What are the interesting places in Shanghai during the 20 14 Spring Festival?

Shanghai New Year Blessing Station 1: Chenghuang Temple

"If you don't go to the Chenghuang Temple in Shanghai, you have never been to Shanghai." Shanghai Chenghuang Temple was built in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty (1403 ~ 1424), with a history of nearly 600 years. It is located in the most prosperous tourist area of Shanghai City God Temple, including Huo Guang Temple, Jiazi Temple, Caishen Temple, Cihang Temple, City God Temple and Niangniang Temple. There are three Bodhisattvas in the Shanghai City God Temple, namely Qin Yubo, Huo Guang and Chen Huacheng. The plaque of "City God Temple" is hung on the main entrance of the main hall, and it is equipped with a couplet of "Be a good person, live a peaceful life, do something good and learn from ghosts and gods". 1937 after the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, citizens invited 1842 to fight bloody battles in Wusongkou during the Second Opium War and died in the statue of Chen Huacheng, the prefect of the south of the Yangtze River in Wusongbao. In order to protect it from foreign invasion and ensure the safety of one party, folk sculptors shaped it into a vivid heroic image with a beautiful face and bright eyes.

Shanghai New Year Blessing Station 2: Longhua Temple

Longhua Temple is located in Longhua Town, Xuhui District, Shanghai. It is the oldest and largest ancient temple in Shanghai. It is said that Sun Quan built it for his mother in the Three Kingdoms period. It has a history of 1700 years. Today, Longhua Temple has long been a religious tourist attraction composed of ancient temples, ancient pagodas, Longhua Temple Fair and Longhua Night Bell. The scenery in the temple is quiet, the temple is magnificent, resplendent and magnificent, and the Zen rhyme is solemn and dignified. In turn, there are six halls: Maitreya Hall, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Sanmiao Temple, Abbot Room and Tibetan Classics Building. Longhua Pagoda outside the mountain gate was rebuilt in Song Dynasty, with 7 floors and 40 meters high, eaves and corridors. Its magnificent building is the tallest of all the towers in Shanghai. There are Bell Tower and Drum Tower on both sides of Tianwang Temple. The bell tower is three stories high, and the top floor is hung with the bronze bell of Qinglong, which was cast in the 20th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty. It is about 2 meters high and has a diameter of 1. 3 meters, weighing more than 5 tons, "Longhua Night Bell" is one of the past "eight sights of Shanghai". In addition, in the west wing of the Ursa Major Hall, there is a jade Buddha carved from white jade, with a height of 1. 5 meters, inlaid with jewels, kind and upright, was invited to Longhua Temple from Myanmar by the Hong Kong Buddhist community.

Shanghai New Year Blessing Station 3: Jing 'an Temple

Jing 'an Temple is one of the famous ancient temples in Shanghai. Located in the bustling Nanjing West Road, adjacent to Bailemen, Meilong Town, Henglong and other famous entertainment and business centers. It is a rare decoration place in downtown area. According to legend, it was built during the Chiwu period of Sun Wu in the Three Kingdoms, formerly known as Chongxuan Temple. In the first year of Xiangfu in Song Dynasty (1008), it was renamed Jing 'an Temple, which has been nearly 780 years. In the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1369), a big clock made of 6000 Jin of copper was still hanging in the main hall. The three main buildings, the Hall of the Great Hero, the Temple of the Heavenly King and the three temples, are magnificent. Daxiong Hall is a teak structure with a copper tile at the top. It is dedicated to a silver statue of Siddhartha Gautama as a whole with 65,438+05 tons of silver, as well as ten bodhisattvas and ten disciples, each with 3 tons of silver. The Golden Buddha Hall will dedicate a bottle of Buddha statues donated by millions of believers, and the design used two tons of gold. There is a 6-meter-high Millennium statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva of Cinnamomum camphora in Kannonji in the East Wing, and a 4-meter-high statue of Siddhartha Gautama in the West Wing, which weighs 1 1 ton. The Vatican building in front of the temple, which is "Dharma for a long time", is carved from a whole piece of granite, with a length of18m, a diameter of 2m and a weight of160t. The diamond sutra is engraved in the building, and the roof is a lion's roar statue, cast in 16 tons of white copper, with a gold-plated surface.

