Tags: Monument.
The Guanyin of the South Sea of Sanya (Chinese: 南山海上观音圣像) is a 108-metre (354 ft) statueof the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (better known as Guanyin in East Asia) sited on the south coast of China’s island province Hainan near the Nanshan Temple of Sanya.The statue has three aspects; one side faces inland and the other two face the South China Sea to represent blessing and protection by Guanyin of China and the whole world.