Stone over Altar, Guanyinshan Temple, Shenzhen, Guangdong

The stone over the altar (祭坛) at Guanyinshan Temple (观音山寺) in Shenzhen, Guangdong (广东, 深圳市) juts out from a hillside like a giant Frisbee. It was probably this natural feature, plus a nearby spring, that attracted temple-builders to the site.

Kshitigarbha Bodhisattva, Dongshan Temple, Shenzhen, Guangdong

Kshitigarbha (地藏菩萨) is the Bodhisattva who promises to save all beings from Hell. This is one of the few Buddhist statues at Dongshan Temple (东山寺), in Shenzhen, Guangdong (广东, 深圳市), which is being converted from a Taoist temple.