¬ Exploring Taiwan's history, culture and languages through its place names
Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Guanyin (觀音) District, Taoyuan City
Guanyin (觀音; Hakka: Gon-rhim; lit. "[Bodhisattva] Guanyin") District's name dates back to 1860 when farm workers from Shipailing (石牌嶺; in today's Xinwu 新屋 District) found a rock in a stream that they believed closely resembled the Buddhist bodhisattva Guanshiyin (觀世音: lit. "[The one who] Perceives the Sounds of the World"). They took it, worshipped it and, finding it efficacious, built a Stone Guanyin Temple (石觀音寺; later renamed the 甘泉寺 Ganquan Temple).
From this, the area took the name Shiguanyin (石觀音), which was abbreviated by the Japanese authorities in 1920 to the current Guanyin.
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