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千手观音

Thousand-armed GuanyinPeople's Republic of China

천수관음(千手觀音)은 중국장애인예술단의 유명 공연으로, 청각장애인 21명이 천수천안관세음보살(천수관음)을 표현한 공연이다. 천수천안관세음보살은 1000개의 손을 가지고 있다는 관세음보살이다. 2004년 하계 패럴림픽 공연, 2008년 하계 패럴림픽 개막식 공연으로 상영되었으며, 2007년에 유네스코 평화 예술가로 지정되었다.

Statue of Thousand-armed Guanyin in Thousand-armed Guanyin Hall of Shishuang Temple.
Thousand-Armed Guanyin pendant, carved and dyed stone. 33mm width, 40mm length, 8mm tall
Statue of the Thousand-Armed Guanyin (千手觀音 or 千手观音; Qianshou Guanyin) in the Yuantong Hall (圓通寶殿 or 圆通宝殿) of Qita Temple (七塔寺) in Yingzhou, Ningbo, China Picture 2
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천수관음(千手觀音)은 중국장애인예술단의 유명 공연으로, 청각장애인 21명이 천수천안관세음보살(천수관음)을 표현한 공연이다.

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02 · Where & name
People's Republic of China

Written in its own script on record as 千手观音.

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천수관음(千手觀音)은 중국장애인예술단의 유명 공연으로, 청각장애인 21명이 천수천안관세음보살(천수관음)을 표현한 공연이다. In local script on record, it is written 千手观音.

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천수관음(千手觀音)은 중국장애인예술단의 유명 공연으로, 청각장애인 21명이 천수천안관세음보살(천수관음)을 표현한 공연이다. 천수천안관세음보살은 1000개의 손을 가지고 있다는 관세음보살이다. 2004년 하계 패럴림픽 공연, 2008년 하계 패럴림픽 개막식 공연으로 상영되었으며, 2007년에 유네스코 평화 예술가로 지정되었다. 이들의 이야기는 감독 잔샤오난(詹曉南)에 의해 천수관음: 무대 뒤의 이야기(千手观音:台前幕后的故事)를 통해 에세이 책으로 출판되었다. 이들의 이야기는 중국의 이웃나라인 대한민국의 다큐멘터리에도 방영되었다.

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Thousand-armed Guanyin is type of dance, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1

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