Serious Buddha suddently appears in China emerged from deep under water pics

http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2017-01/11/c_129441839.htm


江西南城一水库发现摩崖造像 “佛头”遗迹浮出水面
2017年01月11日 16:47:38 | 来源：新华社

（文化）（1）江西南城一水库发现摩崖造像 “佛头”遗迹浮出水面

这是露出水面的佛头遗迹（1月8日摄）。 2016年底，位于江西省抚州市南城县的洪门水库水位显著降低，一尊佛头和一些被淹没的遗迹浮出水面。考古专家根据露出水面的佛头造型，初步判断为明代佛像；崖壁凿刻痕迹中有一些方形的孔，说明此处可能曾建有庙宇。目前，国家文物局水下文化遗产保护中心专业考古队正在对洪门水库摩崖造像周围水域进行水下考古探测。新华社记者 万象 摄




Originally water level used to be several meters above as seen in different color of rock surface

Nin nia aye. Before this place was a monument before it was flooded due to a dam. Now the dam water got released and the water level fell. It's man made lah don't be superstitious.

google translate :


"This is the surface of the Buddha head relics exposed (January 8 photo). By the end of 2016, the water level at Fuzhou Reservoir in Jiangxi Province was significantly reduced, with one Buddha and some submerged relics surfacing. Revealing the surface of the Buddha's head shape, the initial judgment of the Ming Dynasty Buddha; cliff marks in the chisel there are some square holes, that can handle the building materials. At present, the State Cultural Relics Bureau underwater cultural heritage protection center professional archaeological team ..."

Ancient Buddha statue emerges in east China reservoir
Source: Xinhua 2017-01-10 16:39:04


NANCHANG, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists have started an underwater detection project after villagers in eastern China's Jiangxi Province found the head of a Buddha statue emerging from the surface of a local reservoir.

The head was spotted at Hongmen Reservoir, Nancheng County in the city of Fuzhou, at the end of last year when a hydropower gate renovation project lowered water levels in the reservoir by more than 10 meters.

Judging from the head design, the statue was carved during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), said Xu Changqing, head of the provincial research institute of archaeology.

He said that the researchers had also found rectangular holes carved on the cliff, obvious marks of architecture, which meant that a temple could have existed there.

Sonar equipment and other devices will be used to get the basic data and underwater images for further research.

Hongmen Reservoir, also known as Zuixian Lake, was built in 1958. Spanning Nancheng and Lichuan counties, the reservoir has a water storage volume of 1.2 billion cubic meters.

According to county records, the reservoir is located on the ruins of the ancient Xiaoshi Township, an important hub for water transport between provinces of Jiangxi and Fujian and also a trade center.

The detection project led by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage will last from Thursday until Sunday.

It's 金山寺，the temple flooded by the 2 snakes and Fahai.