Longhua Temple, the temple today are mostly wen, dynasty, between the building and maintaining the system of the Song Dynasty Buddhist Temple seven format, followed by Maitreya Hall, King Hall, Main Hall, the three temple abbot room and Canon House.

King Hall side of the bell tower of 3 storeys, suspended 20 years of the Qing dynasty, the dragon cast bronze bell, about 2 meters, 1.3 meters in diameter and weighs 13,000 pounds, "Longhua Evening Bell" is also a former "Shanghai Eight" one of the . Canon upstairs collection of various versions of the Tripitaka, the Buddhist scriptures and all kinds of precious relics, including the Longhua Temple, known as the "town of Temple Treasures," the Ming Dynasty Tripitaka Chici718 letters, Fan Jin Qian Ye Baolian Vairocana one and a gold seal Yuci.

Longhua ringing bells annual New Year event, three lunar month every year Longhua Temple Fair, has been three hundred years of history, has become a fixed Shanghai tourism festival activities.

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Festivals: New Year';s Day New Year hit the Longhua Evening Bell, New Year pilgrimage in February, April, Ching Ming Ji Ling, (Lunar New Year) March temple, (October) Jixiang Long Hua Yu, Hua Gao drums.
Temple: Legend is the third day lunar month indemnityLe Nirvana day incarnation of the monk bag, Longhua Temple as the Maitreya temple, (Lunar New Year) March held a grand law would. Longhua incense the most productive this time of year, attracted a lot of people and small traders, the formation of a lively festival.

Shanghai Longhua Temple is the oldest and largest of the ancient temple, dating back over 1,700 years of history, from the Buddhist temple on the name of the Bodhisattva Maitreya Buddha under a tree in the story of Longhua.

Longhua vegetarian quite famous, every day at noon in the cafeteria were long queues.

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Address is 2853 Longhua Road, Xuhui District. Bus 41,44,809,734,933,864,73,87,104,166, rail transit line 3 Longcao Road Station.

Phone :021 -64566085.

Tickets

Tickets are 10 yuan (Hong of the exception).

Hours :7:10-16: 30.