- The best part is the Jade Buddha statue that the temple is named after, a life sized statue with pearl white skin laying on its side with a smile, striking a pose.
- In 1898, Master Huigen called for donations to build a temple in Shanghai to preserve these two statues, and named it the Jade Buddha Temple.
- The Jade Buddha Temple (simplified Chinese: 玉佛禅寺 pinyin : Yùfó Chán Sì : literally Jade Buddha Chan Temple) is a Buddhist temple in Shanghai.
- Jade Buddha Temple is a well-trodden and most famous Buddhist temple located on Anyuan Road of Shanghai.
- ...寺; traditional Chinese: 玉佛禪寺; pinyin: Yùfó Chán Sì; Shanghainese: Niohveh Zoe Zy, literally Jade Buddha Chan Temple) is a Buddhist temple in Shanghai.
- The Jade Buddha Temple is not famed for its architecture, which is very new and built in a standard Song Dynasty style, but the two Buddhas housed within.
- The best part is the Jade Buddha statue that the temple is named after, a life sized statue with pearl white skin laying on its side with a smile, striking a pose.
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- In 1882, a monk named Huigen left two of five jade Buddha statues brought from Burma in Shanghai and built a temple there to keep them.
- Therefore, Jade Buddha Temple becomes the temple with the largest total number of Buddha statues and the biggest single Buddha statues.