Statue of Guan Yin on Mount Xiqiao, in Nanhai

"Nanhai" redirects here. Guanyin (觀音 pinyin guānyīn, Wade-Giles kuan-yin) is the Bodhisattva of compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists For the historic Chinese ship, see Nanhai No. 1. The Nanhai One ( Traditional: 南海一號 Simplified: 南海一号 Pinyin: Náihǎi Yī Hào - South China Sea No

Nanhai District (Chinese: 南海区; pinyin: Nánhǎi Qū) is a district of Foshan prefecture-level city, in Guangdong province, southern China. A Chinese character, also known as a Han character ( is a Logogram used in writing Chinese (hanzi Japanese ( Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use The term district, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. History Foshan is an old town dated back to many centuries It was famous for its Porcelain industry A prefecture-level city ( or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and Guangdong ( EFEO: Kouangtong; Pinyin Guǎngdōng; Postal map spelling: Kwangtung) is a province on the China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National

Administration

Nanhai was a county-level city until December 8, 2002, when it became a district of Foshan prefecture-level city. A county-level city ( is a county-level administrative division of Mainland China. The term district, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. History Foshan is an old town dated back to many centuries It was famous for its Porcelain industry A prefecture-level city ( or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and

History

The town was established in 1271 by two brothers carrying their fathers bones. They were fleeing south from the Mongols on a bamboo raft when a violent storm shipwrecked them. Bamboo is a group of Woody perennial Evergreen Plants in the True grass family Poaceae, subfamily The brothers settled down there and the position of the wreck is commemorated by a shrine. This area was named Broken Raft Point.

Famous people from Nanhai

• Wong Fei Hung
• Kang Tongbi

External links

• Mango Kwan's site contains pictures and history in Chinese.