Avalokita means "view", and svara means "sound" (i.e., the voice of the prayer), which means that the Bodhisattva is always observing the suffering of all living beings in the world and listening to their appeals, so it is translated into Chinese as "Guanyin". However, some people think that avalokita means "viewing state" or "enlightenment" and "supreme wisdom", and isvara means "no hindrance in advance or retreat" and "everything is at ease", which means that the Bodhisattva can freely reach the supreme wisdom. , so the Chinese translation is "Guan Zizi". It is said that Guanyin was originally a male deity in South India. It was adopted by the Mahayana sect of Buddhism, especially the Mahayana sect of Magadha in Central India, between the 3rd and 7th centuries AD. Together with Manjushri, it is highly worshiped everywhere. . The general public regards Guanyin Bodhisattva as the embodiment of complete compassion and mercy, even surpassing the Buddha Sakyamuni in this regard. A legend about Guanyin says that out of compassion for all sentient beings in the world, he swore to give up becoming a Buddha and reaching final nirvana, so that he could continue to spread Buddhist teachings until the last living being could awaken and escape the suffering of reincarnation. . Guanyin stayed in the world indefinitely, but he lost the highest Buddhahood. However, his status in the eyes of the general public has risen to infinite heights. Whenever believers encounter emergencies, they often chant Guanyin's name to escape disaster. "Sramana" is a male Buddhist monk. It can be seen that Avalokitesvara in India has a male appearance, and its main function is to show great compassion and save people in distress. Its status and role are roughly similar to those of Brahmanism and Hinduism.

In Chinese Tibetan Buddhism, Avalokitesvara is also regarded as a male figure. He is said to be the founder of Tibet and the protector of Tibet, known as the "Lotus Holder". This compassionate god controls all reincarnations. His image is usually 11 heads (divided into three layers) and 8 hands, and he wears a skull necklace like Hunva, one of the main gods in Brahmanism and Hinduism.

In Buddhism in the Central Plains, the appearance of Guanyin Bodhisattva is completely different, whether it is the Great Compassion Guanyin, Thousand-Hand Guanyin, White-Clothed Guanyin, Crossing the Sea Guanyin, Sending Children Guanyin or Zizhu Guanyin, there is no exception. The earth has a female form, and Guanyin is also depicted as a female in later Chinese Buddhist texts. It is said that King Miaozhuang had no heirs for a long time and only had three daughters after the age of 50. However, his youngest daughter, Princess Miaoshan, has good roots and does not like the glory and wealth of the palace. She wholeheartedly yearns for the Shan family to practice and aspires to save all sentient beings. In the end, she flatly refused her father's order for her to get married. King Miaozhuang ordered Princess Miaoshan to be executed when all attempts failed. However, the execution sword broke into two when it hit the princess, and the spear shattered when it was stabbed. Later, the princess was strangled to death, but as soon as her soul entered hell, hell immediately turned into heaven. In order to preserve hell, Yama, the king of the underworld, had no choice but to send her back to the human world. Therefore, Princess Miaoshan was reincarnated on a lotus in Putuo Mountain and lived there for nine years, treating diseases, saving lives, and rescuing people in distress. Miaozhuang suffered bad retributions for her bad karma. He was so ill that all medicines were ineffective. The only prescription is: others voluntarily donate their hands and eyes to synthesize the ointment. But no one is willing to make such sacrifices, not even his eldest and second daughters. Therefore, Princess Miaoshan felt great compassion and sacrificed her life with one hand and one eye to cure her father's illness. To show his gratitude, King Miaozhuang ordered craftsmen to build a statue of Princess Miaoshan to show her good deeds. King Miaozhuang's original words were to order the craftsmen to build a statue with "all hands and eyes", but they were misunderstood as "a thousand hands and a thousand eyes", so the statue of Guanyin with a thousand hands and a thousand eyes was created, and the "Guanyin statue" appeared in later generations. The title of the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva with Thousand Arms and Thousand Eyes.

Guanyin in White, also known as the Great Master in White and Guanyin in White, has a more feminine image. Sometimes, a boy dressed in white stands at the feet of Guanyin, or holds a baby in his arms, and thus becomes the "child-giving Guanyin" or "child-giving queen" worshiped by those who are eager to have children.

Since Avalokitesvara is regarded as a male image in Tibetan Buddhism in India and my country, why is Avalokitesvara revered as a female image in Han Chinese, Japan and other East Asian regions? Some people believe that around the 8th century, painters such as Wu Daozi of the Tang Dynasty painted Guanyin with dangling beads and a necklace, showing a female appearance. Others believe that the Chinese people are deeply caring and urgently need a female form of Guanyin who is charitable and compassionate. Created the philanthropic image of the female Guanyin; some people believe that in the early Tang Dynasty, the image of the Virgin Mary introduced to the Tang Dynasty influenced the Chinese, and regarded Guanyin as a goddess and the "Mary of the East". Each of these views holds its own end and presents its own merits, but they cannot create different opinions and establish their own opinions.