Ok,enough comparison of the past and present,i have to get up the stairway to reach the Guan Yin statue.
...and finally,reaching the top of where one of the most nicely made Guan Yin statue in Batam is being situated.
...and here we go,right below the foot of the majestic looking Guan Yin Statue.
It was very windy up there,and from the look of the altar at the foot of the statue,it appears that not many has come this far to offer joss sticks and offerings to the deity. The urn that holds the ashes for one to put the joss sticks in was so hardened by the rain and sun that even i have difficulty putting the my lighted joss stick straight. Lighting the joss sticks in such strong wind is also a challenge.
In those animated photos previously,you guys might have notice that there are some occasional worshipers coming in and out of this temple...but well,i notice they rarely comes up this far. I am wondering why so...
Now, take a slight glance of the video i took from the top down.
I couldnt imagine myself falling from where i am taking the picture,hehehe...
In case no one notice, most of the Guan Yin statue in Batam were not-so-good-looking. In fact,many look man-like rather than lady-like. I went online to do some research and learned that Guan Yin was reincarnated many hundred,even thousands of times before she became the current Guan Yin. And in some of her very 1st few human lifetime,she was actually a man. The ongoing of the reincarnation process makes her what she is today where she finally attain enlightenment.
Her story is a super ultra long one.
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