Lantian Shuilu Temple Clay Sculpture: Large in quantity, average in quality

Lantian Shuilu Temple Clay Sculpture, quite famous, initially astonishing, but ordinary upon closer inspection. The existing sculptures are only concentrated in one hall, numerous in number, but the modeling and color painting techniques are quite ordinary, focusing on quantity rather than quality, which also conforms to the impetuous, noisy, and unsteady social atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty. If you have been to the ancient temples in Shanxi, Hebei, and Liaoning, such as Shuanglin Temple, Zhenguo Temple, Foguang Temple, Longxing Temple, Fengguo Temple, etc., and have seen the murals and clay sculptures left from the Song Dynasty and before, then there is no need to make a special trip to Lantian Shuilu Temple. In addition, I have to complain about the rule that does not allow photography in the main hall. You say it is to protect the cultural relics, but now mobile phone photography does not require a flash, there is no light damage, not to mention the saturation and brightness of the lights in the main hall are high, such light actually has a greater impact on the cultural relics. Speaking of cultural relic protection, the protection work of the Shuilu Temple for the main hall is not very good. The back wall is visibly tilted, the wooden beams are crooked, supported by a few large pieces of wood, and some wooden stakes are directly stuck on the statue. I just happened to be revisiting 'The Call of the River' these days, and this scene immediately reminded me of the crooked and broken houses in Xiao Hong's writings - 'The main beam on the ridge of the house is moving north day by day. It has pulled out the tenon and is free from others' control, and it is acting on its own. Those rafters nailed to the ridge of the house, if they can run with it, they will follow it and run down to the north; if they can't run with it, they will break the nails and hang down, because the other end is pressed outside the eaves, so they can't fall down, just hanging down.' It can only be said that the local management is a bit sloppy, but also petty towards outsiders. After all, they only have this one place to see the clay sculptures. They dare not compare with the ancient relics of Jin and Ji that are often over a thousand years old. Although it is only over 500 years old, it is also rare. They let you see it with your own eyes, and you still want to take photos and take them back. You are so beautiful! So if you really want to take pictures, be a little thicker-skinned, take a few shots quickly and leave, after all, you have come a long way, you have to fill up the nine squares.