Manichaean stone reliefs of Shangwan village

The Manichaean stone sculptures of Shangwan Village refer to eight Ming-Qing slabs found in Shangwan Village, Xiapu County, Ningde City, Fujian Province in 2009.

The inscriptions on the stone slabs indicate that the Three Buddhas Pagoda was built in the sixth year of Zhengde in the Ming dynasty.

[4] After the news of the discovery of Manichaean deities in Fujian reached Iran, it aroused the interest of local religious scholars.

Although Manichaeism originated in ancient Iran during the reign of the Sasanian Shahanshah Shapur I,[5] it has long since disappeared in its native land, leaving almost no cultural relics.

Therefore, Fujian has become the only place in the world where the statues and reliefs of Manichaeism are preserved.