Recently, the National Museum of Nara, Japan discovered by X-ray and computed tomography that Manjusri Bodhisattva in Hokkeji, Nara has about 1 192-1333) cultural relics. In the early years of Buddhism, there was a tradition of putting relics, scriptures and other relics in it when making Buddha statues, which was called hiding or hiding.

Cultural relics of Kamakura era 180 pieces. On this Manjusri Bodhisattva, it can be seen through X-rays that there are about 30 cultural relics on the head, including the container for Buddhist relics, and about 150 scriptures and other cultural relics on the body. Because they are collected in a closed environment, these cultural relics of the Kamakura era may be quite complete, but they must be destroyed before they can be taken out. Should they be taken out? How to take it out is a major problem.

▲X-ray pictures show that there are a large number of cultural relics on the head and body, presumably relics and scriptures.

It is generally believed that taking out cultural relics from the bottom can preserve the integrity of the Buddha statue and keep it intact after repair. However, some people think that cultural relics are part of the Buddha statue, just as the human body is not a complete person without internal organs, so they think that cultural relics should not be taken out. Do you think it is necessary to open the Buddha statue and take out the cultural relics for academic use? Or should it remain intact until it is naturally damaged?