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| - Longhua Pagoda & Longhua Temple - | ||||||||||
| 龙华寺 | ||||||||||
| Address: | 2853, Longhua Road,Xuhui District. | 2853号龙华路 (近龙水北路) | ||||||||
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| Description: |
Located on Longhua Road at the south of Shanghai Municipality,
Longhua Park is famous for its ancient Longhua Temple, Longhua
Pagoda, the Evening Bell-Striking Ceremony and peach blossoms.
First built in 242 during the Three Kingdoms Period (220-280), Longhua Temple is the oldest temple in Shanghai.Due to damages caused by several wars, most of the buildings at Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the emperors Tongzhi and Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Apart from its long history, Longhua Temple is also the largest temple in Shanghai. It occupies an area of over 20,000 square meters and its architectural proportion is about 5,000 square meters. Along the 194-meter-long axis are Maitreya Hall, Heavenly King Hall, Grand Hall, Hall of the Three Saints, Jade Buddha Hall, Abbot's Hall and the Sutras Keeping Hall, which contains the three treasures of the temple, including the Tripitaka (Da Zang Jing ), gold seals and Buddhist statues. Along the two sides are the Bell Tower and Drum Tower, both equipped with the same hexagonal windows and curved eaves. The whole courtyard was built strictly according to traditional Buddhist symmetry and relates to the Chinese concept of beauty. |
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| Province | Shanghai |
Direction Metro : |
Longcao Lu (Line 3) | |||||||
| District | Xuhui | |||||||||
| City | Shanghai | Comments : | Official Web: | Link to Official web site | ||||||
| Genre | Temple | Related links: | http://scenery.cultu | |||||||
| Best exposure | AM-PM | http://scenery.cultu | ||||||||
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http://www.sacred-de | ||||||||
| Opening time | 7h30~16h30 | http://en.wikipedia. | ||||||||
| Entry fee | N/A | GPS: | 31.173704 | 121.452012 | ||||||
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