{"id":13217,"date":"2019-11-21T13:49:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T13:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/chinese-myth-figures-zhong-guo-shen-hua-ren-wu-03-guan-yin-guan-yin\/"},"modified":"2019-11-21T13:49:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T13:49:16","slug":"chinese-myth-figures-zhong-guo-shen-hua-ren-wu-03-guan-yin-guan-yin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/chinese-myth-figures-zhong-guo-shen-hua-ren-wu-03-guan-yin-guan-yin\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Myth Figures \u4e2d\u56fd\u795e\u8bdd\u4eba\u7269 03 Guan Yin \u89c2\u97f3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"padding:4px;\"><span>  <\/p>\n<p>Kwan-yin (&quot;Goddess of Mercy&quot;) was translated from  &quot;Avalokites&#8217; Vara&quot; in Sanskrit. As one of the four major Bodhisattvas in  Buddhism, he is highly valued by Buddhists in China. With dignified and  kind facial appearance, Kwan-yin, who holds a clean bottle with a twig  of willow in his hand, is regarded to have infinite wisdom and theurgy.  He was said to be infinitely merciful and apt at rescuing the human  world from disasters as well as hearing and viewing tribulations in it.  Therefore, he was called &quot;Goddess of Mercy&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Kwan-yin was introduced to China in the Three Kingdoms Period. The  image at that time was a martial man, similar to those painted in  frescos (with a pair of pretty moustaches above the lip) in Mogao  Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu Province and statues of the Southern and  Northern Dynasty. It is in the Southern and Northern Dynasty that  Kwan-yin had female appearance. According to what was said by Buddhists,  Kwan-yin was good at changing images. That is why Kwan-yin presents  female appearance. There are many interesting legends ab0ut Kwan-yin&#8217;s  diversified images going round in China. Kwan-yin&#8217;s female image in  China is featured by kindness and clemency, which is in conformity with  Chinese women&#8217;s mercifulness and kindheartedness. This can reflect to  some extent Chinese Buddhists&#8217; devoutness and godliness shown to  Kwan-yin. For this reason, it is preva1ent among common people to  worship Son-giving Kwan-yin and Thousand-arm Kwan-yin, praying for good  luck.<\/p>\n<p>Kwan-yin bodhimandala in China is located on Putuo Mountain in  Zhejiang Province. Legend has it that in ancient times, a Japanese monk  intended to take Kwan-yin statue to his country. However, his plan was  frustrated by storms at the South China Sea. Under this circumstance, he  decided to build a Kwan-yin bodhimandala on Putuo Mountain. There is  still a &quot;Decline to leave&quot; Kwan-yin Temple (supposedly as the first  temple built by the Japanese monk) standing on the mountain.<\/p>\n<p>When stepping on Chinese territory, you will see numerous Kwan-yin  temples, Kwan-yin halls and Kwan-yin cavities of all sizes. Also, you  will have the opportunity to taste the Tieh- Kwan -Yin tea. It seems  that the placid, merciful and cordial Kwan-yin can be seen everywhere in  China.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-2851490510\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kwan-yin (&quot;Goddess of Mercy&quot;) was translated from  &quot;Avalokites&#8217; Vara&quot; in Sanskrit. As one of the four major Bodhisattvas in  Buddhism, he is highly valued by Buddhists in China. With dignified and  kind facial appearance, Kwan-yin, who holds a clean bottle with a twig  of willow in his hand, is regarded to have infinite wisdom and theurgy.  He was said to be infinitely merciful and apt at rescuing the human  world from disasters as well as hearing and viewing tribulations in it.  Therefore, he was called &quot;Goddess of Mercy&quot;.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2837],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-13217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-culture","category-chinese-mythology","tag-chinese-myth-figures"],"views":252,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}