Editing Shenyang (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Mud Brazier BBQ in Shenyang.jpg|thumb|Korean-Chinese style barbecue in mud brazier (泥炉烧烤) is exclusively in Shenyang]]

===Shenyang dialect===
People native to Shenyang speak the [[Shenyang dialect]], a variant of [[Northeastern Mandarin]].<ref name="振兴东北网">{{cite web |url=http://chinaneast.xinhuanet.com/2007-07/11/content_10547138.htm |script-title=zh:别具特色的"沈阳话" |script-work=zh:振兴东北网 |via=Xinhua |access-date=2013-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821133340/http://chinaneast.xinhuanet.com/2007-07/11/content_10547138.htm |archive-date=2009-08-21}}</ref> The dialect was formed in the early period of the Qing dynasty.<ref name="sywbsyh">{{cite news |script-title=zh:沈阳话是咋回事, 你"直"道不? |url=http://epaper.syd.com.cn/sywb/html/2013-12/17/content_965600.htm |script-work=zh:《沈阳晚报》 |date=2013-12-17 |access-date=2014-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202130120/http://epaper.syd.com.cn/sywb/html/2013-12/17/content_965600.htm |archive-date=2014-02-02}}</ref><ref name="syrbsyh">{{cite news |author=陈凤军 |script-title=zh:专家称"沈阳话"对北京方言影响很大 共同性很多 |url=http://www.chinanews.com/cul/2011/11-01/3429390.shtml |script-work=zh:《沈阳日报》 |date=2011-11-01 |access-date=2013-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211130850/http://www.chinanews.com/cul/2011/11-01/3429390.shtml |archive-date=2013-12-11 |url-status=live}}</ref> It is similar to the other Northeastern dialects and also to the national standard of Mandarin, ''[[Putonghua]]'', but is known as a form of ''[[Dongbeihua]]'' and has a wide range of vocabulary that is not part of the country's official language.<ref name="振兴东北网"/>

===Art===
Two northeast [[folk dance]]s, ''[[Errenzhuan]]'' and ''[[Yangge]]'', are very popular in Shenyang.<ref name="文化志概述">{{cite web |url=http://www.lnsdfz.gov.cn/lnsz/kjwwl/whz/201011/t20101127_594509.html |script-title=zh:文化志概述 |publisher={{lang|zh-hans|辽宁省地方志}} |access-date=2013-05-03 |language=zh-hans |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204064305/http://www.lnsdfz.gov.cn/lnsz/kjwwl/whz/201011/t20101127_594509.html |archive-date=2013-12-04 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="秧歌">{{cite web |url=http://www.showchina.org/zjsz/jxzh/07/201103/t882175.htm |script-title=zh:沈阳秧歌 |publisher={{lang|zh-hans|看中国}} |access-date=2013-05-11 |language=zh-hans |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523091226/http://www.showchina.org/zjsz/jxzh/07/201103/t882175.htm |archive-date=2012-05-23 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Big Stage Theatre ({{lang-zh|s=大舞台剧场|labels=no}}) near Middle Street is famous for its ''Errenzhuan'' and Chinese comedy skit performances by [[Zhao Benshan]] and his students. Due to the popularity enjoyed by many Shenyang-based comedians, the city is nationally recognized as a stronghold of [[Chinese comedy]].

Shenyang is home of many [[performance art]] organizations, such as Shenyang Acrobatic Troupe of China, Liaoning Song and Dance Ensemble, and Liaoning Ballet.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=2007-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127190033/http://www.cn-liaoba.com/ |url=http://www.cn-liaoba.com/ |script-title=zh:辽宁芭蕾舞团 |publisher=Liaoning Ballet}}</ref> Many artists are from Shenyang, such as [[Zimei]], [[Na Ying]] and the pianist [[Lang Lang]].

===Museums===
[[File:Jĭuyībā Lìshĭ Bówùguăn九・一八歴史博物館106997.JPG|thumb|9.18 Historical Museum]]
* [[Liaoning Provincial Museum]] ({{lang|zh-hans|辽宁省博物馆}}), the largest museum in Northeast China. The museum hold many ancient relics and artefacts, including a selection of inscriptions in [[Written Chinese|Chinese]] and [[Khitan scripts (disambiguation)|Khitan]] that are some of the earliest known forms of writing.
* Shenyang Steam Locomotive Museum ({{lang|zh-hans|沈阳蒸汽机车博物馆}}), with 16 steam engines from America, Japan, Russia, Belgium, Poland, Germany, Czechoslovakia and China.
* 9.18 Historical Museum ({{lang|zh-hans|九·一八历史博物馆}}), a museum in memory of the [[Mukden Incident]] on September 18, 1931. The museum is in the shape of an opened calendar, and is located on the site where the Japanese troops destroyed the [[South Manchuria Railway]], the prelude to the invasion of Manchuria.
* Xinle Relic ({{lang|zh-hans|新乐遗址}}), located on the location where the [[Xinle culture|Xinle civilisation]] was first discovered, containing a reconstructed Xinle settlement and housing artefacts discovered there.[[File:Xinle culture 348.JPG|thumb|right|Front of statue about Xinle culture]]

===Sports===
Shenyang is famous for its [[association football|football]] tradition. The local football club, [[Liaoning F.C.]], who last played in the [[China League One|Chinese League One]], dissolved in 2020. Liaoning F.C. was once the consecutive national champion for 10 years from 1984 to 1993, and the first Chinese team to win the [[AFC Champions League]] in 1990.<ref name="秧歌"/> Another [[Chinese Super League]] team, [[Shenyang Jinde]] moved to [[Changsha]] in 2007. [[Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium]], a 60,000-seated soccer stadium, was a venue for the football preliminary of [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/venues/shy/index.shtml |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080702003259/http://en.beijing2008.cn/venues/shy/index.shtml |archive-date = 2 July 2008 |title=Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium |publisher=The Official Website of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |access-date = 18 May 2014}}</ref>

Shenyang also has one of the five full-length (400 m) [[speed skating rink]] in China, the Bayi Speed Skating Arena ({{lang-zh|s=八一速滑馆|labels=no}}).

