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Guanyin

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Guanyin

In Chinese Buddhism, the goddess of mercy. In Japan she is Kannon or Kwannon, an attendant of the Amida Buddha (Amitābha). Her origins were in India as the male bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara.



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with six gold medals as Deng Linlin, Wang Guanyin and
with six gold medals as Deng Linlin, Wang Guanyin and
Wang Guanyin won the parallel bars gold medal with 15.
 
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