Fengguosi (Chinese: 奉國寺) is a Buddhist temple located in Yixian (義縣), JingZhou (錦州) Liaoning (遼寧）Province, China. The temple was first founded in 1020 during the Liao dynasty (915–1125), and grew quite large during the subsequent centuries.
Fengguosi has had several names over the centuries, including the ‘Xianxisi (咸熙寺)’, ‘Seven Buddhas Temple (七佛寺)’ and ‘Dafengguo Temple (大奉国寺)’.
Today, only two halls, two gates, and a decorative arch survive in Fengguosi. The most important surviving building is the Mahavira Hall (大雄殿), a very large hall that dates from 1020. The Mahavira hall is notable for containing seven large Buddha sculptures, and other smaller sculptures, all dating from the Liao (遼) Dynasty.
The Mahavira hall contains seven large sculptures of Buddhas from past ages, which is a rare arrangement amongst the Buddhist temples in China.
Fengguosi has encountered several great ordeals such as war and earthquake, the temple was most recently damaged in 1948 when it was bombed, but miraculously remained intact during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s.
