay and bronze sculptures of the Buddha of the present were found in this cave-free complex. According to scientists, they were made during the reign of 4 dynasties - Tan, Sun, Yuan (Mongolian), Ming and Qing (Manchu) from 618 to 1911. According to experts, at least 19 not opened clay sculptures of Shakyamuni hidden Buddhist sutras. They are still awaiting the hour of birth.

The Shikunsa cave-stratum complex is less known than the Mogao caves under the city of Dunhuan in the northwestern province of Gansu. According to legend, they were created at the command of the Buddhist St. Leszun in 366. The monk who traveled to those places, in a dream, allegedly appeared thousands of sparkling Buddhas. Currently, 750 interconnected caves have been preserved, in which tens of thousands of works of ancient writing and art of China were found at one time. The representative of Taoism - the Religious cult, Taoos Van Yuanla in 1900, found the Mogao caves, on a strange fate of fate, in 1900. At least, the Chinese chronicles say.