2023-09-28 21:30:00
2023/09/29 05:30
The “Dragon Picture” on the ceiling of Sensoji Temple, a popular tourist attraction in Tokyo, Japan, peeled off due to age on July 8. (Picture taken from the Internet)
◎Zhang Peiyuan
Even a ferocious dragon on the ceiling fell prey to the ravages of time, with a famed painting peeling off and hanging down over visitors at Sensoji temple in Tokyo on July 8.
Even the dragon on the ceiling cannot resist the ravages of time. This famous painting in Sensoji Temple in Tokyo peeled off on July 8 and hung over the heads of tourists.
The picture of a dragon, painted on traditional “washi” paper, partly came off at around 11 a.m. and dangled from the 9.5-meter-high ceiling of the main hall of the Buddhist temple, a popular tourist destination.
The “Dragon Picture” painted on traditional Japanese paper partially peeled off around 11 a.m. and hung from the 9.5-meter-high ceiling of the main hall of the Buddhist temple, a popular tourist attraction.
The picture didn’t fall to the floor and no one was injured. The temple remains open to worshippers and tourists.
The painting did not fall to the ground, no one was injured, and the temple remains open to devotees and tourists.
Visitors were temporarily kept out of the area directly beneath the damaged ceiling before the painting was removed.
Visitors are temporarily banned from the area directly beneath the damaged ceiling until the painting is removed.
Temple officials said the painting came off apparently due to aging.
Temple officials said the painting apparently fell off due to age.
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