Part of 20 deity statues at The Mahavira Hall in The Huayan Temple or Huayan Monastery in Datong, Shanxi Province in China.

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Huayan Temple or Huayan Monastery is a Buddhist temple located in Datong, Shanxi, China. Huayan Temple has been burned down and rebuilt several times. The Mahavira Hall and Buddhist Texts Library still preserve the architectural style of the Liao and Jin dynasties (907–1234). It is an artistic complex of ancient Chinese architecture, sculpture, frescoes, and inscriptions, as well as a cultural synthesis of religion and politics. The splendid deity statues were carved in the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644).

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