Situated in Fohui Village, Sanqu Town, Shizhuanshan Cliff Sculptures are made between 1082 and 1096.
The inscribed texts warn the viewer to embrace virtue and study the dharma lest this nightmare become realized for them.
The explicitness of their behavior (becoming drunk, being tempted by the flesh) formed part of the existential experience of viewers.
The internationally religious emphasis placed on abstinence, portrayed at eye level, suggests the clergy's prioritizing sex as the most religiously abhorrent sin


I guess that my drinking days are over.
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