NanshanTemple

NanshanTemple is 40 kilometers the west of SanyaCity. It is the most famous temple in Hainan occupying 400 arcs. The mountain is more than 500 meters high surrounded with clouds all year long. NanshanTemple is surrounding with mountains and hills and faces NanhaiSea in the south.

Nanshan, a half-hour drive from downtown of Sanya city, is a new special Buddhist temple in China. It comes across more as a theme park than a temple. Indeed, it promotes itself as a combination of three theme parks, and the area’s official name is the Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone. Parts of it are still under construction.

Nanshan - “SouthMountain?- is supposedly the “mountain of longevity?from Chinese mythology, and a number of displays here play up that theme. Shown here is the entrance gateway greeting visitors to the main park grounds.

The largest attraction is a giant statue of Guanyin at Nanshan, the Chinese Buddhist goddess of mercy. The statue, taller than the Statue of Liberty, stands atop a manmade island just off the coast.