Guishan Guanyin

Guishan Guanyin of the Thousand Hands and Eyes

沩山千手千眼观音圣像
28°11′5.99″N 111°57′48.05″E / 28.1849972°N 111.9633472°E / 28.1849972; 111.9633472
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
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin 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 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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