紫竹林

Zǐzhúlín

noun

Meanings

1 Purple Bamboo Grove (Buddhist place name)
2 the legendary abode of Guanyin (Avalokitesvara)
3 common name for temples, gardens and place names

Characters

Examples

传说观音菩萨住在紫竹林。

Chuánshuō Guānyīn Púsà zhù zài Zǐzhúlín.

Legend says Guanyin Bodhisattva dwells in the Purple Bamboo Grove.

天津的紫竹林曾是租界区。

Tiānjīn de Zǐzhúlín céng shì zūjièqū.

Tianjin's Zizhulin was once a foreign concession area.

Tips

culture

紫竹林 is most famously associated with Guanyin's island residence on 普陀山 (Mount Putuo) in Zhejiang. It also denotes a historic neighborhood in Tianjin where 19th-century European concessions were established.

Stroke Order

紫 zǐ

竹 zhú

林 lín