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Temple of the Reclining Buddha

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Temple of the Reclining Buddha
Temple of the Reclining Buddha
Temple of the Reclining Buddha
Temple of the Reclining Buddha
Temple of the Reclining Buddha
Temple of the Reclining Buddha
Temple of the Reclining Buddha
Temple of the Reclining Buddha
Temple of the Reclining Buddha
Temple of the Reclining Buddha
Temple of the Reclining Buddha
Temple of the Reclining Buddha
Temple of the Reclining Buddha
Temple of the Reclining Buddha
Temple of the Reclining Buddha
Phone:
+86 10 6259 1561

Address:
Wofosi Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China

The Jade Buddha Temple is a Buddhist temple in Shanghai. As with many modern Chinese Buddhist temples, the current temple draws from both the Pure Land and Chan traditions of Mahayana Buddhism. It was founded in 1882 with two jade Buddha statues imported to Shanghai from Burma by sea. These were a sitting Buddha , 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.
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