As the Temple

Zhenru Temple, located in the north of Zhentu Town, is an important historical monument under special preservation with an 800-year history. The Temple was built in Jiading era of the Southern Song Dynasty and called Zhenru Yard. It was rebuilt and then renamed Zhenru Temple by Monk Yong An in Jiading era. In the seventh year of the Yanyou era of the Yuan Dynasty (1320), Monk Miao Xin applied for funds to newly build the main hall, which is the oldest timberwork building of the Yuan Dynasty ... View Detail

Jingan Temple

Shanghai Jing';an Temple is a famous Shingon temple, that is, from Jing';an Temple Jing';an District is famous for. In 1999 a large scale renovation of the temple. Shingon temple has the altar holding field and the Shingon monks Master Pine Memorial, this monument and the inscription surviving Song Guangzong Hongwu years of the big bell and other artifacts. Eighth day of the lunar calendar every year in April, where the 3-day festival to be held, very lively.According to legend, when ... View Detail

Xujiahui Cathedral

Xujiahui Catholic Cathedral is famous for Cathedral Catholic diocese of Shanghai, the formal name "Our Lady Mother of the Church of God." Was built 22 years before dynasty (AD 1896), the French medieval style. On both sides of the lobby at the top of the clock tower and Gothic spire is 50 meters high. Mary holds baby Jesus in the lobby like made in 1919 after arriving from Paris to Shanghai. The church has been listed as cultural relics in Shanghai.Xujiahui Catholic Cathedral can ... View Detail

Wu Temple

The temple was built one thousand and five hundred years ago. It was a very large temple when it was built. However, lots of the buildings were damaged in the middle of last century. In 1994, it was reconstructed and has been quite popular since then.Address: No.5428, Hu Yi Road, Jia Ding District.How to get to: Tourism Route 6A, station is at Shanghai Stadium, which can be reached by Metro No.1 and No.4.Ticket: 2 RMB. View Detail

Xiao Taoyuan Mosque

First established in 1917, and renovated in 1925, today Xiao Taoyuan is a functioning mosque which also serves as the headquarters of the Shanghai Islamic Association. Located at Xiaotaoyuan Street in southern Shanghai, it is the largest Mosque in Shanghai. As the gate of the temple faced the Xiao Taoyuan Steer, it got the name.The Mosque features the Islamic architectural style in West Asia, holding four religion architectures with dome. In side the gate there is a rectangular courtyard. On the ... View Detail

Jade Buddha Temple

The Jade Buddha Temple is a Buddhist temple in Shanghai, China. As with many modern Chinese Buddhist temples, the current temple draws from both the Pure Land and Chan traditions of Mahayana Buddhism. It was founded in 1882 with two jade Buddha statues imported to Shanghai from Burma by sea. These were a sitting Buddha (1.95 metres tall, 3 tonnes), and a smaller reclining Buddha representing Buddha's death. The temple now also contains a much larger reclining Buddha made of marble, donated ... View Detail

Immanuel Lutheran Church

This church was established by American missionaries in 1887 and expanded in 1931 to seat more than 1,000 worshippers. It has built up a local membership that numbers in the thousands since reopening in 1979 after its closure during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76).Originally the Methodist church of Shanghai, the nondenominational church has a Chinese woman serving as its pastor. Two bishops were consecrated here in 1988, the first in China in 3 decades; the same year, American evangelist Billy ... View Detail

International Church

Shanghai Community Church is located at Hengshan Road in southwestern Shanghai. It is the largest Christian church in Shanghai. Some American immigrants established a church at Donghu Road in 1920. At first, most Christians that worshiped here were Americans. In 1923, immigrants from differentcountries in Shanghai raised funds and began the construction of a new church at Hensan Road. It was finished in 1925 and called Shanghai Community Church. Christians of different denominational divisions ... View Detail

Songjiang Mosque

It is the oldest Islamic mosque in Shanghai district. It is not a regular tourist attraction, but it is an active mosque that people say feels peaceful and has gardens. You can see a mixture of Islamic and Chinese architecture.Muslims began to build this mosque complex about 1364-1367 near the end of the Yuan Empire period (1271-1368). In the Ming Empire era (1368-1644), rulers ordered that the mosque be rebuilt in 1391. During the Qing Empire era (1644-1911), they renovated the complex several ... View Detail

At Temple

Baoguo Temple is located in the foot of the Mount Emei. The Guangming Mount is behind the temple and the Fenghuang Bao (a small mountain) in front of it. The temple is the largest temple in the Mount Emei and is called the first sceneryof the Mount Emei. The temple was called "Huizong Tang" in the past and was built in the 1615 and destroyed by a fire in the end of the Ming Dynasty. It was repaired in 1654 and changed its name into Baoguo Temple. During the Jiaqing and Guangxu period, the temple ... View Detail