Nanshan Tourism Zone

Nanshan Tourism Zone of Buddhism Culture is a unique Buddhism Culture tourism zone with an area of 50 square kilometers, including a sea area of more than 10 square km. The total cost for the construction of Nanshan Tourism Zone of Buddhism Culture will be 6 billion yuan (about 857 million dollars).

The biggest amazement you will view in the Nanshan Buddhism Culture Park is the 108-meter, three-aspect Bodhisattva Guanyin statue standing on a huge lotus-shaped platform on the sea. It is the tallest statue of Guanyin and the third tallest statue in the world. One side of the statue faces the coast and the other two face the sea. This represents the blessing of Guan Yin extend to the whole world. One aspect depicts Guan Yin cradling a sutra in the left hand and gesturing the Vitarka Mudra with the right, the second with her palms crossed, holding a string of prayer beads, and the third holding a lotus.