Guanyin District is a rural, coastal district in western Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Guanyin is the name of a Buddhist boddhisattva. Guanyin was originally named as Shiguanyin during the Qing Dynasty rule. It was renamed to Guanyin in 1920 during the Japanese rule. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Guanyin was reestablis…Guanyin District is a rural, coastal district in western Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Guanyin is the name of a Buddhist boddhisattva. Guanyin was originally named as Shiguanyin during the Qing Dynasty rule. It was renamed to Guanyin in 1920 during the Japanese rule. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Guanyin was reestablished as a township of Taoyuan County. On 25 December 2014, it was upgraded to a district named Guanyin District of Taoyuan City.