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| The current fresco in Yunjie Temple in Chaoyang, northeast China's Liaoning province. (AFP PHOTO) |
CHINA---Chinese authorities have "restored" ancient Buddhist frescos in a temple by painting them over with cartoon-like figures from
Taoist myths,
reports said Tuesday, prompting outrage online. It is the latest example of controversial heritage preservation in China, where many ancient structures have been destroyed in recent decades, sometimes to be replaced by replicas of the original. The temple in Chaoyang, in the northeastern province of Liaoning, was built more than 270 years ago and the delicate original paintings had survived, albeit crumbling, until the "refurbishment". The new paintings are bold, simplistic, and of completely different subjects, pictures showed. [
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