Scholars who have been discussed about woodblock printing have not taken the culture of seal, papermaking, petroglyph, etc. as a favorable condition for the development of printing, as for the development of Buddhism in China, it is great helpful. However, most of the people who have been discussing this topic have focused on Buddhists need to copy Buddhist texts in large numbers instead of manuscripts, woodblock printing was invented because of this. Actually, the influence of Buddhist statues is also very important, but this issue is rarely discussed. Therefore, the first section of this paper begins with the origin of Buddhist Statues; section two discusses the purpose of Buddhist statues; section three explains the favorable conditions for the invention of woodblock printing in China; section four discusses the relationship between Buddhist statues and woodblock printing. I hope this paper can add few color to this great invention in human history.
