Bamboo Temple Kunming
The Qiongzhu Temple is most renowned for the painted clay sculptures of the 500 Buddhist arhats. The sculptures which are known as the "Sculptured pearls in the oriental treasure-house were created during reign of the Qing Emperor Guangxu's (1875–1909), when the temple was undergoing major repairs. Li Guangxiu, a folk clay artist from Sichuan Province, took his students to Kunming where they spent seven years (1883–1890) to create the sculptures.
