Originally Posted by
ghostexorcist
What the hell is your problem? My point is that I wanted to share a portrait with those who might practice a style associated with him. The portrait of him is so unlike everything I’ve ever seen before. I think the romance of his legendary figure has definitely overshadowed what he was really like. The statue of him in his Tomb shows him as a tall, skinny man. I didn’t personally say he was short and fat; I just paraphrased what a Chinese historian said.
Apparently the paint on the statue in his Hangzhou tomb is starting to chip and peal. Some people are calling for a new statue to be made in his historical likeness. A lot more people are fighting this because they only care about the romance of his character. Still, others are calling for minor changes to his clothing, which are decorated with flowers, a trait of the Ming Dynasty. They believe he should be wearing Song style clothing.