img.: Sculpture, Östasiatiska museet, CC-BY via Europeana.

Flows of people, objects and knowledge went back and forth between Europe and China across centuries, and are witnessed by a wealth of China-related cultural heritage preserved in European Institutions.
Discover the interesting stories that are told in digitized collections available on Europeana, carefully curated and selected by the Editorial Team of EU funded PAGODE – Europeana China project.

Today’s gallery is about “Guanyin“: One of the most popular Buddhist figures, Guanyin stands for mercy and compassion. Early representations show the “buddha-to-be” having masculine traits, but since the 11th century Guanyin mostly appears as a beautiful young woman.

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PAGODE – Europeana China is co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility Programme of the European Union, under GA n. INEA/CEF/ICT/A2019/1931839