Temple pagoda 40.4 m tall
Longhua sy ( Chinese trad. 龍華 寺 , Ex . 寺 , Pinyin : Lónghúa sì ) is one of the most remarkable and largest (more than 20,000 m²) Buddhist temple of Shanghai .
History
Built in the period from 242 to 247 year n. er during the era of the Three Kingdoms . It was destroyed during the war and again restored in 977 during the Song Dynasty, along with a 40.4 meter high pagoda . The temple was built in the architectural style of Chan Buddhism and has five pavilions. The last time the temple was restored in 1954.
Pavilions
- Hall of Maitreya (Mile Dian) with his statue.
- Hall of Heavenly Kings (Tianwang Dian) with their statues.
- The main hall of the Great Sage (Daxiong Baodian) with a statue of Shakyamuni Buddha.
- The Hall of the Three Wise Men (San Sheng Dian) with statues of Amitabha Buddha and his accompanying bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta .
- Hall of the Abbot (Fangzhang Shi) for lectures and formal meetings.
- Tripitaki House (Tsantszinlou) which stores the Chinese Buddhist canon .
Literature
- DC Burn, A Guide to Lunghwa Temple, Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh (1926).
- Eric N. Danielson, Discover Shanghai, Singapore: Marshal Cavendish 2010). [pp. 73–81 on Longhua, and pp. 98–100 on Shanghai’s 16 historic pagodas.]
- Eric N. Danielson, "How Old Is Shanghai's Longhua Temple?" Hong Kong: Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 43, 2003 (2006). [pp. 15–28]
- Longhua Zhen Zhi, Shanghai (1996).
- Pan Mingquan, Shanghai Fo Si, Dao Guan, Shanghai: Shanghai Ci Shu Chubanshe (2003).
- Zhang Qinghua and Zhu Baikui, Longhua, Yangzhou: Guanglin Shu She (2003).