600-year-old Buddhist statue revealed; coincidence or heaven’s will?

China’s Yangtze basin area is going through unprecedented heat waves and droughts. The water levels in many places where the Yangtze river flows are hitting new record lows. Rivers have dried up, ships are grounded, and crops are wilting. The severe drought is impacting Chinese citizens’ lives. But as Lao Tzu wrote in his book Dao De Jing, “It is upon bad fortune that good fortune leans, upon good fortune that bad fortune rests,” the droughts have also brought about an unexpected occurrence.

600-year-old Buddhist statue revealed; coincidence or heaven’s will?