Guishan Guanyin Explained

Monument Name:Guishan Guanyin of the Thousand Hands and Eyes
Native Name:沩山千手千眼观音圣像
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Location:Weishan Township, Ningxiang, Hunan, China
Type:statue
Material:gilded bronze
Height:99m (325feet)
Complete:2009
Coordinates:28.185°N 111.9633°W
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T:溈山千手千眼觀音聖像
P:Guīshān qiānshǒu qiānyǎn Guānyīn shèngxiàng

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. It is a gilded bronze monument depicting a manifestation of the Bodhisattva Guanyin known as Shiyimian Qianshou Guanyin (Traditional Chinese: 十一面千手觀音, Simplified Chinese: 十一面千手观音), meaning the "Eleven-headed Thousand-armed Guanyin", which stands at 99m (325feet) tall.[1] The Ningshan County Government, with the help of local business and religious organizations, invested 260 million yuan to complete its construction in 2009.[2]

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  1. News: Yao Lan . Buddha sculpture rises almost 100m (1/5) . 4 October 2019 . ecns . 30 December 2016.
  2. Web site: China's New Buddha-building Campaign. ChinaWhisper.com. June 13, 2012. February 19, 2016. December 24, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191224163426/http://www.chinawhisper.com/chinas-new-buddha-building-campagin/. dead.