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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 523516, member: 2844&quot;]Yes, a Chinese Kwan Yin, or Guanyin. (They changed the Western spelling a couple of years ago while our backs were turned. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>The hairstyle is like a traditional Chinese woman&#039;s hairstyle, but you can also see a seashell curl in this particular hairbun. Guanyin is protector of sailors.</p><p>Guanyin was originally male, the Buddhist Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. In China he morphed with a pre-Buddhist Goddess, and could be considered male, female, or gender neutral. Because Guanyin was originally male, he is sometimes depicted bare-chested, which is confusing to people in the West who think it is a girl.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kard, your Guanyin has a nice face, very serene. She is looking down on the world, a gentle look of compassion with the people, and to guard and protect.</p><p>In Guanyin&#039;s crown you can see the Amithaba Buddha, symbol of eternal and infinite light, and the principal celestial Buddha in most types of East Asian Buddhism.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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