- After being in Tibet and visit some Buddhist temple the visit to Jade Buddha temple showed a different concept and a different living of the Buddhism.
- The Jade Buddha Temple is a Buddhist temple in Shanghai. It was founded in 1882 with two jade Buddha statues imported to Shanghai from Myanmar by sea.
- As with many modern Chinese Buddhist temples, the current temple draws from both the Pure Land and Chan traditions of Mahayana Buddhism.
- The temple has a history of over 120 years, dating back to 1882 when Master Huigen, the first abbot of the Jade Buddha Temple, took the jade Buddha statue...
- The origins of the Jade Buddha Temple They date back to 1882, when from Myanmar, a country formerly known as Burma, two Buddha statues made of jade...
- In 1956, a ceremony was held at the temple by the Shanghai Buddhist Association to celebrate the 2500th anniversary of Gautama Buddha’s enlightenment.
- The absolute centrepiece of the temple is the 1.9m-high pale-green jade Buddha, seated upstairs and carved from one piece.
- Jade Buddha Temple is currently located at 170 Anyuan Road in the Putuo District of the city, though the temple was originally constructed on a different site in...
- 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.
- The Jade Buddha Temple is home to two stunning white jade Buddha statues which were brought into the country in the late 19th century.