There are several kinds of Guanyin. What do they stand for?

1, Liu Yang Guanyin (Buddha's body): sitting on a rock with a willow in his right hand and a clean bottle in his hand.

2. Guanyin Bodhisattva (Buddha's body): Riding a dragon in different postures, showing its sacred dragon incarnation in Xiangyun.

3, Guanyin (sound body): sitting on a rock with a scroll in your right hand, if you study, there is also a saying that holding the scriptures is a sound body.

4. Round Guanyin (Brahman's body): There is a round flame behind him, which shines brightly. In other words, the explanation of the round light corresponds to "or suffering from the king, dying but not dying, thinking about its view of the world, holding a knife to find bad festivals" in popular goods.

5, the game Guanyin (Emperor Out of Body): Five-color Xiangyun sits on the ground or walks freely.

6. Avalokitesvara in white (natural body): Sitting on a grassy rock, holding a lotus flower in his left hand, signing a wish seal in his right hand, dressed in white, in the middle of Bai Lianhua, or signing an incarnation as a monk and nun.

7. Lian Mian Guanyin (Tian Jiang): Put your hands together and make a semi-lying position on the lotus leaf, showing the three Guanyin kings.

8. Dragon Seeing Guanyin (a great freedom in nature): Sitting on a high mountain and leaning against a rock overlooking a flowing spring waterfall shows the meaning of "If you are harmful, push down a big fire pit and miss the power of Guanyin, the fire pit will become a pool" in popular products.

9. Apply Guanyin (Vishnu): Often meditate on the right cheek, twisting lotus flowers with your left hand on your knees, indicating that Guanyin always cares about human suffering and considers saving all beings. Or interpreted as "or in Xumi Mountain, people are pushed down and miss their Guanyin power, as if living in emptiness."

10, fish basket Guanyin (Xiao Wang): a bamboo basket with fish on its back and fish in its hand, or the image of a folk young woman with a fish basket in her hand. Journey to the west has played a role in this image, so it has a great influence on the people. ?

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12, Shuiyue Guanyin (Buddha's body): Observe the shape of the moon in the water, so as to show that various dharmas are like the moon in the water without substance, or explain that a Buddha represents 30 bodies.

13, a leaf Guanyin (killing the official body), also known as Lotus Leaf Guanyin and Nanying Guanyin. A lotus leaf floats on the water, hence the name. According to legend, when Daoyuan returned to Japan from China, he prayed silently to Guanyin when a storm hit Nanxun. Suddenly, he saw compassion floating on the sea in a lotus leaf, and the wind and waves stopped. And landed, carved Guanyin statue, showing Nanpi Kannonji, hence the name. Or interpreted as an official who was killed by three people.

14, Green Neck Guanyin (Brahman body): Green Neck Guanyin, with three sides and four arms, holding a staff, lotus wheel and snail, with red and white body color and blue neck. It is said that Guanyin demonizes all beings and swallows poison to prevent it from being passed down from generation to generation, resulting in a blue neck. Or interpreted as the Buddha's body in three-body people.

15, Wade Guanyin (the body of a bhikkhu): A white basket sits by a rock, holding a lotus in his left hand, or interpreted as the body of thirty generals in the sky.

16, Yan Ming Guanyin (the body of a bhikshuni): Leaning on the rocks on the water surface, supporting his right hand, wearing a treasure crown to erect an icon of Amitabha Buddha. Or it can be interpreted as "curse all kinds of poisons, and those who want to do harm to the body, remember his Guanyin power and give it back to himself."

17, Guanyin (Youposai): Sit on the ground with your right hand pointing to the ground and your left hand on your bent knees. Or interpreted as the elderly in the body.

18, Iwado Guanyin (Yougu): Sitting in a cave, meditating. Or it can be interpreted as "Yuan snakes and scorpions, gas and toxic fireworks burning, thinking of Guanyin seeking sound and returning".

19, Nengjing Guanyin (the body of an elderly woman): The rock stood by and put his hand on the rock, looking at the sea and meditating. Or it can be interpreted as "They went into the sea for gold, silver, coloured glaze and other treasures. If the black wind blows their boat and falls into the ghost country of Luo Cha, among them, those who are even called avalokitesvara will save Luo Cha".

20. Auntie Guanyin (layman): According to Buddhist legend, Auntie Dachi is located in the south of Xiangshan, which accounts for the north of Bufu Snow Mountain. It is also mentioned in "The Story of the Western Regions of Datang". This is the origin of Guan Guanyin's name. Or interpreted as "popular goods": or drifting in the vast sea, arowana ghost is difficult, miss Guanyin, waves can not be lost.

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22. Ye Yi Guanyin (Brahmin female): Sitting on a grassy rock, wearing Chiba clothes. Or interpreted as the emperor's interpretation of the three-body In ancient times, there was a Shapala people in southeast India. They were clothed with leaves. Brahmanism goddess also has this image.

