Life-Size Statue
by Maria Coulson
Title
Life-Size Statue
Artist
Maria Coulson
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art, Fine Art Phototgraphy
Description
One of the many statues along the Sacred Way. The Sacred Way is a seven kilometers path outside the Imperial Changling Mausoleum. On both sides of the path are 18 pairs of marble life-size figures lined up in exact opposite position. Three of these figures are human statues and six are animal figures. These are lions, xie zhi (a mythical beast with a mane and horn on its head), camels, elephants, horses, and Qilin (an imaginary divine animal with a scaly body, a deer's hooves, a cow's tail, and has horn on its head). All stone figures are carved in 4's. Two of each animal are in kneeling position and two are in standing which signify various meaning. They served as the guardians of the imperial tombs all day and night.
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Proceeds from the sale of this photograph goes to help orphaned and abandoned children in Colombia South America.
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March 14th, 2016
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