Guanyin Gumiao Temple Explained

Guanyin Gumiao Temple
Native Name:	觀音古廟
Map Type:	Burma
Location:	668 Maha Bandula Road, Yangon
Coordinates:	16.7748°N 96.1501°W
Religious Affiliation:	Taoist, Buddhist
Country:	Myanmar

Guanyin Gumiao Temple (also known as the Guangdong Guanyin Temple) is one of two major Chinese temples located within Latha Township in Yangon's Chinatown. It was founded by the Cantonese community of Yangon in 1823, but was destroyed by a fire in December 1855, and subsequently rebuilt in 1864, with two additional brick buildings to the side built in 1872.^{[1] [2]} The temple is located on Maha Bandula Road and is dedicated to Guanyin, a Buddhist bodhisattva corresponding to the Burmese Buddhist bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Lawka Nat).

See also

• Kheng Hock Keong Temple
• Fushan Temple
• Long Shan Tang Temple

Notes and References

1. Chen . Yi-Sein . 1966 . The Chinese in Rangoon during the 18th and 19th Centuries . Essays Offered to G. H. Luce by His Colleagues and Friends in Honour of His Seventy-Fifth Birthday. Volume 1: Papers on Asian History, Religion, Languages, Literature, Music Folklore, and Anthropology . Artibus Asiae Publishers . 23 . 107–111 . 1522640 .
2. Web site: Yangon Cantonese Guan Yin Temple . Chinatownology.com . 2010-08-03.