Jade Buddha Temple - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Jade Buddha Temple - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Jade Buddha Temple (, literally Jade Buddha Chan Temple) is a Buddhist temple in Shanghai. It was founded in 1882 with two jade Buddha statues imported to Shanghai from Myanmar by sea. These were a sitting Buddha (1.95 meters tall, 3 tons), and a smaller reclining Buddha representing the Buddha's death. The temple now also contains a much larger reclining Buddha made of marble, donated from Singapore, and visitors may mistake this larger sculpture for the original, smaller piece. Read more on Wikipedia
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