Liangqing (monk)

Chinese Buddhist monk, abbot of Famen Temple and martyr

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Liangqing (良卿法师)

Title| Abbot
Personal
Born| 1896

Yanshi County, Henan, Qing dynasty (today China)

Died| 12 July 1966(1966-07-12) (aged 69–70)

Famen Temple, Famen town, Fufeng County, Shaanxi, China

Religion| Buddhism
Nationality| Chinese
Occupation| Monk
Cause of death| Burns from self-immolation

Liangqing (良卿法师) was a Chinese Buddhist monk and abbot of Famen Temple (Chinese: 法门寺; pinyin: Fǎmén Sì).

At the beginning of the Chinese Cultural Revolution in 1966, a campaign was introduced to destroy the Four Olds. As Buddhist sites and temples were widely targeted during this campaign, Liangqing's Famen Temple was a major target for destruction. Hundreds of Red Guards were sent to destroy the Famen Temple.[1] Due to this imposing threat, Liangqing, the temple's Abbot, chose an act of self-immolation to protect the temple and contents from destruction.[2][3] Although the contents of the temple were all smashed by the Red Guard, Liangqing's self-sacrifice was successful as the temple's True Relic Pagoda and its relic of the Buddha were both saved from destruction.

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1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2013-01-12.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. ^ china.org.cn: China-s Buddhist Mecca (archived)
3. ^ thetibetpost.com: Chinese Author Hu Ping Analyses Tibet Self-Immolation Actions Archived 2012-12-30 at the Wayback Machine

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