Buddhist stone statute rubbings database includes minor rubbings of Yao county image steles, Bao Shan cave and other image steles whose original statutes had been destroyed, in addition to its collection of well-known rubbings from Yungan cave of the northern Wei, Longmen cave, Fang Shan Cave, etc. The remarks on rubbings are important materials for the study of middle age China, for they are not only the preambles of statue makers, but also accounts of statues, motivation of statue making, the organisation of Buddhist communities in religious rituals, etc., and more importantly, they also tell us the scale of temple buildings, land donation contracts, and relationship between monks, nuns and secular people.

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