Huifeng Temple (Huifeng Si) is thought to have formerly been a site for worshipping Guanyin, the goddess of Mercy. Today it is a small museum with astronomical charts, displays, and celestial instruments related to the Yuan Dynasty (1215-1368).


Shanxi Province, Liao Dynasty (A.D. 907-1125)

The Bodhisattva Guanyin, the Chinese Buddhist deity of compassion and mercy, here is seated in the posture of royal ease on a simulated outcropping of craggy, perforated rock.