What materials does the minority use?

Small pavilions dedicated to Buddha statues and gods, such as niches and shrines, are generally made of wood. In ancient China, grottoes were carved in the form of niches, and small niches were also called rafters. The niche originally refers to digging a rock-drilling cliff as an open space for placing Buddha statues. According to the fourth volume of the Buddhist Samadhi Sutra, there are countless Buddhist niches in Xu Mi, among which there are countless Buddhas. "On the Great Bodhisattva" (volume 177) records: Disha Buddha went up the mountain, entered the barking glass niche, applied Buddha incense sandalwood, sat cross-legged and entered the fire. Nowadays, in major Buddhist relics, such as Ajanta in India, Eerola in China, Yungang and Longmen Grottoes, all the walls are covered with niches of Buddha and Bodhisattva. Later generations turned stone or wood into cabinets and set doors to worship Buddha statues, which were called niches; In addition, there is a statue of the founder of a mountain.

This niche is made of solid wood. Besides rosewood, rosewood and nanmu, there are precious metals such as gold and silver, as well as ornaments such as rubies, sapphires, corals, pearls, white jade, crystals, agates, turtles, ivory, beeswax and agarwood.