Central Temple Of Shenyang Forbidden City Editorial Image

The central temple, located between the Forbidden City and the middle street of Shenyang, is a famous landmark in the central seat of the ancient city of Shenyang in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Some say it is the `Taiji` in the center of the four elephants and eight trigrams of Shenyang City, while others say it is one of the `Liangyi` in the Taiji diagram, that is, one eye of `Yinyang fish`.Since the Qing Dynasty, people in Shenyang City have many legends about this temple. But more widely spread is the legend of Guan Gong and other gods in the central temple.Moreover, since the central temple is the closest building to the Forbidden City, there are many legends related to the emperors of the Qing Dynasty