The legend describes an incarnation of Guanyin as the daughter of a cruel king who wanted her to marry a wealthy but uncaring man. She refused and as an act of rivalry she end up as a nun. Years later her father The King ended-up ill with jaundice. No physician was able to cure him. Then a monk suggested only the hands and the eyes of one of his daughters will save him. The only daughter willing to do this sacrifice was the nun. The King was saved and the nun end up incarnating in Guanyin, and the King will pray to the gods to give her daughter as many hands and eyes as much happiness was possible. #summerpalacebeijing #chineselegends #iamtb #travelphotography #traveltheworld #china #guanyin #bnesimppl #adventurer #adventures #taoism #thousandhandsbuddha #compasionbuddha