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I think it is so cool that there is a female Buddha!  Originally known as The Lord Who Regards, Avalokiteswara, or Kuan Yin, is a highly revered manifestation of the Buddha who appears in Chinese writing in approx. 400 A.D. Spelled three ways, Kuan Yin, Quan Yin, or Kwan Yin means ‘one who hears the cries of the world’ and personifies the compassion of the Buddha for the needy. She is the yin principle. Usually she is represented as a young female deity, but she does have the power to assume any form carrying out her vow to lead beings out of suffering. Often she is shown holding a vase containing the waters of compassion, the lotus flower of enlightment, or the jewel of three treasures. Here she is seen with dragons, symbols of fertility, goodness, strength and authority. Dragons are also viewed as protectors