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The Great Compassion Courtyard (Guanyin Pavilion) was built in 1998 and completed in 1999. It consists of the Great Compassion Pavilion, Huazang World, Mingxin Building, Patriarch Hall, and Chanting Buddha Hall.

The main hall, Dabei Pavilion, is majestic and exquisitely built. Its shape reflects the solemnity and elegance of Guanyin, and its intimacy and steadiness, achieving the harmony of solemnity and liveliness, and the unity of grandeur and exquisiteness. It has two floors and five bays, with a total width of 18.87 meters, a total depth of 16.83 meters, a height of 20.84 meters, and a construction area of ​​961 square meters.

The lower hall houses a statue of Avalokitesvara, standing on a lotus pedestal, 7.5 meters high; the upper hall houses the Thousand-armed Thousand-eyed Avalokitesvara and his 32 manifestations. The Thousand-armed Avalokitesvara actually has 42 hands, with the two in the middle clasped in greeting, and the other 40 hands each holding a ritual implement, with an eye painted on the palm. Each hand is said to have 25 functions. The thousand hands and thousand eyes together represent the profound compassion of Avalokitesvara, who benefits all living beings and responds to situations. He has always been loved by believers.

In front of the Great Compassion Pavilion, there is a "Hua Zang World" in the south, where Vairocana is worshipped. The four walls are decorated with mirrors, which can reflect countless Buddha images, forming a world of three thousand Buddhas. Hua Zang World was created by the Tang Dynasty monk Fa Zang (634-712) according to the "Golden Lion Chapter" of the Avatamsaka Sutra. Ten mirrors are cleverly used to make the Buddha images shine together into thousands of images.

In front of the Great Compassion Pavilion, there is a brick-carved screen wall, which is 16.2 meters long and 5.8 meters high. The brick carving on the front shows the Eighteen Arhats worshipping Guanyin.

To the north of the pavilion are the "Ancestor Hall" and the "Buddha Chanting Hall". Behind the pavilion is the "Mingxin Building", a two-story hotel that receives distinguished pilgrims from home and abroad.