The Guishan Guanyin of the Thousand Hands and Eyes  China 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]

Guishan Guanyin of the Thousand Hands and Eyes
沩山千手千眼观音圣像
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28°11′5.99″N 111°57′48.05″E / 28.1849972°N 111.9633472°E / 28.1849972; 111.9633472
LocationWeishan Township, Ningxiang, Hunan, China
Typestatue
Materialgilded bronze
Height99 metres (325 ft)
Completion date2009
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese观音圣像
Traditional Chinese溈山千手千眼觀音聖像

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  1. ^ Yao Lan (30 December 2016). "Buddha sculpture rises almost 100m (1/5)". ecns. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ^ "China's New Buddha-building Campaign". ChinaWhisper.com. June 13, 2012. Archived from the original on December 24, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2016.

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