Editing Shenyang (section)

===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