I'm not a cuss surprised by the fact that Buddhist culture has been overlooked in the past, now that the Orthodox religion is Taoism. But every existing culture has its process of Sinicization, and Buddhism is not the exception. We should no longer simply treat it as "foreign" culture, and try to make it be in the interest of development of our origin culture.

But this period was also in chaos when civil war took place between warlords. I've heard that Mr. Liang was then well protected by Zuolin Zhang, one of the most powerful warlord. That was an incredible advantage.

Chinese ancient culture originates in the Yellow River region where are therefore rich in cultural relics. The Province of Shansi is the cradle of Chinese architecture as well as where she grows and ripens.

War is always the disappointing factor that crushes precious cultural treasure easily. Not only the invasive wars like anti-Japanese war damage the treasure of mankind, but civil war like the war that destroy E'pang Palace do that as well.

From the illustrations we can see that the stone figures of the Han Dynasty are flexible and of superb craftsmanship, while those of the tomb of Emperor Wu' father are stiff and rigid. To some degree it reflects the vicissitudes of ancient Chinese aesthetic standards.