• The oldest Jade Buddha Temple is built in 1900 on the side Wusong Bay station, and it's held by Ben Zhao Master who is the disciple of Hui Gen Master.
  • Filled with incense smoke and the sound of constant chanting and praying, the Jade Buddha Temple is one of the most important working temples in Shanghai.
  • Shanghai Jade Buddha Temple also contains a private restaurant for the use of monks and temple volunteers, which is at the western edge of the temple complex.
  • The famous Jade Buddha in the temple is believed to have been brought by Buddhist monks from Burma and installed it during the 1800s.
  • Inside the Jade Buddha Temple, follow the right-hand corridor past the Hall of Heavenly Kings and the Guanyin Hall to arrive at the Jade Buddha Hall.
  • The statues were fortunately saved and this new temple was again built at the same site in the year 1928 and known as the Jade Buddha Temple.
  • Jade Buddha Temple was founded in 1882 to hold two jade Buddha statues which had been brought from Burma by sea.
  • The Jade Buddha Temple (Chinese: 玉佛禅寺; pinyin: Yùfó Chán Sì, literally Jade Buddha Chan Temple) is a Buddhist temple in Shanghai, China.
  • Today, the Jade Buddha Temple remains an essential stop for Shanghai visitors who desire to bum incense and pray.
  • The temple houses two jade Buddha statues – one, a 1.95 m tall, sitting Buddha and the other a smaller reclining Buddha depicting Buddha’s death.