Abstract
The article deals with the motif of a «reviving statue» in Chinese legends compiled by the sinologist P.V. Shkurkin. Awakening statues do not have a destructive function in Chinese culture. Thanks to prayers, the revived deity becomes the protector of those who ask. The intertextual typological echoes with Pushkin, Merezhkovsky and Grin’s works are studied, the analogies with the myths of Ancient Greece are indicated. It was found that the researched motif is also found in the other Far Eastern writers’ works (M. Shcherbakov, A. Haydock). The metamorphoses that occur with the sculptural character have the dual nature: the characters were people once, then became local gods and continued to exist in the form of statues. Their static nature is overcome in an emergency, and then they freeze again, having fulfilled their destiny. It was revealed that in the Chinese legends and stories described by Shkurkin, the motif of a «reviving statue» is plot-forming, continuing the tradition of living images in literature.
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