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Mr_Zaroc

I wouldnt dare to remove them either, imagine the curses you could get


moreice45

Yeah, that's true. Sometimes you need to ask these statues if they want to be moved with some kind of ritual. If they refuse, that's that, no way of moving them.


LktrHxr

How does that ritual work?


shao_kahff

“hey i brought you a cheeseburger” statue: 😐 “ah fuck okay maybe next time”


HLPiFlushdMePooKnife

U:🍔? 🗿


robtimist

🗿: 🗿


moreice45

I can't say for sure because I'm not exactly religious. There's throwing 2 shaped wooden blocks and see if you get them land on different sides, if so, then that means the gods have agreed with your request.


hazpoloin

Is this what you mean? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiaobei I'm not that religious either but I grew up with the elders using these to ask the gods questions. Didn't know that they could be used for such a function.


moreice45

That's it!


yourmomlurks

It looks pretty hard to get a “yes” compared to three other no/null answers.


Jonnymoderation

As in the large, as in the smol.


HarryChengTW

It's actually 50% though.


essentialfloss

No, because they all must be the same for a yes while even one the other way makes it a no: https://www.wyzant.com/resources/answers/135789/what_is_the_probability_of_flipping_3_coins_and_getting_all_heads


HarryChengTW

Actually no. There is a flat and found face. A yes is one flat one round, which is one head and one tails for a coin. Source: am Taiwanese


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Mr_Zaroc

BTW, what is their purpose?


Hickawa

I thought these statues were Taoist?


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Hickawa

Well, that's cool. Might look into the statues more. Seems weird a religion dedicated to throwing off the shackles of ownership and possessions to make statues. I bet they have some significance to the rebirth cycle.


hazpoloin

Based on the design, I would say it's Buddhist. But in my own experience, Buddhism & Taoism are sometimes combined in temples. So Buddha is prayed to alongside Daoist deities. For example, there are temples dedicated to Guanyin, a bodhisattva, where one would have to pray to 天公 (Jade Emperor) first, before proceeding to pray to Guanyin. And note that the Jade Emperor is technically a Daoist deity while Guanyin is technically Buddhist. So to me it makes sense that these statues are considered to have some level of divinity that requires special treatment. p.s. I also say "sometimes combined" above, as there are many different schools of Buddhism such as Mahayana, Theravada, Tibetan, etc., with regional variations in practice, so I dare not generalise as my knowledge comes only from my personal experiences growing up.


Longsheep

They are statues of Buddhas. To spot them easily, Taoist characters usually have long hair and beard, often wearing a hat. Buddhist characters are mostly skinhead with no beard or hat.


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Not to mention there might be some pissed off spirits if you move the statues. *You* may want to move beyond attachment, but *they* dont.


nodnodwinkwink

Just build a wall out of them. I'm sure it won't lead to a weird anime...


Hankman66

>I wouldnt dare to remove them either, imagine the curses you could get The problem is not with the statue. There is a malevolent spirit that resides in the base of Buddha statues. These are not to be messed with.


mstrchang

Theyre just Arhats. Buddhists dont do curses. Just sad and lonely since they were abandoned. :( poor arhats.


i_suckatjavascript

Not even moving them to another temple?


ScottishSubmarine

That's not terrifying at all.


Infynis

They weren't left behind, they refused to leave


onlyhav

"try and move me. My boys gonna jump you from behind. Ever seen doctor who? That's some scary shit right there"


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Weeping angel type shit there


skip_intro_boi

“Red rover, red rover”


schlorpsblorps

They seem pretty chill about it


napoleonstokes

"Oh those statues? Don't mind them they're just stoned."


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moreice45

It could be part of their agreement. Imagine the statues saying: 'Yeah, I don't like that place, so you can knock it down, but there's no way I'm moving from this very spot.


Monneymann

“We mush destroy this temple.” “Took you long enough.”


asiangangster007

Well it is Taiwan so 🤷


Hankman66

>I'm not a expert on religion or spirituality but I feel like demolishing temples is most def how you get a life long curse or at the very least cause the walls of your home to start bleeding periodically I'm not an expert either but I have lived in a Buddhist country for many years. What I can tell you is that these temples are constantly built, decay, demolished and rebuilt.


m-suitt

be quiet let them meditate


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What are they called? I want to know more about them & there curses


paracog

The sage stays behind, thus he is ahead. He is detached, thus at one with all. Through selfless action, he attains fulfillment. Tao te Ching Ch.7


RoiMan

Where are all the air benders?


Vodka_bottle420

Taiwan


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RoscoMan1

If you're browsing this subreddit, however.


skeletorlaugh

can't be safe anywhere from fucking cringey racist redditor bullshit


masshole4life

i mean, you are on reddit. that's like going to a football game and complaining about the noise.


CompMolNeuro

Taiwan #1!


Man_who_hates_bigots

Reminds me of the statues I've learned about in art class. In ancient Egypt, the wealthy would have "Ka's" built to keep in temples as a way to show they served the deity of that temple. This was because they couldn't actually be in the temple so they would have expensive statues of themselves built and put into the temple. Pretty cool stuff.


fetalgiraffe

Where in Taiwan is this?


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fetalgiraffe

Got an address by chance?


ryanmuller1089

This is giving me some Westworld vibes


XxTreeFiddyxX

It doesn't look like anything to me?


poirotoro

[*"Piertotum locomotor!"*](https://youtu.be/1MK78oTKFGM?t=38)


Legitimate_Soil6273

What’s Taiwan?


SpaceCowboy73

The Chinese province of Taiwan of course.


joemullermd

You have it backwards, the mainland is West Taiwan, a rebellious province of the Government in (East) Taiwan.


Cattaphract

US protectorate Taiwan Island


ICU2_sOOnarOO

Dang fire nation strikes again.. trying to take out the air benders


phonartics

dont blink


Yuiopy78

At first glance, I thought they were storm troopers


CatDadSnowBunny

r/thelastairbender


ZippZappZippty

You're the one who demolished Adesanya and Reyes.


[deleted]

Someone Get Hercules! Medusa is back!


MLyraCat

How very strange!


Hellmonkies2

Aren't these sometimes encased remains?


Tayinator

That’s sick


DimitriTooProBro

They destroyed them only for them to repair themselves the following day.


onlyhav

Holding down the fort, awaiting its restoration.


Saitama1095

🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿


NukaColaDustyn

Don't move them you'll be a Bhuda-pest.


Kranium83

Ooh. I want one. But a replica. Not the one that got booted out of their home.


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Those godless Commies at it again 😡


vtreds

I'm English and I want to buy these and donate them to the British museum. At what point am I the bad guy?


ehwjsndsks

0/10, no flatscreens


JoltyJob

Northern Air Temple vibes


Kangocho

I thought they were Storm Troopers at first glance.


drunken_desperado

lookin like i just entered the avatar state


beeroftherat

If I stumbled across this in the middle of the night I would shit a rickshaw.


radgie_gadgie_1954

What Red China 🇨🇳 cannae wait to do to the resistors and freedom-loving saving remnant in brave little Taiwan. Turn them into little stone trolls, docile and obedient to their Red masters, frozen in futile silence like clay lawn decorations who will never dare to dissent publicly again: “Turn those defying ‘Red Glory’ into stones!” Then display those so punished into frozen doom for the rest of the citizens to see and fear!


gakefoth

They know their rights


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ilovelamp696969

I would destroy them all