The document discusses the region of Northeast China (Dongbei), including the provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang. It then focuses on the city of Shenyang in Liaoning province. Shenyang has a multicultural and multi-religious population that practices Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Taoism, and Catholicism. Various religious sites are mentioned, including churches, mosques, and temples built in different historical periods. The architectural styles reflect the religions' places of origin.

2. 东北
（ DONGBEI
）
•Manchuria -- a geographical region of China.
• Consists of three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and
Heilongjiang, known as the Three Northeastern
Provinces, but broadly also encompasses part of
eastern Inner Mongolia.
•Another term for the area is Guandong, meaning
"east of the Pass," referring to the famous Shanhai
Pass between Liaoning and the neighboring Hebei
Province to the west.

4. 沈阳

9. Er Ren Zhuan is a genre of local folk dance and song from
Northeast China. It usually consists of two people, a boy
and a girl. They sing as well as dance, using folded fans or
red square handkerchiefs (which are twirled along as a
song is performed) during the dancing portion. It is very
popular due its humorous dialogue and sketches, which
have eclipsed the old dances and songs.

11. Yangge, or "Rice Sprout Song," is a form of Chinese folk dance originating
from the Song Dynasty. It is very popular in northeast China and is one of
the most representative form of folk arts. It is popular in both the
countryside and cities in northern China. It is especially popular among
older people. Crowds of people will go out into the street in the evening
and dance together in a line or a circle formation.
Some dancers dress up in red, green, or other colorful costumes, and
typically use a red silk ribbon around the waist. They will swing their
bodies to music played by drum, trumpet, and gong. More people will join
in as they see YangGe going on and dance along.

13. Houses in North China are mostly made of bricks in the
courtyard style. For houses in Northeast China, the style
is almost the same as that in North China except for the
walls. As Northeastern China is extremely cold, walls are
built thicker and more solid than those of other places to
retain warmth.

19. Northeastern Mandarin belongs to the branch of Mandarin,
Chinese, and its large language family if Sino-Tibetan family. It
is very similar to the Beijing dialect upon which Standard
Chinese is based.
Northeastern Mandarin retains elements from native Tungusic
languages, Japanese, and Russian and there are enough
differences to give the dialect its own distinctive characteristics.
Ethnic Manchus speak Mandarin, and the Manchu language is
almost extinct due to widespread assimilation to Han culture
over the last four centuries. Mongols tend to be bilingual in their
own languages (Mongolian) as well as Mandarin.

20. Some words that came from
other language
噶斯 (Ga si) came from Japanese: ガス ,
means gas
咧巴 (Lie Ba) came from
Russian:Хлеб, means bread.
笆篱子 (Ba Li Zi) came from
Russian:Пале, means fence, or
prison.

21. Although not considered a language in academic
circles, Mandarin variants like Northeastern
Mandarin often contribute to a strong regional
identity. Native or fluent Chinese speakers can
usually recognize a Northeasterner by his or her
accent (similar to how a fluent English speaker can
assume a person with a Southern American English
accent to be from the Southern United States).
Because of its informal usage of words and tones,
comedians often use Northeast dialects when
performing.

22. My home city--Shenyang is a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multireligious gathering place.The world's three major religions Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, as well as the Chinese Taoism, has its
own practice and activity places in shenyang.
Shenyang has following religion:
Roman Catholicism
Buddhism
Islamism
Christianism
Taoism

23. The Catholic church became established in
northeastern China by a French Franciscan
missionary.
Sacred Heart of Jesus Diocesan Cathedral Church
was built in 1878, followed by a nursery and a school.
During the Taiping Rebellion of 1900(Chinese cultural
revolution), they were destroyed.
Then the large cathedral was rebuilt, which remains
the current Sacred Heart of Jesus Diocesan
Cathedral in Shenyang.
General construction style was European
Renaissance architectural form, and a typical gothic
architecture.

26. Buddhism is one of the greastest influence religious in shenyang. It was
introduced into Liaodong in Wei, Jin, Tang dynasty and widely spread in
shenyang. For example, the famous buddhist temple is chang 'an temple,
Qing Imperial temple, etc.
During the cultural revolution, large buddhist establishments were
occupied and destroyed, all the religious activities were stopped. After the
third plenary session of the eleventh, part of the religious activity places
were rebuilt and continued religious activities.

29. The earliest written records of Islam's diffusion to shenyang
is now in the Palace Museum of the yuan dynasty (in 1352).
In 1662, Tie Kui paid for building the first mosque in
shenyang-- The Shenyang South Mosque.
The overall design of the the Mosque is Chinese ancient
temple style. The other major constructions are moon
building, kiln hall, teaching room, and classic-learning room.

31.  Christianity was diffused into China after the
First Opium War, and then diffused to
Shenyang, Liaoning Province.
 In 1872, the Presbyterian church of Scotland
send missionary reverend John to Shenyang,
established Shenyang Dongguan Christian
Council.
 Now Shenyang has 23 Christian church, 48
missionary staff, around 150000 followers.

33. Taoism was diffused to Liaoning Province in Tang Dynasty. Shenyang is the major
practicing place of Taoist activities in the northeast China.
In 1352, a Taoist called Yunshan created Shenyang Chenghuang Temple.
After that, Taoism began to develope and built more famous Taoism temples, such as
Taiqing Palace(established in 1663 Qing Dynasty), etc.
The most famous Taoism Temple is Peng Ying Palace( 蓬瀛宫 )