Liaoyang Yongning Temple

　　Located on the southern slope of Qingyun Mountain at the South Factory of Liaoyang Qinghua Company, it was first built during the Ming Dynasty as the East Hermitage of Guangyou Temple. The temple sits against green hills and faces south. The mountain gate has three bays, with a central passageway and clay statues of the Vajra Guardians on either side. The main hall has three bays and enshrines the Buddhas Sakyamuni, Bhaisajyaguru (Medicine Buddha), and Amitabha. 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, Samsara Sisters’ Hall, Meditation Hall, Dining Hall, and monks’ quarters. Behind the temple lies a stupa forest consisting of seven stupas, including the tomb stupa of Monk Shidao, Vice Director of the Liaoyang Sangha Directorate 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). During the Cultural Revolution in 1966, the temple was damaged, leaving only the Stupa of Master Yuan. On May 25, 1981, Yongning Temple’s Stupa of Master Yuan was listed as a municipal-level cultural relic protection unit.

　　Source: Official Website of Faku County People's Government