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The Guanyin of Mount Xiqiao is a colossal statue of Guanyin, on Mount Xiqiao, in Nanhai District of Foshan, Guangdong, China. This monument stands 62 m (203 ft) tall, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and sits on a 15 m pedestal making a total height of 77 m (253 ft).
Mount Xiqiao features unusual scenery with strange rock formations and a profusion of fresh water springs as well as 42 natural caves. In total there are 232 springs and 28 waterfalls [2] including the Yunya Feipu (Chinese: 云崖飞瀑; lit. 'Waterfall from Cliffs High in the Clouds'), one of the Eight Views of Guangzhou during the 18th ...
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Xiqiao Mountain is a beautiful scenic spot boasting of a massive metallic sitting Buddha Statue (called the Nanhai Guanyin Bhusa). It can be reached by an hour's hike from the foot of the hill or by car. Evening times are less crowded, and cheaper to visit. It is especially beautiful when illuminated in the dark.
Foshan means "Buddha Mountain" and, despite the more famous present-day statue of Guanyin (or Kwanyin) on Mount Xiqiao, who isn't a Buddha, it refers to a smaller hill near the centre of town where three bronze sculptures of Buddha were discovered in AD 628. The town grew up around a monastery founded nearby that was destroyed in 1391.
Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Guanyin in Longxing Temple; Grand Buddha at Ling Shan; Guanyin Statue of Hainan; Guanyin of Mount Xiqiao; Guan Yin of the South Sea; Leshan Giant Buddha; Ming bronze sculpture of Mount Sumeru in Beijing; Maitreya Buddha at Bingling Temple; Rongxian Buddha; Spring Temple Buddha; Statue of Kun Iam in Macau; Ten ...
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The five elements, cosmic deities, historical incarnations, chthonic and dragon gods, and planets, associated to the five sacred mountains. This Chinese religious cosmology shows the Yellow Emperor, god of the earth and the year, as the centre of the cosmos, and the four gods of the directions and the seasons as his emanations.