Guanyin Gumiao Temple

Buddhist temple in Yangon, Myanmar
16°46′29.40″N 96°9′0.25″E / 16.7748333°N 96.1500694°E / 16.7748333; 96.1500694ArchitectureCompleted1823; 201 years ago (1823)
Interior of the temple

Guanyin Gumiao Temple (Chinese: 觀音古廟; pinyin: Guānyīn Gǔmiào; Jyutping: gun1 jam1 gu2 miu6*2, also known as the Guangdong Guanyin Temple) is one of two major Chinese temples located within Latha Township in Yangon's Chinatown. It was founded by the Cantonese community of Yangon in 1823, but was destroyed by a fire in December 1855, and subsequently rebuilt in 1864, with two additional brick buildings to the side built in 1872.[1][2] The temple is located on Maha Bandula Road and is dedicated to Guanyin, a Buddhist bodhisattva corresponding to the Burmese Buddhist bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (လောကနတ်, Lawka Nat).


References

  1. ^ Chen, Yi-Sein (1966). "The Chinese in Rangoon during the 18th and 19th Centuries". Essays Offered to G. H. Luce by His Colleagues and Friends in Honour of His Seventy-Fifth Birthday. Volume 1: Papers on Asian History, Religion, Languages, Literature, Music Folklore, and Anthropology. 23. Artibus Asiae Publishers: 107–111. JSTOR 1522640.
  2. ^ "Yangon Cantonese Guan Yin Temple". Chinatownology.com. Retrieved 2010-08-03.

See also

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  • Kawmein Pagoda
  • Hsutaungpye Pagoda
  • Shwemyinzu Pagoda
  • Theindawgyi Pagoda
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  • Dattaw Pagoda
  • Kyauk Sin Shwedagon Pagoda
  • Myamyinzu Pagoda
  • Myat Nyi Naung Pagoda
  • Thein Taung Pagoda
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Sagaing
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