23. Glazed Guanyin (Boy): Also known as "Wang Xiang Guanyin" and "Gaowang Guanyin", the image is a glazed pot with a lotus petal floating on the water with both hands. Or it can be interpreted as a self-contained body in the three-body

24. Duoluo Zun Guanyin (Goddess): Duoluo means "eye" and "pupil". As a middle-aged female figure, she holds Yu Dou Luo in her hands. Or, in "Pumenpin", it is interpreted as "either blaming thieves, killing each other with knives and guns, caring for others' vision of the world, and being merciful when salty."

25. Guanyin (celestial body): live in two clam shells, or cross the sea by clam.

26. Six o'clock Guanyin (Dragon Body): As a layman, there are 30 representatives of laymen, and Buddhists give constant prayers at six o'clock every day (morning, day, sunset, first night, midnight and last night), hence the name. There seems to be Guanyin in Horyuji at six o'clock.

27, general pessimism (hag): the tail of the clothes is affected by the wind, and the table is from the sky.

28. Malang Fu Guanyin (Manna Shiva): A statue of a woman shows the body of a woman in 33 corpses.

29. Hands crossed Guanyin (Asura body): Stand with hands crossed, like a Brahmin in the thirty-three body.

30. Just like Guanyin (Goluda): the image is flying in the air by clouds, and the right hand holds the seal, which can subdue the magic interference such as thunder and lightning.

3 1. Palguanyin (Kinnara): Standing or sitting on a lotus leaf in the water, with hands crossed or drooping, wearing a celestial suit and proudly floating on the water. Show King Kong's body.

32. Holding Lotus Guanyin (Mosuo Luo Jia): Holding a lotus flower, standing or sitting on a lotus leaf is mostly the image of a beautiful girl, representing a virgin.

33. Lishui Guanyin (holding a diamond body): also known as "dripping Guanyin", one hand holds a bottle to make a water shape, the other hand holds a seal, or holds a poplar branch. In the table of "Pumenpin", "If it is floated by the flood, it is shallow to call it by its name"

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The Introduction and Development of Guanyin Bodhisattva in China;

Guanyin Bodhisattva was introduced to China in Wei and Jin Dynasties, and became more and more popular with the prevalence of Pure Land Sect in Wei and Jin Dynasties. The belief of Pure Land Sect is that the pure land of Amitabha, that is, the western paradise, is called chanting Buddha. The social unrest in Wei and Jin Dynasties was the social realistic root that led to the prevalence of this belief. The turbulent society full of sorrow and pain urges people to believe in Guanyin Bodhisattva who helps the poor. In the huge kingdom of Buddha and Bodhisattva in Indian Buddhism, China people quickly chose Guanyin Bodhisattva, not for anything else, because the broad masses of people hoped for a savior who would save the people from fire and water and save them from hanging upside down.

Faced with frequent natural and man-made disasters, helpless, disappointed and even desperate people need such a savior. Kisin, a famous cultural anthropologist, said: "Religion has strengthened the ability of human beings to cope with life problems, such as death, disease, famine, flood, failure and so on. In times of tragedy, anxiety and crisis, religion can soothe people's psychology and give them a sense of security and meaning of life, because from the standpoint of naturalism, the world is full of unpredictable, capricious and unexpected tragedies. " This is why China people believe in Guanyin Bodhisattva. However, China people did not copy all the Indian Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, but transformed them into China Bodhisattvas. With the development of Buddhism in China, the image of Guanyin in India has gradually changed a lot.

This change is that in the early days of Guanyin's entry into China, Guanyin still sat high in the Buddhist temple in the image of a "gentleman" male bodhisattva. Early Guanyin statues in China, such as murals in Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu and wood carvings in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, all appeared as men with two moustaches on their lips. Later, especially after the Tang and Song Dynasties, Guanyin completely became a female bodhisattva, which was very beautiful and charming.

The transformation of Guanyin by Buddhism in China is highlighted by fabricating the new life story of Guanyin Bodhisattva, that is, the widely circulated saying that Guanyin is a wonderful princess. The Indian male Guanyin became the third princess of King Miao Zhuang in the Western Regions. This theory about the life experience of female Guanyin was first seen in Zhu Bian's Old News of Quyi in Song Dynasty. Later, Guan Daosheng's Biography of Guanyin Bodhisattva became a complete biography. On this basis, a large number of Guanyin story books have come out one after another, such as Xiangshan Baojuan, The Complete Biography of Guanyin in the South China Sea and The Way of Guanyin. These Guanyin stories spread widely and were deeply rooted in people's hearts, so that the female Guanyin bodhisattva made in China completely replaced the "authentic" male Guanyin bodhisattva in Indian Buddhist scriptures.

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Thirty-three guanyin-Baidu encyclopedia