Guishan Guanyin
沩山千手千眼观音圣像 | |||||||
Coordinates | 28°10′40″N 111°58′13″E / 28.177675°N 111.970165°ECoordinates: 28°10′40″N 111°58′13″E / 28.177675°N 111.970165°E | ||||||
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Location | Weishan Township, Ningxiang, Hunan, China | ||||||
Type | statue | ||||||
Material | gilded bronze | ||||||
Height | 99 metres (325 ft) | ||||||
Completion date | 2009 | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 沩山千手千眼观音圣像 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 溈山千手千眼觀音聖像 | ||||||
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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. 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 99 m (325 ft) 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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- ^ Yao Lan (30 December 2016). "Buddha sculpture rises almost 100m (1/5)". ecns. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ "China's New Buddha-building Campaign". ChinaWhisper.com. June 13, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
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- Bronze sculptures in China
- Buildings and structures completed in 2009
- Buildings and structures in Hunan
- Colossal Guanyin statues
- Colossal statues in China
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