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A popular image of Guanyin as both Guanyin of the South Sea and Guanyin with a Fish Basket can be seen in late 16th-century Chinese encyclopedias and in prints that accompany the novel Golden Lotus. In Chinese art, Guanyin is often depicted either alone, standing atop a dragon, accompanied by a white cockatoo and flanked by two children or two ...
Guanyin District (Chinese: 觀音區; pinyin: Guānyīn Qū) is a rural, coastal district in western Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Guanyin is the name of a Buddhist boddhisattva . History
The Guanyin of Mount Xiqiao is a colossal statue of Guanyin, on Mount Xiqiao, in Nanhai District of Foshan, Guangdong, China. This monument stands 62 m (203 ft) tall, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and sits on a 15 m pedestal making a total height of 77 m (253 ft).
The Guanyin Pavilion is situated at the rear of Longxing Temple, on the central axis, with double-eave gable and hip roofs (重簷歇山頂) of Ming dynasty (1368–1644) architectural style and black tiles. [2]: 137 [8] The walls are white gray, and the four corners of the eaves are upturned, facing the Yuan River. [2]: 137 [8]
In East Asian Buddhism, the Six Guanyin (Chinese 六觀音 (traditional) / 六观音 (), pinyin: Liù Guānyīn; Korean: 육관음, Yuk Gwaneum; Japanese: 六観音, Roku Kannon, Rokkannon; Vietnamese: Lục Quán Âm) is a grouping of six manifestations of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, known as Guanyin (Guanshiyin) in Chinese and Kannon (Kanzeon) in Japanese.
Guanyin Ancient Temple was built in 1753 in the 18th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), and underwent two renovations, respectively in 1938 and in 1980. In 1983, the temple was listed among the National Key Buddhist Temples in Han Chinese Area by the State Council of China .
The Guishan Guanyin of the Thousand Hands and Eyes is located in Ningxiang, Hunan province, and is the fourth-tallest statue in China, and the sixth-tallest in the world, found at Miyin Temple, a Chan Buddhist temple.
Guanyin (Chinese: 观音; pinyin: Guānyīn) is a town in Dazhu County, Sichuan province, China. [1] As of 2020 [update] , it has four residential neighborhoods and 18 villages under its administration: [ 2 ]