Zhǎngzǐ

Zhangzi lies in southeastern Shanxi, where Buddhist temples stand among the surrounding hills. On the slopes of Ziyun Mountain, Chongqing Temple houses a remarkable group of eighteen painted clay arhats, made in 1079. Their distinct faces and poses lend the holy figures a strikingly human presence. In the Ming, another hall was built between 1531 and 1548 for ten judges of the underworld, with painted figures and elaborate suspended sculpture depicting the realm they governed.