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The 108-metre-high Guanyin Statue of Hainan was enshrined on 24 April 2005 with the participation of 108 eminent monks from various Buddhist groups in Hong Kong, Macao and Mainland China, and tens of thousands of pilgrims.
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* Guanyin Statue of Hainan, the fourth tallest statue in the world
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* In China, Guanshiyin was changed to Guanyin due to the unacceptability of the original under the naming taboo of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, whose personal name was Li Shimin ( contains the Chinese character shi 世 ).
This rendering was used for an earlier spelling of the well-known camera manufacturer Canon, which was named for Guanyin.
Some Taoist records claim Guanyin was a Chinese female who became an immortal during the Shang Dynasty.
When Chiang penned the work, he believed that the Guanyin we know today was actually a princess called Miaoshan ( 妙善 ), who had a religious following on Fragrant Mountain.
In one version of this legend, when Guanyin was executed, a supernatural tiger took her to one of the more hell-like realms of the dead.
After her return to Earth, Guanyin was said to have stayed for a few years on the island of Mount Putuo where she practised meditation and helped the sailors and fishermen who got stranded.
Shancai fell down the cliff but was halted in midair by Guanyin, who now asked him to walk.
The crowd, now angry at someone so daring, was about to pry him away from the fish when Guanyin projected her voice from far away, saying " A life should definitely belong to one who tries to save it, not one who tries to take it.
The cultivation of root vegetables rather than typical seedling plants was notably prominent, with archaeological evidence suggesting as early as fourth millennium BC, from the Dapenkeng site, in Guanyin Mountain, New Taipei City.
Guanyin understood that the monkey would be hard to control, and therefore gave Xuanzang a gift from the Buddha: a magical headband which, once Sun Wukong was tricked into putting it on, could never be removed.
He was saved by Guanyin from execution to stay and wait for his call of duty.
Staying within the Yunzhan Dong (" cloud-pathway cave "), he was commissioned by Guanyin to accompany Xuanzang to India and given the new name Zhu Wuneng.
He fought with Wukong, but ended the fight when he learned that Wukong was a disciple of Xuanzang, and that he had also been recruited by Guanyin to join their pilgrimage and make atonements for his past sins.
It was then believed that Mazu was a reincarnation of Guanyin on earth, and it is Guanyin she is said to have been especially devoted to as a child.
( After the temple was renamed, the old name for the temple was still used to refer to a nearby hill, 紫竹林 ( pinyin zi zhu lin ), on which a 20 metre tall Guanyin now stands.
He also moved a large statue of Guanyin to a temple ( 郡东栖心寺 ; jun dong xi xin si ) on the mainland, which was then renamed 普陀 ( pu tuo ).
The initial planning area was 28, 400 hectares, including Guanyin Mountain and the Datun Volcano Group.
It was a talisman for luck in the traditional culture of China, and the goddess of healing Guanyin is sometimes depicted holding a reishi mushroom.
Guanyin and on
* In Japanese, Guanyin is pronounced Kannon (), occasionally Kan ' on, or more formally Kanzeon (, the same characters as Guanshiyin ); the spelling Kwannon, based on a pre-modern pronunciation, is sometimes seen.
In the Pure Land school, for example, Guanyin is frequently depicted on the left of Amitabha Buddha, while on the buddha's right is another bodhisattva called Mahasthamaprapta ( Dàshìzhì ).
The titles Guanyin of the Southern Ocean ( 南海觀音 ) and " Guanyin ( of / on ) the Island " stem from this tradition.
The story concludes with Miaoshan being transformed into the Thousand Armed Guanyin, and the king, queen and her two sisters building a temple on the mountain for her.
Some Buddhist and Christian observers have commented on the similarity between Guanyin and Mary of Christianity, the mother of Jesus Christ.
In traditional pictures of the Goddess of Mercy Guanyin, she is often shown seated on a rock with a willow branch in a vase of water at her side.
These missions are not well recorded in the Ming dynastic history, but an important source on them is two stone steles erected by Yishiha at the site of the Yongning Temple ( Chinese: 永宁寺 ), a Guanyin temple commissioned by him at Telin.
The bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara ( Guanyin ), on instruction from the Buddha, gives this task to the monk and his three protectors in the form of disciples — namely Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing — together with a dragon prince who acts as Xuanzang's steed, a white horse.
Although he is helpless in defending himself, the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara ( Guanyin ) helps by finding him powerful disciples who aid and protect him on his journey.
The bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara ( Guanyin ) helps Xuanzang find three powerful supernatural beings-Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing-to aid and protect him on his journey.
A large golden statue of Guanyin stands on at northern entrance to the Great Hall, with Shan Cai at her side and sculptures representing the 53 teachers of his life above.
Every year on February nineteenth, June nineteenth, September nineteenth of the lunar calendar, it welcomes millions of people for the celebration of the birth of Guanyin, being a monk and being Bodhisattva.
Islands on the lake – including Guanyin Ge, Jinsuo Island ( 金梭岛, " Golden Shuttle Island "), Nanzhao Folklore Island ( 南诏风情岛 ) and Xiaoputuo Island – are also available for visits.
The Chinese scholar A ' De noted this was because the Lotus Sutra says Guanyin takes on the visage of whatever being that would best help pervade the dharma.
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Guanyin is the bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists, usually as a female.
The Buddhist tradition also displays Guanyin, or other buddhas and bodhisattvas, flanked with the above mentioned warriors, but as bodhisattvas who protect the temple and the faith itself.
The buddha and bodhisattva that are portrayed together with Guanyin usually follow whichever school of Buddhism they represent.
Guanyin, after having a discussion with Shancai, decided to test the boy's resolve to fully study the Buddhist teachings.
As a reward for Guanyin saving his son, the Dragon King sent his granddaughter, a girl called Longnü (" dragon girl "), to present Guanyin with the Pearl of Light.
Guanyin accepted her offer with just one request: that Longnü be the new owner of the Pearl of Light.
In popular iconography, the parrot is coloured white and usually seen hovering to the right side of Guanyin with either a pearl or a prayer bead clasped in its beak.
However, Lü Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals, helped a merchant hit Guanyin in the hair with silver powder, which floated away in the water.
Due to her symbolising compassion, in East Asia Guanyin is associated with vegetarianism.
In Chinese Buddhism, Guanyin is synonymous with the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara.
The Chinese translation of many Buddhist sutras has in fact replaced the Chinese transliteration of Avalokitesvara with Guanshiyin ( 觀世音 ) Some Daoist scriptures give her the title of Guanyin Dashi, and sometimes informally as Guanyin Fozu.
In Chinese culture, the popular belief and worship of Guanyin as a goddess by the populace is generally not viewed to be in conflict with the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara's nature.
A meditative or contemplative state of being at peace with oneself and others is seen as Guanyin.
Dabei Hall enshrines a thousand-armed wooden image of Guanyin and Huayan Hall is a repository with a revolving sutra cabinet.
** Guanyin ( also Kuanyin ): bodhisattva associated with compassion
In order to justify Mazu's presence in Buddhist temples, legends were circulated claiming that Mazu's parents prayed to Guan Yin for a son, but Guanyin answered their prayers with the birth of yet another daughter.
* Kwun Yum or Guanyin, the bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists
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