Shenyang Sport University<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.syty.edu.cn/ |script-title=zh:沈阳体育学院欢迎您! |publisher=Shenyang Sport University}}</ref> is a professional sports university, and acts as {{citation needed span|the training base for winter sports in China and has many Olympic champions|date=May 2020}}.

===Religion===
The Shenyang city government, legally, recognizes five religious beliefs—[[Buddhism]], [[Taoism]], [[Islam]] and Christianity ([[Catholicism]] and [[Protestantism]]). During the period between 1949 and 1976, religious practices were significantly repressed, but have recovered since the end of the [[Cultural Revolution]]. {{As of|2012}}, Shenyang has seven city-level religious organizations, with 289 legally registered places of worship, 483 [[clergy|clerics]] and about 400,000 followers.

Famous religious sites include:

[[File:Shenyang East Pagoda.jpg|thumb|Shenyang East Pagoda]]
Buddhism
* Chang'an Temple ({{lang|zh-hans|长安寺}}), a [[Zen Buddhism]] temple, first built during the [[Tang dynasty]]
* Bore Temple ({{lang|zh-hans|般若寺}}), built during the [[Qing dynasty]]
* Ci'en Temple ({{lang|zh-hans|慈恩寺}}), a [[Pure Land Buddhism]] temple,
* Wugoujingguang Śarīra Pagoda ({{lang|zh-hans|无垢净光舍利塔}}), a 33-m-high Buddhist pagoda erected in 1044 during the [[Liao dynasty]]
* Shisheng Temple ({{lang|zh-hans|实胜寺}}), once known as Imperial Temple ({{lang-zh|s=皇寺|labels=no}}), a [[Tibetan Buddhist]] temple built in 1636 for the [[Qing]] royal family
* The East Pagoda ({{lang|zh-hans|东塔}}), North Pagoda ({{lang|zh-hans|北塔}}), [[Xita (Shenyang)|West Pagoda]] ({{lang|zh-hans|西塔}}) and South Pagoda ({{lang|zh-hans|南塔}}), collectively known as the "Four Pagodas of Early Qing" ({{lang-zh|s=清初四塔|hp=Qīngchū Sì Tǎ|links=no|labels=no}}) are four white Tibetan Buddhist pagodas built by [[Hong Taiji]] in 1639.

Taoism
* Taiqing Palace ({{lang|zh-hans|太清宫}}), built in 1663
* Pengying Palace ({{lang|zh-hans|蓬瀛宫}}), the only female Taoist temple in Northeast China, built in 1994
* Doumu Palace ({{lang|zh-hans|斗姆宫}}), formerly the second largest Taoist temple in Shenyang

Christianity
* [[Sacred Heart Cathedral of Shenyang]] ({{lang|zh-hans|沈阳圣心教堂}}), a [[Roman Catholic]] cathedral
* [[Dongguan Church]] ({{lang|zh-hans|东关教会}}), one of the largest and oldest Protestant churches in Northeast China, also known as the cradle of Christianity of the Koreans in China and in the Korean Peninsula
* [[Xita Church]] ({{lang|zh-hans|西塔教会}}), a Protestant church for the Korean Chinese

Islam
* South Mosque ({{lang|zh|清真南寺}}), the largest mosque in Northeast China, built in Qing dynasty

===Cuisine===
Shenyang has classic [[northeastern Chinese cuisine]]. Traditional dishes in the region are ''[[suan cai]]'' (also called Chinese sauerkraut), stewed chicken and mushroom, and [[bing (bread)|meat pie]]<!-- not the same as British meat pies -->.<ref name="沈阳饮食">{{cite web |url=http://wenhua.syd.com.cn/content/2011-12/30/content_25940042.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725015457/http://wenhua.syd.com.cn/content/2011-12/30/content_25940042.htm |archive-date=2012-07-25 |script-title=zh:游转沈阳特色美食 |script-website=zh:盛京文化网 |access-date=2013-05-06}}</ref> [[Korean food]], such as [[Rice cake#In Korean cuisine|rice cake]] ({{Korean|hangul=떡|rr=tteok}}) and [[Naengmyeon|cold noodle]] ({{korean|hangul=냉면|hanja={{linktext|冷麵}} |rr=naengmyeon}}; {{lang-zh|s={{linktext|冷面}} |p=Lěng Miàn}}), is a part of Shenyangers' diet as there is a sizeable ethnic Korean population in the city, specifically in Nanta ({{lang-zh|s={{linktext|南塔}}|p=Nanta}})<ref name="沈阳饮食"/> Also, as the area was traditionally occupied by Manchus, the cuisine in Shenyang was fundamentally influenced by Manchu food, as well as the famous [[Manchu Han Imperial Feast]].<ref name="盛京满汉">{{cite web |url=http://subject.syd.com.cn/content/2009-05/08/content_24481982.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219003825/http://subject.syd.com.cn/content/2009-05/08/content_24481982.htm |archive-date=2013-02-19 |script-title=zh:盛京满汉全席 |script-website=zh:沈阳网 |access-date=2013-12-10}}</ref>

Due to the sizeable [[Hui people|Hui]] population in Shenyang, [[halal]] foods are a common and also enjoyed by non-Muslim people.