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Guishan Guanyin of the Thousand Hands and Eyes in Changsha, China

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Guishan Guanyin of the Thousand Hands and Eyes in Changsha, China. CC BY-SA by Alexandre Afanassiev via Wikimedia Commons.

Wiki says:

Guishan Guanyin of the Thousand Hands and Eyes is the fourth tallest statue in China, and the seventh tallest in the world. This gilded bronze monument depicting Avalokitesvara stands 99 m (325 ft) tall, and is located in Weishan, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China.

Watch this also:

Thousand Hand Bodhisattva (Guan Yin) (千手观音). Fragment from the movie Samsara by Ron Fricke. © 2012 – Oscilloscope Pictures. The post with the video is here.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

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1 CE to Present · Architecture · China · Sculpture

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