Sanya South Sea Guanyin‖See mountains, see water, see all beings

Sanya Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone (Nanshan Temple, South Sea Guanyin), 5A, ticket price 129, parking 8 yuan, suggested tour time 3～5 hours, because you can 👀 for a long time just by looking at the sea. About South Sea Guanyin: First, approved by the State Council in 93, completed in 99, backed by mountains and facing the sea, located on a coast of Yacheng in Sanya, known as South Sea Guanyin, the mountain behind it is called Nanshan; Second, it is the world's first golden jade Guanyin Bodhisattva statue, and the treasure of the whole Hainan Island. The Guanyin statue is 108 meters high, with three bodies, each holding a lotus, a bead, and a sutra box in their hands, standing on a lotus throne with 108 petals, and the Vajra platform under the lotus throne is the Yuan Tong Bao Hall, connected to the mainland by a 280-meter-long Puji Bridge. The three Guanyin each hold a bead, a lotus, and a sutra box in their hands, each with different meanings: ☞The front is the Guanyin holding the sutra box, reflecting the prajna virtue of Guanyin, that is, the virtue of wisdom. The sutra box represents the six hundred volumes of the Prajna Sutra, observing all sentient beings and freely converting them, and enlightening sentient beings with prajna; ☞The right side is the Guanyin holding the rosary, reflecting the liberation virtue of Guanyin, that is, completely getting rid of ignorance and various constraints, reaching the state of great freedom and ease, showing the compassionate spirit of 'sentient beings recite the Buddha, and the Buddha recites sentient beings' as equals; ☞The left side is the Guanyin holding the lotus, reflecting the dharma body virtue of Guanyin. Guanyin is the main deity of the Lotus Department of Esoteric Buddhism. The lotus is the samaya form of Guanyin, symbolizing the 'always happy, I am pure' four virtues; it is the holy flower in Buddhism, symbolizing the meatball heart of sentient beings, the lotus body is pure, out of the mud but not stained, the root and stem are connected, symbolizing 'the heart, the Buddha, and sentient beings, there is no difference between the three'. Overall, it represents the purity and six roots of Guanyin.