There is a folk saying that "first there is Chang'an Temple, and then there is Shenyang City". Chang'an Temple is located at No. 6, Chang'an Temple Lane, Chaoyang Street, Shenhe District, Shenyang City.
Chang'an Temple was built in the Tang Dynasty, first repaired in 1410, and later rebuilt many times in the Ming and Qing dynasties to have today's scale. The temple covers an area of 5,200 square meters, with a construction area of 200 square meters, and the temple is tall and imposing. There are 6 Ming and Qing dynasty stone stele in the courtyard, of which the "reconstruction of the Shenyang Chang'an Zen Temple Stele" in 1487 is the earliest. The inscription bears the titles of Cao Fu and Cao Ming, commanders of the Shenyang Zhongwei. After research,
Cao Fu and Cao Ming are both ancestors of Cao Xueqin, the author of "Dream of the Red Chamber", and the stele has also become evidence for the study of Cao Xueqin's family lineage.
Chang'an Temple Cloud Board
Cloud board
The cloud plate is a relic of Chang'an Temple, cast in pig iron, weighing 20 kilograms, because the shape is like a cloud, so it is called a cloud plate. Cloud plate is an ancient musical instrument, the upper end has a small hole for the rope hanging, the lower end is cast with a prominent round tone key, for the cloud plate sound set point, that is, the point of percussion, so the cloud plate is also known as the point." In the old days, the official offices and the homes of the powerful used the cloud board as a signal for the gathering of the newspaper. (The original cloud plate is stored in the Imperial Palace in Shenyang).
Liu Qingmo, abbot of Chang'an Temple and senior monk Shi Zhaoyuan, was born in 1938 in Haicheng, Liaoning Province. He is currently a member of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the president of the Buddhist In 1981, he was ordained in Wutai Mountain, Shanxi. After graduating from Nanjing Buddhist College in 1982, he became abbot of Chang'an Temple in 1997.
Drum Tower