Shanghai Jade Buddha Zen Temple | In addition to making wishes come true, there is also a cat named "Big Orange"
🌟Highlight: There is a cat named "Big Orange" in the Shanghai Jade Buddha Zen Temple. Why is there a cat in the temple? "Big Orange" is a stray cat living in the temple. Because of its deep Buddhist connection, it is jokingly referred to as "Master Big Orange" by the visiting worshippers. It is said that not only was Big Orange born in the temple, but also its father was born in the temple.
❤Recommended reason: Shanghai Jade Buddha Zen Temple - Jade Buddha Temple is named after the main Buddha statue in the temple, and it belongs to the Linji sect of Zen Buddhism, practicing auspicious law, so it is also called Jade Buddha Auspicious Temple. As one of the top ten tourist attractions in Shanghai, although it is located in the bustling downtown, it is quiet in the midst of chaos, and is known as a pure land in the city.
👍Most recommended: The Great Hall of Treasure and the Jade Buddha Hall, the two Jade Buddhas in the Jade Buddha Hall are worth seeing.
📍Detailed address: No. 170 Anyuan Road, Putuo District, Shanghai
💰Ticket price: Free, except for the New Year to the fifteenth of the first lunar month
🚉Transportation strategy: Take Metro Line 1 to Caoyang Road Station, exit from Exit 4, and walk about 800 meters to reach the Jade Buddha Temple. Tramcar/Bus routes include No. 19, 206, 304, 76, 112, 113, 506, etc., get off at Jiangning Road Changshou Road Station, and walk about 200 meters to reach the Jade Buddha Temple.
📝tips: Big Orange not only does not avoid worshippers, but also likes all kinds of hustle and bustle, it is very cute, if you come to Shanghai, don't miss this historical and cultural attraction - Shanghai Jade Buddha Temple.
This young man, between work and upper entry, chose Shangxiang 😅2023-5-30 on the afternoon of the working day, slipped into the Jade Buddha Temple, flipped through the records of the circle of friends, the last time he came to the Jade Buddha Temple was June 🤭 [View] Today's Jade Buddha Temple, which is mainly for an empty and quiet place. The first time I saw a five-star red flag flying in the temple, I guessed that the side next to it should be the banner of the Buddhist Association. I asked the master. Sure enough, the square altar opposite the main entrance has no hidden version of the square altar in the temple. It is interesting, so I chose the hidden version of the hidden version. 😇
The Jade Buddha Temple, also known as the Jade Buddha Temple, is located in Putuo District, Shanghai, one of the top ten tourist attractions in Shanghai. Because the temple is famous for worshipping two ancient Myanmar jade Buddhas, one is a sitting Buddha, the other is a sleeping Buddha, the first generation of the jade Buddha temple Kaishan ancestor master Huigen magnate in Myanmar to open the mountain to take jade, carved into the five jade Buddhas of two of them, warm and transparent, extremely exquisite. Due to the proper protection, the precious treasures preserved by various cultural relics, Buddha statues, legal instruments, Buddhist scriptures, calligraphy and paintings in the temple have hardly been damaged, which is very valuable!
The Jade Buddha Temple has been in existence for more than 1,000 years. Today, the great hall and other buildings are also on the basis of the Song Dynasty, which have been continuously repaired and rebuilt through various dynasties. In the temple, there is a treasure of the town temple of Zun 3.78 meters in the Jade Buddha Temple. There are also two Buddha's recumbent Buddhas. The temple is compact and makes full use of space.
The temple that Shanghai has been going to for 98 years feels very comfortable. There is a jade Buddha that must be visited!
The area is small, very beautiful, the Qingming Festival tourists are not as many as expected, very good