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

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Liangqing (良卿法师)
Title	Abbot
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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

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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.