The Guishan Guanyin is a gilded bronze statue of the Eleven-headed Thousand-armed Guanyin in Weishan, Hunan. It stands at Miyin Temple, a Chan Buddhist temple, and was completed in 2009. It shows a form of the bodhisattva known as Shiyimian Qianshou Guanyin.
The statue is 325 feet (99 meters) tall. It is the fourth tallest statue in China and the sixth tallest in the world. The project cost 260 million yuan. The local county government invested the money with help from local business and religious organizations.
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