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Home >> Things to Do in Shanghai >> Jade Buddha Monastery

Jade Buddha Monastery

the impressive sleeping jade buddha scrulpture in the temple

Location: No. 170 Anyuan road Putuo district

Transportation: No.13, 19, 24, 36, 54, 63, 68, 76, 105, 106, 112, 113, 138, 206, 223, 506, 516, 550, 563, 738, 768, 830, 837, 866, 922 buses will take you there.

Open Time: 8:00-17:00, except during buddhist holidays, when it opens at 5:30 a.m.

Admission Fee: RMB10 at usual time; it opens at 5:30 a.m. on every 1st and 15th day of the lunar calendar and costs RMB5 each.

Evaluation: This is one of the most famous monasteries of Shanghai with a history of more than 100 years.

Recommendation Index: ☆☆☆☆

Brief Introduction:

The monastery was built during the reign of Guang xu, in the Qing dynasty. At that time, a huigen monk from Putuo mountain in Zhejiang province, welcomed five jade buddha statues of different sizes from Burma. when he passed Shanghai, he left two jade statues of Sakyamuni, one of which is in a sitting position, and the other reclining. He raised funds and built a monastery to house these two statues in Jiangwan. the monastery was completed in the 8th year of Guangxu od the qing dynasty (1882ad) which was named after the jade buddha, and later it was destroyed in the war. In 1918, it was rebuilt at no.170, anyuan road. the architecture of the monastery was in the grand style of the Song dynasty. the monastery has several halls,including the heavenly king hall, the grand hall , the reclining Buddha hall and the Jade Buddha Hall. there are monks living in the monastery. Also, it is the home of the Shanghai buddhism institute. the incense has never ceased to burn there. many ancient statues, paintings and a set of buddhist scripture-dazangjing, printed in the Qing dynasty (1870 bc) and more than 7,000 Buddhist scriptures are kept in the monastery, representing a major collection of buddhist scripture.

There is also a souvenir shop and vegetarian restaurant within the monastery.