Is Guanyin in Journey to the West male or female?

There is no distinction between men and women, and there are men and women, and there is no bronze statue of Guanyin in the Song Dynasty. The one in "Journey to the West" is a woman, and in the twelfth episode, there is "a Jurchen appeared". The Cihang Taoist in "The Romance of the Gods" is the predecessor of Guanyin, a man.

Later, Buddhism was established, and Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun, Fuxian Zhenren, and Cihang Dao people returned to Buddhism, respectively Manjushri, Fuxian, and Guanyin.

Female, whether it is Journey to the West or other fantasy**, Guanyin is female at the stage of Journey to the West.

Not men, not women. The bodhisattva's infinite body, of course, has no attachment to the skin and body and the appearance of men and women. In ancient Indian Buddhism, the statue of Avalokiteshvara had both male and female appearances. After the Southern Song Dynasty in China, the female Guanyin Bodhisattva image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the Chinese people.

Bodhisattvas are male and female, and they can appear as men and women. In India, Guanyin is a man, and when it comes to China, it becomes a woman. In the sixth chapter of Journey to the West, there is a poem about the appearance of female Guanyin.

In Journey to the West, it is written as a woman. In the twelfth chapter, there is a description of Guanyin, "In the Nine Heavens and Han, the Jurchens appeared."

Guanyin is a female fetus that has gone through ten generations of reincarnation, and I can't remember seeing it in **.

It used to be one of the twelve golden immortals under the original door. Later, he was cut off the three flowers, and then he was allowed to Buddhism by the West, and he didn't know how to be reincarnated as a woman!

Revealed: Guanyin Bodhisattva is male and female, so is she male or female?

Is Guanyin Bodhisattva male or female?

"Journey to the West" Guanyin Bodhisattva is a woman. Very gentle, but also very responsible, and always stretch out their own hands to help others when they are in trouble.

The description of Guanyin Bodhisattva in Journey to the West: great compassion, saving suffering, and dressing up in the image of a woman. There are so many bodhisattvas, but Guanyin is deeply respected and loved by people, just because she is a mythical woman who is tall, perfect, compassionate and has boundless power.

The so-called: In the past, the Dharma was clear, and now Guanyin.

Reaching the realm of the Buddha, it has been proved that the ultimate equality is of great use, and the sex is neither male nor female, but male or female, and the sex has no appearance, but it can manifest all kinds of appearances, and the Buddha's divine power is vast, and it can manifest itself freely in the realm of the Ten Dharmas.

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva manifests sentient beings, sometimes he can show the appearance of a great husband, sometimes he shows the appearance of a solemn woman, and he attracts affection with all kinds of power and convenience, which is the expression of the Bodhisattva's compassion.

Male. In other words, before it was introduced to China and Japan, the image of Kannon was male. Later, it gradually evolved into a female image in China. Guanyin can be male or female, and you can also say that he has no gender.

Is the Shiguanyin Bodhisattva male or female.

Kannon is male.

In fact, in the early days, Guanyin Bodhisattva has always been a man, Chinese Buddhist culture was introduced from India, and in India, Guanyin Bodhisattva has always been a powerful and domineering male image, in the Indian concept, patriarchy, as a woman is a tragedy, they think that only reincarnated as a man can be saved, and Guanyin Bodhisattva as a god who blesses them, naturally must be a male image.

The origin of Guanyin's gender transition:

The change in gender of Guanyin Bodhisattva began after the Tang Dynasty, after which Buddhism lost its status as the state religion in China, and the object of mission changed from the aristocracy to the commoners. At the same time, the rise of Taoism, Taoism's belief in the Virgin Mary also promoted the feminization of Guanyin, so Guanyin Bodhisattva slowly began to be feminized, and at the same time has been influencing until now.