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Beijing Inlay Technique

Beijing Meng inlay craft is a traditional craft in Dongcheng District, Beijing. Meng inlay is a traditional metal engraving craft that originated in ethnic minority areas such as Mongolians and Tibetans in China and has a history of more than 2,000 years. Meng inlay metal engraving has matured through the integration of ethnic cultures in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. It is a unique Beijing gold and silver ware that combines the metal crafts of Mongolians, Tibetans, Manchus, Uyghurs and other ethnic groups with the metal crafts of the Han people. Since the ninth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1652), Meng inlay metal engraving has flourished due to the large-scale construction of Lama temples in Beijing, Chengde and other places. Most of the works were used by royal nobles or religious rituals and sacrifices, becoming a royal craft. In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, Meng inlay metal engraving gradually spread to the people, and successively formed a copper production and sales area for Mongolian and Tibetan people in the Andingmen and Lama Temple areas in Beijing. Ronghe Copper Shop outside Andingmen in Beijing is the origin of contemporary Meng inlay. In 1892, Shi Rong, a copper engraving artist in Beijing, opened Ronghe Copper Shop, which specialized in making Buddhist statues, religious instruments and gold and silver ritual instruments from Mongolia and Tibet for temples. His craftsmanship was known as the best in Beijing, and he was good at Buddhist statues. Beijing Meng inlay craft is a combination and inheritance of Mongolian and Tibetan metal crafts and Han metal crafts. It combines the simplicity and generosity of Tibetan Buddhism with the exquisiteness and magnificence of royal products. It was once a royal inheritance craft in the Qing Dynasty and a common skill for Buddhist statues and religious instruments in temples.

Dongcheng District, Beijing

Religious instruments

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Ajanta Caves

The first Buddhist caves at Ajanta date back to the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. During the Gupta period (5th and 6th centuries AD), a number of richly decorated caves were added to the existing complex. The paintings and sculptures of Ajanta are considered masterpieces of Buddhist religious art and have had a considerable artistic influence.

India

Religious Art

Monastery of Horezu

The Horezu Monastery in Wallachia was founded in 1690 by Prince Constantine Brankovan and is a masterpiece of the "Brankovan" style. It is famous for the purity and balance of its architecture, the richness of its sculptural details, the treatment of religious compositions, its devotional portraits and painted decorative works. The school of frescoes and icon painting founded by the monastery in the 18th century is renowned throughout the Balkans.

Romania

Religious composition

Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc

Built in the early 18th century, the column is the finest example of a monumental type that is unique to Central Europe. Built in typical Olomouc Baroque style, it is 35 metres high and decorated with many exquisite religious sculptures, the work of the outstanding Moravian artist Ondrej Zahner.

Czech Republic

Religious Sculpture