Keywords: Statue on the way of souls towards the Ming tombs near Beijing.JPG Statue on the way of souls towards the Ming tombs near Beijing Self-Taken so public domain This is one of a pair of facing statues representing a functionary waiting to deliver his reports to the emperor The reports would be in the form of vertical ideogramic script brushed onto a number of wood or ivory tablets 2005-10-16 own assumed SoIssetEben ~commonswiki Spirit way at the Ming Tombs Beijing statues at the Ming tombs |