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Shanghai Chenghuang Temple
The Chenghuang temple is a Taoist temple, also called Yi temple, which is composed of many a halls such as the grand hall, middle hall, bedroom palace, star gods hall, Yama palace, Xuzhen god hall and so on. the Chenghuang temple had an area of more than 10,000 square meters including two gardens: west garden (Yu garden) and east garden. the Chenghuang temple has a great influence on the residents of Shanghai. the religious festivals of the temple are considered to be the festivals of all Shanghai people. especially when the Sanxun festival (a day when the chenghuang god start to inspect his people) comes, nearly all people will come to the chenghuang temple to burn incense and worship the Chenghuang god, while all shops inside or near the chenghuang temple would hang red lanterns to celebrate the festival. in addition, some folk arts, like cockfight, penmanship performance and acrobatics, are fairly attractive. 
Location: 247 Middle Fangbang Road
Bus Routes: bus 66, 11, 23, 24, 43, 782
Open Hours: 8:30am－16:00pm
Admission Fee: RMB 5
Evaluation: A saying goes like this: one can't boast that he had been to Shanghai if he did not pay a visit to Chenghuang temple.
Recommendation Index: ☆☆☆☆
Tips: There are chenxiang pavilion of the Buddha, Xiaotaoyuan temple of the Islam, Guanyu temple of the Tai, and ruose church of the Catholicism besides the Chenghuang temple in the Yu garden area.
recommended tour time: march 28th (lunar calendar).
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