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Many of the statues at Maiji Shan had been modelled from clay and stuck onto a wooden frame.  
   

Many of the statues at Maiji Shan had been modelled from clay and stuck onto a wooden frame.

The stone at Maiji Shan crumbles easily, and not many were hewn out of rock, but modelled from clay. They are more lifely and show greater details, some still retaining hues of the original colors.
#128 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Maiji Mountain Caves in Tianshui, Gansu)

December 18th 2010
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