Private Buddhist House: Ceramic & Clay Sculpture Shop

On Beijing Road, that frenzied shopping matrix in the city center, sits a solemn and quiet ceramic and clay sculpture shop, the Private Buddhist House.

After opening the yellow wooden door and stepping onto macadam, one can see lamplight gently illuminating a variety of ceramic and clay sculptures. While appreciating these Buddhist sculptures and listening to soft Sanskrit music, one has the welcome opportunity to escape from the noisy surroundings into a peaceful, holy world. At the store’s opening, a Buddhist master from Thailand performed a prayer, which gives the shop’s sacred aura greater authenticity.

Shopkeeper Weni is a graduate student at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. Although she made some of the store’s products, most of the works are by her teachers Zengli and Zengpeng. Every sculpture in the shop is hand-made and unique.

‘18 Arhats’

 
A large Kwan-yin statue priced at RMB 54,000. Must be pre-ordered.

 
Tea pots in different styles.


‘Elders playing chess’


‘Timely wind and rain bring good harvests’


‘Happy Buddha's Big Belly’
















 

Shop's name：Private Buddhist House 私营佛墅
Address：Longzang Street (beside Guangming Plaza), Huifu Dong Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou.
光明广场旁边的龙藏街内
Telephone: (86 20) 8339 4580
 
(By Shanna Chu, Usha Chilukuri)

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Source: lifeofguangzhou.com

Editor: Shanna Chu