Ancient Buddhist statues revealed in Yangtze river in China

Plunging water levels in the Yangtze River in China’s southwestern city of Chongqing have revealed a trio of Buddhist statues believed to be 600 years old, state media has reported.
The three statues were found on the highest part of the island reef called Foyeliang, initially identified as built during the Ming and Qing dynasties. One of the statues depicts a monk sitting on a lotus pedestal.
The Yangtze’s water levels have been falling rapidly due to a drought and a heat wave in China’s southwestern region. As many as 66 rivers across 34 counties in Chongqing have dried up, a state broadcaster reported on Friday.
When outdoor enthusiast Gu Yunfeng heard about the appearance of the once-submerged island and statues, he decided to swim out to see the 600-year-old icons.
"I don’t think we will see it again when the water level comes back, so I’m here to see it. This is a culture that our ancestors have left us,” Gu said.
In Europe, weeks of drought across the continent have also revealed long-submerged treasures, such as the emergence of a prehistoric stone circle dubbed the “Spanish Stonehenge” and the hulks of German World War II warships.
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[@mystery_guy]

I’m glad that such an appreciative peaceful person was able to swim to the island. May his hopes and prayers come true..

[@burnslakesux]

I wish global would do its research. These statues have been above water for a very long time.

[@derrickwagner9760]

MSM doing its job... hahaha!

[@gormenfreeman499]

Any news from China should be suspect. Its a blackout government there, can’t verify anything, makes it easy for misinformation pieces. Like in early 2020 those supposed leaked covid videos out of china of people dying on the street in convulsions. Those propaganda videos scared people in the west into lockdown.

[@nathanhaggith2263]

Global do research...good luck.

[@LilAngelPrincess95]

Those statues look to be taller than the shoreline. Wouldn't they be visible above water?

[@valentinadelavina3390]

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[@followerofjesuschrist.]

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[@MrFuckhed]

first thing i thought of and if it wasnt then im thinking itcould have been more than a few ft under water and the island had been walked on swam off of plenty

[@aldenteh9412]

the Yangtze river dried up for some time, grass grows fast as the water level slowly descends, or another possibility is that the greens behind are aquatic plants.

[@dublinhomes1951]

May be the Chinese and the Indian government will some day realize that we were and are civilizationally connected.

[@anjixin9725]

Hopefully, but there is no hope

[@goodfortune4317]

Buddha was from Nepal.

[@lawlaw585]

@@goodfortune4317 from the place in India near Nepal

[@realnapster1522]

Indian government already knows this. It’s the Chinese communists who are a threat to peace in Asia. They took Tibet by force and militarized peaceful region. Now Asia lives in shadow of war.

[@realnapster1522]

@@goodfortune4317 Nepal was part of India before.

[@sakatagintoki8835]

Buddha never told anyone to make his statue... he was a teacher..a human yet people worship him.. Buddhism is not a religion.. its a way of living life way of removing pain and sufferings

[@Daystarblessings]

Really like your thoughts

[@naruto6918]

Buddha never told to worship gods also. But Japanese , chinese and many do

[@akr7600]

@@naruto6918 bcs they respects

[@sakatagintoki8835]

@@naruto6918 yes.. btw man are u python programmer? I am currently learning django

[@naruto6918]

@@sakatagintoki8835 nah. Still learning . I actually learn c++ for CP. Python is useful for high level abstract task like AI,ML

[@tonyvohl5615]

Reminds me of the hunger stones in Europe, where carved stones were embedded in rivers during droughts. When the water level gets low enough, the carvings are exposed to warn about famine. Very worrying how increasingly frequent they've been exposing. There've been more exposed since 2015 than from 1950-2015, and they're only gonna become more frequent. Sad and tragic how water and food shortages are going to cause so much environmental & human suffering and political unrest. I'm worried about the future of human civilization and our species most likely causing the Earth's sixth mass extinction. Will I live long enough to die as a senior in a heatwave, or will it be earlier to some other natural disaster? Maybe a war over essential resources or civil war after governmental collapse.

[@basiwolf9147]

Either way I do t have to worry about my education for any longer

[@madumathoory3695]

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[@Batohi]

bro you genius work thx

[@bellosanimada8888]

Aa Really brought home how bad the situation is when the guy at the end expressed gratitude for simply having enough space to stand up inside his shared apartment.

