Jing an Temple

Location: No. 1686 west nanjing road jing an district

Transportation: metro No.2 line at jing an stop; terminals  for No. 21, 825 buses (jiaozhou road); terminals  for No.37, 62, 562, 838 buses (beauty garden); terminals  for No. 40  (international guidu hotel) and No. 57 buses (anyi road); there are No.15, 20, 45, 71, 76, 93, 94, 113, 138, 506, 824, 830, 831, 921, 927, 925, 939 buses and No.6 line to the airport which pass jing an temple.

Open Time:8:00-17:00,  except during  buddhist holidays,  when opening is  at 5:00 a.m.

Admission Fee: RMB10

Evaluation: Jing'an temple is a famous buddhist temple with a long history.

Recommended Travel Time:  Each april 8th of lunar calendar (about may of solar calendar), a 3-day temple fair  held here, which is very exciting.

Recommendation Index: ☆☆☆

Brief Introduction

It is said that it was built in the 10th year of chiwu, the eastern wu dynasty in the three kingdoms (247 bc) and  relocated to  its present  location in the 9th year of south song emperor's jiading era (1216 bc). it  haas been restored several times since  the yuan dynasty and was finally destroyed in taipingtianguo with only dafou hall left. in 1921, the hall of the three saints was added and the present scale came into being gradually. in 1999, the temple was renovated  on a large scale and it became more charming. jingan temple  loosely translates  to mean: the hall of heavenly kings, the hall of the three saints, the hall of virtuous works and the abbot's chambers. zhenyanzong(a school of buddhism) forums are  held in the abbot's chambers upstairs, there are 5 such meetings held each year. as well, there is  the memorial hall of master dadechisong of the zhenyanzong and some historic relics like stele with inscription of guangzong emperor of the song dynasty and bell of the second year of hongwu.