PRC TRavel Jiangsu - Longhua Pagoda & Longhua Temple 龙华塔及龙华寺 (2011 1027)
Locate: Longhua Road in Xuhui District
Address: 2853 Longhua Rd, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
Getting There:
Take Metro Line 11 or Line 12 and get off at Longhua Station. Take exit 2 and walk along Longhua Road to a crossing. Then turn north and walk along West Longhua Road. Then you can see Longhua Temple on the Longhua Old Street at the east side of the road.
The temple was first built in 242 AD, during the Three Kingdoms Period (220–165). According to a legend, Sun Quan, King of the Kingdom of Wu (222–280), had obtained Sharira relics, which are cremated remains of the Buddha. To house these precious relics, the king ordered the construction of 13 pagodas. Longhua Pagoda (龍華塔), part of the Longhua temple complex, is said to have been one of them.
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