[@henrychukzy8937]

Awesome 😎

[@henrychukzy8937]

I feel like a king 🤴 now in 600 sqf apartment, I could never live in Hong Kong under those conditions 😐. Poor people, the government should change their policies.

[@egbewoletoye2460]

yes, agreed

[@egbewoletoye2460]

These is,nt good in the sense that it ends up affecting civilians financially in different angles of life

[@kareemkalisari]

_🌿🌎🌴 Each of us has a role to play in protecting our planet 🌏🌍_

[@Daystarblessings]

Totally agree with u

[@anjixin9725]

Noboday can prevent CCP ruin this globle

[@abhishekshukla1443]

While siting in a ac room i also agree

[@adamwest3637]

Beautiful statues! So 600 years ago the water was at the same level it was now? Does that mean the earth will eventually balance out to levels it was relatively recently?

[@bbqzxk]

The purpose of building this statue is to remind people that if the statue is exposed, it means drought. Why build a Buddha statue? That's because people hope that when the Buddha statue is exposed, it can bless people through the disaster of drought. This Buddha statue was built during a drought in history.

[@e.davidsilva8147]

If anyone knows the name of the song in the background. It would be great

[@yapsiauwsoengie6507]

Probably the statue created when there was drought season at ancient time.

[@lorettaharris4377]

I think that is a priceless part of China's history. It should be placed in a museum. So awesome! WOW!

[@bbqzxk]

The purpose of building this statue is to remind people that if the statue is exposed, it means drought. Why build a Buddha statue? That's because people hope that when the Buddha statue is exposed, it can bless people through the disaster of drought. This Buddha statue was built during a drought in history.

[@ezez1378]

They built the altar because they were praying for rain. Water levels were low

[@kanazef]

Stunning ❤

[@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039]

So water levels 600 years ago must have been lower than they are now in order to have carved out the statue.

[@xinbozhang7206]

It is also possible that it was slowly lowered into the water by a huge ship through a rope.

[@62Cristoforo]

Anyone else notice how the outline of the island this sculpture sits on is the nearly identical outline of a modern day aircraft carrier, as seen from above?

[@JamieHumeCreative]

Beautiful.

[@pemawangchuk6500]

Don't destroy Buddha statue you should preserve Buddha🇧🇹🇧🇹🇧🇹🇧🇹🇧🇹

[@marcoadanra5379]

possibly gengis khan undiscovered tomb ?

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[@Fido-vm9zi]

Wow!

[@dangshorty2029]

Wonderful

[@MsStormyRose21]

Very amazing and I hope they will be protected so future generations can enjoy them.

[@eebb1030]

that was covered in water its stunning how much water disappeared from the river

[@WilliamStewart1]

Well the water was obviously low back whenever they made this.

[@warrenbuffet8630]

1:18 what did he say??

[@adtiamzon3663]

Amazing.😯

[@banned_one]

beautiful statue

[@pemawangchuk6500]

Namo bhuddhaya

[@thelonelycatproject]

I salute you sir for praying for world peace.

[@annalisavajda252]

Pretty.

[@MrSilvesterlaw]

Has to be impressed with Chinese engineers. When it was built, it didn’t account for water diversion. After so many years under the river, constant attack from water envision, it is still here today.

[@dadevi]

Anything made from a hard enough rock can be underwater for thousands of years without significant erosion. Has nothing to do with engineering.

[@pemawangchuk6500]

Buddhism from Bhutan 🇧🇹🇧🇹🇧🇹🇧🇹

[@theman8447]

It was build when the water receded. So the yangtze river to go low at this level is actually natural.

[@guymontag2948]

I don't think they were implying any kind of supernatural event took place.

[@stewy4158]

It took 600 years to get this far, how long will it take to fix this problem. Answer me that.

[@charlenefrench5404]

@@stewy4158 taxes won't help natural cycles that's for sure.

[@guymontag2948]

@@charlenefrench5404 Natural cycles can include human inputs, which are theoretically within our control.

[@Qwiv]

Shows the water level was once lower doesn’t it.

