Jade Buddha Temple

Tour Code : C1726

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City / Province : Shanghai

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It was founded in 1882 with two jade Buddha statues imported to Shanghai from Burma by sea. The Jade Buddha Temple is a good place to go whether you are a Buddhist or not, the peaceful and transcendent atmosphere adds a kind of richness to our busy modern society.

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Jade Buddha Temple

　　Located in the northwest part of Shanhai and tucked away amidst a jumble of charming turn of the century two-story cottages and small glass office Buildings, the Jade Buddha. Temple(yufosi 玉佛寺）is a spiritual oasis in the midst of a booming city.

Jade Buddha Temple

　　The heavily renovated temple was built with Song dynasty architecture in 1918 to house two legendary Jade Buddhas. Its mustard yellow outer walls are shrouded with bamboo scaffolding and lined with queues of tourists and worshippers alike. Devotees carry clusters of burning joss sticks and bow in front of the Hall of Heavenly Kings(tianwangdian天王殿），a giant cavern that holds humbling statues of various golden and bearded arhats that tower over those who enter. Wander past the Grand and follow the signs to the Abbott Room, where the jade Buddhas resides.?

　　The two Buddhas in the About room were once part a magnificent five-piece jade collection brought to China from Myanmar by a Chinese monk. the larger of the two Buddhas is encrusted in jewels. it was hand-chiseled and polished from white jade and stands 6.2 feet (1.9m)tall. On each side of this statue is a famous collection of Buddhists texts printed from woodblocks in 1890. At 35 inches (90cm),the other Buddha amaller, but is just as impressive with light glinting off its elegant jade body as it reclines languidly. A gnarled sandalwood trunk with carved Chinese characters and displays of late-Qing handicrafts add to outside the Abbot room are several gift shops selling everything from paper prints to traditional Chinese paintings to sandalwood fans and Buddha figurines carved from pure jade.

Jade Buddha Temple

　　Crossing the courtyard back to the entrance to the Abbot room is a corridor that takes visitors to a splendid traditional Chinese teashop. The temple entrance fee includes a ticket to sample different sets of tea that can remedy everything from headaches to indigestion There's a polite sales pitch included, but all of the proceeds go to the temple. Across the hall from the tearoom is a vegetarian restaurant that serves all manner of lunch dishes, many of which are fashioned Enclosed in a walled courtyard is a Buddhist research library that has some English books. the hald monks and jade Buddhas provide a visual and spiritual break from Shanghai;s frenetic drive to buy, eat and spend Located in the northwest part of Shanhai and tucked away amidst a jumble of charming turn of the century two-story cottages and small glass office Buildings, the Jade Buddha. Temple(yufosi 玉佛寺）is a spiritual oasis in the midst of a booming city.

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