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Chinese Buddhist monk, abbot of Famen Temple and martyr
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Liangqing (良卿法师)
TitleAbbot
Personal life
Born1896
Yanshi County, Henan, Qing dynasty (today China)
Died12 July 1966(1966-07-12) (aged 69–70)
Famen Temple, Famen town, Fufeng County, Shaanxi, China
NationalityChinese
OccupationMonk
Religious life
ReligionBuddhism

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. Due to this imposing threat, Liangqing, the temple's Abbot, chose an act of self-immolation to protect the temple and contents from destruction. 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.

References

  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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