[@shakyendrakumarverma2414]

Namo buddhay Namo buddhay Namo buddhay

[@thowihla6625]

🙏🙏🙏

[@ChelseaCollie]

Incredible! Watch the water disappear and see what’s under!

[@alhazenmediax]

Looks interesting, but the geography around doesn't revel that it was submerged in the water, but always be outside of the water. If this was in water than the lower growth around will be in water too. Reporting should be accurate and true.

[@ookyawzawwai1219]

A delegation should send from myanma for further details

[@krishedstrom7271]

I pray for a peaceful world too.

[@radixdol]

its one Buddha statue and his two chief disciples statues

[@ayeayesan1138]

People should ‘t mess up with nature, religion, and freedom.

[@aparichitthestranger7907]

Hey Lord Buddha you made the world a better place. You were the light that brightened humanity. You made Sanatana Civilization loving and accepting. I bow down to you 🙏🏻❤️☯️

[@yeajang3963]

歷史中的天災，人禍也許都與極端氣候有著因果關係。

[@zhangwei241]

你好很高兴在这里见到你

[@oopppsss]

@@zhangwei241 hii

[@floatingleaf9672]

Cool!!

[@cautionhumanbeing749]

here are several monuments. towns and so forth underwater around the world due to dams being created, There is at least one in Egypt.

[@nicktozie6685]

We should be studying them

[@anupombarua717]

🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹

[@bluelava4282]

Under water 💦 thousands of years ago now reversing back while earth shifts….. very little will survive

[@prasadgaikwad1464]

💐💐🙏🙏🙏🙏💐💐

[@user-xo5qw6lx5f]

बुद्धा 🙏🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@gizmogremlin4949]

Beautiful 🇨🇦🇨🇳

[@kareemkalisari]

*Dalai Lama* ✍️🌿 _Time is always moving on; nothing can stop it. We can’t change the past, but we can shape the future. The more compassionate you are, the more you will find inner peace. However, education systems today tend not to adequately enhance basic human nature. Nevertheless, since human beings have a natural ability to think things through, education is a key factor in creating a better future._ ─ His Holiness *Dalai Lama* ✍️🌿

[@62Cristoforo]

The sculpture sits well above the normal water line of the river. Look at the grass on the shore line, it sits a lot lower than the sculpture.

[@farxiyomahamed1949]

Allaahu akbar allaahu akbar

[@HO-mg2yl]

So what ??? Budha told to follow him . People made him statue ??

[@madraven07]

Nicely done global.

[@indram5384]

Wow Buddha statue 👏

[@murray1759]

Looks like the golden bay bridge

[@johntitorii6676]

Prolly copied it

[@albback8176]

Golden gate bridge

[@andyhughes1776]

When their river receded, it revealed religious artwork. When our Lake Mead receded, it revealed dead bodies.

[@HuplesCat]

These finds are a distraction from the issue of crashing global river and glacier levels which will see global famine by April 2023

[@WorldInfluencers]

it's amazing

[@olmrgosh1128]

Fancy to see China’s artifacts showing up from the rivers of China on the Buddhist statue

[@gautambatwar7231]

Om

[@manuelborromeo6928]

Is it a statue of Lord Master Gautama Buddha? He preceded Lord Master Jesus Christ!

[@KayJay940]

Yeah so that would just be proof there wasnt always a river there duh. Imagine that the world not staying the same year after year, decade after decade and century after century. What a concept.

[@TheBlazersfan22]

That doesnt explain the los vegas tempatures in the artic. Never knew decade after decade . Century after century . Where we melted the artic circle. Lol

[@KayJay940]

@@TheBlazersfan22 apparently there was. But I will let you go and argue that with the statues. At least then its an even match.

[@WilliamStewart1]

@@TheBlazersfan22 You realize there have been multiple ice ages right? The ice comes and goes.

[@rafaelnegrete572]

The world is running out of water.

[@mochiebellina8190]

So if water level was that low hundreds of years ago, who can we blame for that? Putin?

[@mk-lh8qs]

Amazing!

[@weyda8657]

Hope they don't destroy it as a religious wipe or something. It's beautiful!

[@gogreengameon2146]

How ominous, and what a poignant reminder that we need to stop destroying the planet before it's too late.

