The Birth of Mani is a Manichean silk cloth color painting painted in the Fujian Zhejiang area during the Yuan period, depicting the founder of the sect Mani The scene of birth, a scholar who specializes in Manichaeism Ma Xiaohe called it "a rare treasure".
[2] According to the research of the Hungarian Asian religious art historian Zsuzsanna Gulácsi, this painting mainly presents three themes: glory, incarnation, and birth celebration.
On each side of Ji Letian, there are four gods dressed as generals, wearing gold armor and black boots, standing on the colorful clouds and fog.
[2] There is a transparent sphere suspended on the lotus stand directly below Ji Le Tian, surrounded by ten flying flowers.
The image in the sphere is damaged, but it can still be seen that the original depiction is a figure sitting on a lotus position, with head light and aureola.
At the bottom of the mansion on the left, three noble women led two maids to the paint box where Mani was asleep.