Liaoyang Yongning Temple

Liaoyang Yongning Temple

Liaoyang Yongning Temple is a cultural tourism attraction.

【Yongning Temple】

Located on the southern slope of Qingyun Mountain at the South Factory of Liaoyang Qinghua Company, Yongning Temple was originally built during the Ming Dynasty as the East Hermitage of Guangyou Temple. The temple complex backs onto green mountains and faces south. The mountain gate consists of three bays, with the central bay serving as a passageway and clay statues of the Vajra Guardians flanking either side. The main hall, also three bays wide, houses statues of Sakyamuni, Bhaisajyaguru (Medicine Buddha), and Amitabha Buddha. Behind the shrine is a statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva facing north. There are five bays each on the east and west sides, housing the Sangharama Hall, Ancestral Hall, Three Realms Hall, Meditation Hall, Dining Hall, and monks’ quarters. Behind the temple lies a stupa forest consisting of seven stupas, including the tomb stupa of Shi Daoyuan, Deputy Chief Preceptor of the Liaoyang Sangha Administration and abbot of Guangyou Temple, built in the seventh year of the Zhengtong era of the Ming Dynasty (1442 AD), and the tomb stupa of Huilu built in the second year of the Shunzhi era of the Qing Dynasty (1645 AD). The site was damaged during the Cultural Revolution in 1966, leaving only the Yuan Public Stupa intact. On May 25, 1981, the Yuan Public Stupa of Yongning Temple was designated as a municipal-level cultural relics protection unit.

Source: Official Website of Faku County People's Government