The 1st Bronze Maidservent Idol of Jiangdu Temple

Ming Dynasty(1368-1644). Bronze
The two gods have the same body size, clothing and ornamentation. They are slim with calm face, combing with two coiled buns, wearing a pair of flowery earings.They both wear short garments and dress with flower designs tieing a belt with phoneix and nine cirlces designs and a ribbon with bow and cloud designs. They wear round-necked top and wide sleeves robe with xiapei （a kind of women cope in ancient China). The phoneix and cloud designs are decorated on the chest, back, elbow and sleeves of the robe. There are clouds and jade designs on the shoulders and flower designs on the xiapei. There are also lotus leaf designs on the mouth of the sleeves. The little feet wear the shoes. They crosses their hands over their tummy. What they are seated are similar with the gods in Nandu river. The difference is the size and the decoration. The chair is smaller than the dajiang god's. From the top to the end are grass and leaves designs, geometry designs,double horses and cloud designs, wave designs and geometry designs. There are inscriptions curved on the right arm of the god's sister, which are worn down so that they cannot be recoganized. The idol is made in the sixth chenghua region in Ming dynasty ordered by the shu emperor.