Land of the Sea and Sun

The second place we visited on the island of Hainan was Guanyin of Nanshan which is about 25 miles west of the center of Sanya City. Guanyin of Nanshan is a Buddhist statue that was finished in 2005. It took six years to build. The statue is 354 feet tall. It is a statue of the bodhisattva Guanyin. The statue has three faces. One of the faces looks inland while the other two face the South China Sea.

A peacock

Some monks

Temple door god - Buddha's warrior attendant

Holding the statue of Guanyin of Nanshan

Guanyin of Nanshan

Guanyin of Nanshan

Windy underneath the statue

Underneath the statue

The beads side of Guanyin of Nanshan

Looking at the coastline with temples on it from Guanyin of Nanshan

Guanyin of Nanshan

A hand