Shenyang Imperial Palace

Shenyang Imperial Palace is located on the Shenyang Road in Shenhe District, adjacent to the busy Zhong Street. There stands the earliest palace buildings of Qing Dynasty that are still in existence today. Its construction was started in the 10th year of Tianming Period in Houjin Dynasty (1625) and completed in the 1st of Chongde in Qing Dynasty (1636). It was Nurhach and Huang Taiji who had it built and made use of it. Covering an area of 60,000 square meters, Shenyang Imperial Palace has over 90 buildings and over 300 rooms. Centering on the Chongzheng Hall, it can be divided into the eastern, the middle, and the western parts with the axis running from Daqing Gate to the Qingning Palace.

Zhao Mausoleum

The Zhao Mausoleum is situated in the Beiling Park, the largest park in Shenyang City, north to the Taishan Road in the Huanggu District. The Zhao Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Emperor Huang Taiji and his queen, Xiao Duan Wen Borjijite. Since it is located in the north of Shenyang, it is also called the Northern Mausoleum.
Covering an area of 4,500,000 square meters, Zhao Mausoleum was the largest one among the "three Mausoleums outside the Shanhaiguan Pass" before the Qing State entered the pass, and the main part of the Beiling Park. The Beiling Park has the East Lake, the Youth Lake in the southeast, Fangxiu Garden in the southwest, and sequestered trees, singing birds and fragrant flowers in the north. The whole park boasts verdant trees and old pines reaching the sky.

Fu Mausoleum

Situated in the Dongling Park in the eastern suburb of Shenyang, Fu Mausoleum is the mausoleum of the Qing Emperor Nurhach and his queen, Xiaoci Gao Yehenala. Since it is located in the eastern suburb of Shenyang, it's also called the Eastern Mausoleum. Facing the Hun River and relying on Mt. Tianzhu, the Fu Mausoleum covers an area of 194,800 square meters with abundant tall pines and huge buildings. Making use of the terrain, the "108 Steps" symbolize the 36 Big Dippers and the 72 Earth Devils, and is an important sign of the Fu Mausoleum.
Famous Religious Spots

Taiqing Palace

Taiqing Palace, originally called the Third Church, was built in the 2nd year during the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1663) and completed in the 4th year of Emperor Kangxi (1665). Reconstructed in the 44th year of Emperor Qianlong, it was renamed "Taiqing Palace". Historically it was the center of the Taoism activities in the Northeast and was called the First Jungle. Taiqing Palace covers an area of 5,246 square meters and a construction area of 2, 794 square meters. Now an area of 1,900 square meters has been opened for tourists including the Laojun Temple, the Lvzu Temple, the Jade Emperor's Temple, the Qiuzu Temple and the Guozu Temple. The whole building is antique, grand and solemn.

Beita Huguofalun Temple with the Forest of Steles

Located south to Chongshan East Road in Huanggu District and built during Chongde Period (1643-1645), Beita Huguofalun Temple with the Forest of Steles is the best-preserved temple among the Dongta Temple, the Xita Temple, the Nanta Temple and the Beita Temple in early Qing Dynasty. The Beita Temple now has such pictures as "the Picture of Shengjing (the??
Prosperous Capital)" and the sand plate models of the ancient Shenyang City on exhibition as well as the stone inscription steles that record the history of Shenyang.

Shisheng Temple

Shisheng Temple is the abbreviation of the Lotus & Pure Land Shisheng Temple, also called the "Imperial Temple", for it was Emperor Huang Taiji who had it built. Its construction was started in the 1st year of Chongde (1636) and finished in the 3rd year of Chongde (1638). Covering an area of over 7,000 square meters, it is one of the most famous Tibet Buddhism Temples in the Northeast and belongs to the Yellow Sect of Lamaism. When Huang Taiji was in power, he would go to the Imperial Temple monthly to worship the Buddha. Emperor Qianlong went to the Imperial Temple to worship the Buddha every time during his four inspection tours to the eastern part of the country.

Ci'en Temple

Built in Tang Dynasty, the Ci'en Temple is located on Danan Street in Shenhe District and is the biggest Buddhist Temple available in Shenyang. It was built in Tang Dynasty.
Grand and magnificent, the Ci'en Temple has a harmonious and appropriate layout. Facing east, it covers a rectangle area of over 10,000 square meters. It has 3 gates with Bell and Drum Towers on both sides. The temple has 3 groups of buildings. In the middle stand the Tianwang Hall, the Daxiong Hall, the Biqiu Altar, and the Depositary Building of the Buddhist Texts. In the south, stand the Ruyiliao, the ancestral hall and the dining hall. In the north stand the warehouses and guestrooms. With a long history, the Ci'en Temple ranks the first among all the temples in this city concerning the preservation status and the number of the texts, the images of??
Buddha, sacrificial vessels and musical instruments.

Wugoujingguang Dagoba

Situated on one earthen cliff north to Tawan Street in the western Huanggu District, Wugoujingguang Dagoba is a 13-floor brick Pagoda with thick eaves and hollow center. It was built in the 13th year of Chongxi in Liao Dynasty (1044). The exhibition hall at the foot of the temple has precious Buddhist art pieces unearthed from such temples and pagodas like the Dagoba.

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