Guanyin Gumiao Temple | |
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Market stalls outside the: Guanyin Gumiao Temple | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Taoist, Buddhist |
Location | |
Location | 668 Maha Bandula Road, Yangon |
Country | Myanmar |
Geographic coordinates | 16°46â²29.40â³N 96°9â²0.25â³E / 16.7748333°N 96.1500694°E / 16.7748333; 96.1500694 |
Architecture | |
Completed | 1823; 201 years ago (1823) |
Guanyin Gumiao Temple (Chinese: è§é³å€å»; pinyin: GuÄnyÄ«n GÇmià o; 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 buildingsââto the "side built in 1872." The temple is located on Maha Bandula Road and is dedicatedââto Guanyin, a Buddhist bodhisattva corresponding to the Burmese Buddhist bodhisattva AvalokiteÅvara (áá±á¬ááááº, Lawka Nat).
Referencesâ»
- ^ 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: 107â111. JSTOR 1522640.
- ^ "Yangon Cantonese Guan Yin Temple". Chinatownology.com. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
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