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南山佛教文化苑
南山佛教文化苑位于三亚市的西南20公里处，是一座展示中国佛教传统文化的大型生态佛教文化苑，是国家首批5A级景区。于1998年建成开放，目前已形成一寺（南山寺）、一苑（南山海上观音苑）、两园（慈航普渡园、吉祥如意园）、一谷（长寿谷）、一湾（小月湾）的旅游景观群。文化苑内具有载入世界吉尼斯大全的国宝“金玉观世音”、被誉为“天下第一砚”的日月同辉凤砚、体现中华古钟文化的梵钟苑以及“观音净苑”景区。
“观音净苑”景区由108米高的一体化三尊南山海上观音圣像、供奉有99，999尊观音像的圆通宝殿、长280米的普济桥和观音广场共同组成。其中南山海上观音圣像于2005年4月24日（佛历三月十六）举行了盛大的开光大典。
Nanshan Buddhist Culture Park
Nanshan Buddhist Culture Park, facing Chinese South Sea, situated 40 miles west of Sanya with an area of 5,000 hectares, was developed as a major tourist attraction in the mid-1990s. T he park has some of the island’s most interesting Buddhist temples including the huge multi-tiered Nanshan Temple in the centerpiece of the park and the Guanshi Yin Temple near the entrance, which is famous for its 4-metre Tibetan eight-armed altarpiece being made of solid gold, jade, diamonds, pearl, red coral and turquoise.
Across the causeway from the park’s beachfront, there is a small man-made island, which is dominated by a 108-metre statue of Guanshi Yin, Buddhist goddess of mercy and infinite compassion. As one of the world’s largest statue of Buddha, the statue enshrined on April 24th, 2005, one hundred and eight monks attended the Revealing Ceremony. The statue’s three faces were looking at the Chinese mainland, Taiwan and the rest of the world respectively—which suggested that the goddess, would bestow her blessings and protection not only on China but on the rest of the world too.