| 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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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]