[@ayayron7776]

*Did they find the All Spark there because the auto bots are on the way!*

[@abby54]

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others. But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. The greatest among you will be your servant. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted". YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FOR YOURSELF AN IMAGE in the form of anything, in Heaven above or in the Earth beneath, or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them, or worship them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents, up to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me, and keep my commandments. If my people who are called by my name, humble themselves and pray, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, I will hear from Heaven, will forgive their sins, and will heal their land. AND WHEN YOU PRAY DO NOT BE LIKE THE HYPOCRITES, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. BUT WHEN YOU PRAY, GO INTO YOUR ROOM, close the door, and pray to your Father who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need, before you ask him. This, then, is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. "Matthew 5-7 NIV Bible Gateway", we can use google search. These are the teachings, The Righteousness of our Lord Jesus Christ our God. REPENT, and start doing what is right. If you abide my teachings, you are really my disciples; then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in Truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. GOD IS SPIRIT, so his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in Truth. In the New Heaven and the New Earth, only Righteousness dwells. May the Spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ our God be with you all.

[@lc8850]

That means the water level was once that low before, so relax people there is a nature cycle in our climate.

[@mattydh5]

Totally agree!

[@albback8176]

Doesn't mean anything.

[@orbitalpotato9940]

That's a logical fallacy.

[@wendyfuller2984]

Wow

[@stephenwilson9872]

Me the Crowned Justice of G-D

[@iBMcFly]

God bless all the Chinese Christians! You are all so strong and an inspiration for me!

[@devanshraghav7337]

They are not Christians they are Buddhist which is a part of hinduism

[@emilecossette7570]

We will constantly get non-believers, unfortunetly that will be our demise.

[@breno2024]

It will not be our demise because they represent a very small percentage of the world's population. Have hope brother, Love will win inevitably. This is the nature of Love.

[@alevator606]

Buddha is coming to the world and the devil has nowhere to escape

[@stevewiles7132]

Just shows that the river was much lower in the past. You can't blame human activity for low rainfall that long ago....................

[@marcusaurelioehretlobo6611]

Não se justifica, que uma precipitação pluviométrica, por maior que seja faça estes estragos. Os espíritos apropriados, são responsáveis, pelos fenômenos metereologicos. Não observam, que isto acontece, em países que gostam de guerra, e que escravizam seu povo...

[@johnnycage6132]

Stuff like this makes me wonder if global warming is real or fake if this was built hundreds of years ago then the water level must have been just as low as it is now and we obviously didn't have nearly as much pollution back then it makes me think that this is just one of earths cycles

[@jarrodyuki7081]

well......................

[@stephenwilson9872]

The Arhat buddha

[@rachelriches9936]

Sorry I can't read well enough please help

[@deepm369]

Chinese accepted buddiesm ❤❤

[@sourasff]

i love china so much man

[@kareemkalisari]

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[@tukanggorengan.9054]

Our ancerstor where ever they are life, they always life full of sincronize n most intune with nature around and all creature. If now day's nature disaster come don't blame the nature.

[@davidway4259]

DAUGHTERS OF HEAVENS NOT BUDDAHS

[@rupertperiwinkle4477]

Buddha himself was from India :)

[@minshyu]

If this ancient Buddha statue was lurking underwater for hundreds years, the plants offshore should be higher than the current horizon 2:56. It should also scratch the bottom of many boats and sink.

[@Lastoutrider]

It's called a Misery Stone 🪨 you geniuses. Statues and markings made in times of death and starvation as a warning to future generations. The message. If you can see this, start praying because bad times are coming. Someone doing go make some new ones at 3 gorges.

[@FromAgonyToLight]

Three divine figures? :)

[@y-series5789]

🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳❤️

[@shalitharukmal8268]

🙏🙏🙏Saathu saathu namo buddaya

[@ayayron7776]

*Who was hiding the statues and why?🤔*

[@samg8012]

Someone built this because the water level was at this height before, for a long period. The earth's climate has been changing all on its own for decades.

[@yvonneplant9434]

Not decades. Centuries. That's the difference between now and the past. This climate change is happening much faster and in that past there were very much fewer people.

[@followerofjesuschrist.]

"From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matthew 4:17 "Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." Matthew 5:38-39○