Mani's Community Established

Mani's Community Established (Japanese: 圣者伝図2) is a Manichaen silk color painting drawn in the coastal area of southern China during the yuan to ming period,[1] depicts the missionary history of Manichaeism and the establishment of its churches in three scenes.

[3] In Japanese it is called Legend of the Saint 2 (圣者伝図2) with Episodes from Mani's Missionary Work being called Legend of the Saint 1 (圣者伝図1) According to the research of the Hungarian Asian religious art historian Zsuzsanna Gulácsi, the content described in this work continues "The Legend of the Holy One", using a method similar to the current collage to present the follow-up missionary history and development of the Manichae Order after its establishment.

This Mani statue is dressed in a white robe with red rims unique to Manichaeism, with a green headlight and backlight behind him.

It depicts five Manichae laymen wearing green, red, yellow, blue, and white robes, bowing to a judge Greetings, showing their compliance with local laws.

[2] Eight silk hanging scrolls with Manichaean didactic images from southern China from between the 12th and the 15th centuries.

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