Documentary made with Opus about a Yuan dynasty mural goes viral, earns lecture invite
dotey · x · 2026-09-28
- A creator made a short documentary using Opus about the Bhaisajyaguru Assembly mural; it went viral on Xiaohongshu and landed a lecture invitation from a Beijing university.
- Backstory: in 1928, monks sold Yuan dynasty murals from Guangsheng Temple in Shanxi for 1,600 silver dollars to fund repairs; the 7.5m × 15m mural now hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- In September 2026, a team from the Chinese National Academy of Arts unveiled a "research-based replica" at the China Arts and Crafts Museum (through Nov 15) — bringing the artifact "home" through reproduction.
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