Shanghai jing an temple windows#

However, the red drum and bell can only been seen from windows or through cracks.

On either side of the Hall of Heavenly Kings are the Drum Tower and the Bell Tower. On the second floor you can see a gate in the south, and the Hall of Heavenly Kings. However the Pagoda can only be seen from the outside. The top of the Pagoda is decorated with a Tibetan-style four-sided Pagoda, which enshrines 868 Buddhist statues and many esoteric treasures. It was too large to be brought into the Temple so that the temple gate had to be demolished in order to bring it in.Īt the north-west corner on the first floor is the Jing’an Pagoda. A 3.87 meter tall jade statue of Sakyamuni is enshrined in it and is larger than the jade Buddha in the Jade Buddha Building of the Jade Buddha Temple. The west wing room at the left side has the Muny Hall. Inside the Hall stands a 6.2 meter tall Bodhisattva statue made of millennial camphorwood. The First FloorĪt the right side on the first floor is the east wing room with the Bodhisattva Hall. There are two floors for you to visit from the bottom up. However in the Jing'an Temple, the Hall enshrining Bodhisattva is connected with the room for monks to do homework, encircling the square. In other temples, most halls are located on the medial axis.

Subway lines: Take Line 2 or 7 and get off at the station of Jing'an Temple.Īfter you enter the temple, there is a square with a large censer cast with 15 tons of white copper in the center.

Shanghai jing an temple