Jade Buddha Temple

The Jade Buddha Temple is a Buddhist temple in . It was founded in 1882 with two jade Buddha statues imported to Shanghai from by sea. These were a sitting Buddha, and a smaller reclining Buddha representing the Buddha's death.
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: building in Shanghai, China
  • Address: 安远路 170, 上海
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jiangning Road and Shanghai Textile Museum.

Metro station
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is a station on the Shanghai Metro, which services Line 13 and opened on 19 December 2015. Travelling eastward, this station is the last station in Putuo District before it passes under to Jing'an District. is situated 280 metres north of Jade Buddha Temple.

Museum
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is situated 580 metres north of Jade Buddha Temple.

Railway station
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is one of the five major railway stations in , China, the others being , , and . is situated 1¼ km northeast of Jade Buddha Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Changshoulu and Shimen Erlu.

Suburb
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Changshou Road Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the southern side of Putuo District, . The subdistrict was formed on 23 October 1991 from the merger of Jiaozhou Road Subdistrict and Putuo Road Subdistrict and was expanded in April 2004 when parts of Baiyu Subdistrict, Shiquan Subdistrict and Dongxin Subdistrict during an area adjustment of Putuo District.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

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Jing'an is a district in downtown . It is named after the historic Jing'an Temple, and its transport hub is the Jing'an Temple metro station. Other than a few temples and Chairman Mao's former house, there are few sights in Jing'an but if you are looking for shopping and eating or want to admire skyscrapers, then this is a prime area.

Jade Buddha Temple

Latitude
31.24359° or 31° 14′ 37″ north
Longitude
121.43985° or 121° 26′ 24″ east
Open location code
8Q336CVQ+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 404699628
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q967601
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Wu Chinese—“Jade Buddha Temple” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Храм Нефрытавага Буды”
  • Burmese: “Jade Buddha Temple”
  • Chinese: “玉佛寺”
  • Chinese: “玉佛禅寺”
  • Dutch: “Jaden boeddhatempel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد بوذا اليشم”
  • Finnish: “Jade-buddhan temppeli”
  • French: “temple du Bouddha de jade”
  • French: “Temple du Bouddha de jade”
  • French: “Temple du Bouddha de Jade”
  • German: “Jadebuddha-Tempel”
  • Indonesian: “Wihara Jade Buddha”
  • Italian: “Tempio del Buddha di Giada”
  • Japanese: “玉仏寺”
  • Korean: “위포쓰”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jadebuddhatempelet”
  • Norwegian: “Jadebuddhatempelet”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Nefrytowego Buddy”
  • Russian: “Храм Нефритового Будды”
  • Slovenian: “Svetišče žadastega Bude, Šanghaj”
  • Spanish: “Templo del Buda de Jade”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Нефритового Будди”
  • Wu Chinese: “玉佛寺（上海）”
  • Wu Chinese: “玉佛寺”

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