Shanghai New Year Blessing Station 4: Jade Buddha Temple

Jade Buddha Temple, located in Anyuan Road, Shanghai, has been built for 120 years. It is a famous Buddhist temple at home and abroad. As one of the top ten tourist attractions in Shanghai, although it is located in the bustling urban area, it is also quiet and quiet, and is known as a pure land in the downtown area. On the central axis, there are Dazhaobiang, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall and Prajna Hall in turn (Jade Buddha Building and Tibetan Scripture Building are at the top). To the east of Dongshanmen are Shanghai Buddhist Association, guanyin temple, Shanghai Buddhist College, Zen Hall, Wuguantang and Suzhai Department in turn. To the west of Xishan Gate are the guest hall, temple affairs office, warehouse, bronze Buddha hall, reclining Buddha hall, legal logistics communication office, Shangketang and Lezhitang. Jade Buddha statue is the treasure of the town temple, like Gao 1. 92 meters, weighing 1 ton, carved from a whole piece of white jade, with delicate jade quality and beautiful shape, is the practice of Sakyamuni, showing a peaceful, quiet, floating and feminine appearance. The gold foil and inlaid gems on the Buddha's body are dazzling and donated by believers. Visitors here admire the jade Buddha's carving, exquisite craftsmanship and unparalleled beauty. In addition, the reclining Buddha Hall enshrines two jade reclining buddhas, one large and one small.

Warm reminder: The wall of the cloister in the temple is inlaid with ink-and-wash engravings of Dong Qichang's regular script "Forty-two Chapters Classic" and Minghua Pavilion's running script "Ni Gu Mei's Becoming a Monk"; the 32-year-old portrait of Guanyin Bodhisattva painted by famous painters in Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties; the eight-phase Taoist portrait of Sakyamuni; and the 16 arhats painted by Tang and Guan Xiu are all historical Buddhist cultural treasures. In addition, Suzhai Jade Buddha Temple is based on traditional Buddhist temple cuisine and is famous for its exquisite Jiangnan temple cuisine.

Shanghai New Year Blessing Station 5: Confucian Temple

Shanghai Confucian Temple, also known as Confucius Temple, is located at No.215, Confucian Temple Road. It was called Zitong Temple in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Confucian Temple was officially built after the establishment of the county in Shanghai in the Yuan Dynasty. The site of Confucius Temple was rebuilt in 1855, covering an area of 17 mu. It is the only ancient architectural complex of Confucianism and Confucius in the central city of Shanghai. The landscape of the Confucian Temple is divided into three parts: first, offering sacrifices to saints, including Xingxingmen, Dachengmen, Dachengdian, East-West Corridor, and worshipping the Temple; Second, there are Dazhongmen, Mingluntang and Zunjingge who talk about Tibetan scriptures. The third is the learning hall, including Kuixing Pavilion, skylight Yunying Pool, Confucianism Hall, Six Halls and East-West Gallery. The architectural layout is reasonable, the air cushion is spacious, and it has national characteristics. The bronze statue of Confucius in front of Dacheng Hall was erected by Hong Kong compatriots. In the shrine in the middle of Dacheng Hall, there is a statue of Confucius decorated with camphor wood and gold, which was presented by Taiwan Province compatriots. On both sides stood Yan Hui and Zeng Shen, disciples of Confucius. There are three plaques hanging on the beams of the temple: the one above is the Great Sage inscribed by Emperor Jiaqing of Qing Dynasty, the one in the middle is the Harmonious Sage inscribed by Daoguang, and the one below is the Harmony of Morality and Enlightenment inscribed by Emperor Xianfeng. There are also bronze bells and inscriptions on the Analects of Confucius in the temple, which are rare in the country.

Tips: Since the Southern Song Dynasty, there have been nearly 300 scholars in Shanghai, which may be related to the existence of Confucian temples. When visiting the Confucius Temple in Shanghai, students can worship Confucius and bless them to be admitted to the top prize and find jobs. They can also buy some old and new books in the nearby book market, or go to the famous food street nearby to taste local snacks and live the cultural life of tourists.