Study of the East Asian Namhae Avalokiteshvara and Sacred Sites

The East Asian South Sea refers to the southern seas of the continental terrain, such as the South Sea of South India, the South Sea of Indochina, the South Sea of China, and the South Sea of the Korean Peninsula. Along the coastal route of the Southern Sea, the god of navigational protection is appearing at the key point of maritime traffic. The god of navigation is the Guanyin of the South Sea. The Southern Sea Avalokiteshvara is subject to Water Moon Avalokiteshvara(水月觀音) and White-Clothed Avalokitesvara(白衣觀音). Namhae Avalokiteshvara was created at the place where Namhae Gwaneum appeared on the Namhae route. The origin of Guanyin in the South Sea is Potalaka in South India. The South Sea Guanyin of South India is a huge esoteric Guanyin that combines the Hindu god Vishnu and the Avalokiteshvara. big Namhae Avalokiteshvara, an esoteric system, follows trade ships through the Malacca Strait and comes up to the North Pacific Ocean. The South Sea Avalokiteshvara appears along the southeast coast of the Indochina Peninsula via Danang and Haenamdo(海南島), and then on Maejamdo(梅岑島), Jusangundo, which is the southeast coast of China. big Namhae Avalokiteshvara resides in Joeum-dong and Beomeum-dong seaside caves in Maejamdo Island and creates Namhae Avalokiteshvara Sanctuary at Botanakgasan(普陀洛迦山). big Namhae Guanyin of Potalaka, South India, appeared on Mt. The Chineseized Avalokiteshvara of Change appeared as 33 Avalokitesvara such as Dragon head Gwaneum(龍頭觀音), Eoram Gwaneum (魚籃觀音), and One Leaf Gwaneum(一葉觀音). The Eoram Gwaneum and the Dragonhead Gwaneum spread to Vietnam and Malaysia, and the One Leaf Gwaneum spread to Muwisa Temple in Wolchulsan Mountain and Seonunsa Temple in Gochang in Korea. Big Namhae Guanyin of Botanakgasan in China appeared on the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula. The South Sea Gwaneum of Korea appears in genre paintings in the late Joseon Dynasty. Namhae Avalokiteshvara genre paintings were accompanied by folk beliefs and folk tales of Namhae Avalokiteshvara. The Namhae Avalokiteshvara elements are not found in the Naksansa Beach Cave and the Gwaneum Yeongi narrative, where Uisang Master met in the 7th century. Gaeyang grandmother in Jukmak-dong and Seonmundae grandmother in Jeju-do are incarnated as a combination of the incarnation of Namhae Avalokiteshvara and the old woman of Botanakgasan. If Jukmak-dong Beach Gul is the residence of Grandmother Gaeyang, then Suseongdang is the shrine of Grandmother Gaeyang. The protoplasm of Namhae Avalokiteshvara and Namhae Gwaneum Sacred Sites from Potalaka in South India and Botanakgasan in China have been found at the Gwaneum Sacred Site in Jukmak-dong Beach Cave. Grandma Gaeyang shows the figure of Namhae Avalokiteshvara walking into the deep sea to rescue a fishing boat drifting in the sea while residing in a seaside cave in Jukmak-dong, and Grandma Gaeyang in Suseongdang shows Grandma Gaeyang wearing a white sheet(白衣). She has 8 daughters. In Jukmak-dong, the story of the performance of Namhae Avalokiteshvara, the incarnation of Namhae Avalokiteshvara, and the beach oyster where Namhae Avalokiteshvara resides are equipped, showing the aspect of a Koreanized Gwaneumjeon by the seashore(海邊窟觀音殿).