Jing’an Temple is located just outside of Jing'an Temple train station in the midst of modern high-rise offices, and is extremely easy to find. At the time of our visit, there was a mass selling of mooncakes at RMB 9 per mooncake, and we decided to purchase 18 of it back home. There is a small souvenir shop beside this temple too, but we didn’t fancy anything there. This temple is not really that photogenic but its worth visiting once. Though there are two levels to this temple, its actually quite a small space and one can finish touring within less than an hour. This is a peaceful temple, and I chanced upon 2-3 Caucasians during my trip here. Like other temples, there is an entrance fee of RMB 50 per person, and additional charges for the purchase of incense for prayer. The temple is generally well preserved, though slightly aged. There are lesser tourists in this temple compared with Jade Buddha Temple. It is an ancient temple with a history and houses different Buddha in multiple shrines, and mainly attracts devout local Buddhists to pray. Jing’an Temple, like any other typical Chinese monastery, is preserved in traditional Chinese architecture. Now that we have seen the temple I will only go back when my parents visit, I do not need to see it again. It wasn't too busy (four days before the new lunar year) so it was very pleasant to walk around. Same thing for my wife (she isn't local either) luckily we had cash (can't remember the last time we carried any so we were sent inside and off into the room at the right, under the bell tower, which seems to be a place just for donations there was a walled area in the middle with coins and notes, like a dry wishing well. That was after trying to buy tickets - scanned a QR code, requested a text verification but it never came. Having seen the temple from outside on a number of occasions (living in in Shanghai since summer 2020) we finally got around to being in the area when it is open so we went in. It say here that 2-3 hours is needed we were there for less than one and that was fine. Dr.Tickets are 50RMB - open daily 7am to 5pm according to Smart Shanghai).Hiram Parkes Wilkinson, Crown Advocate of the British Supreme Court for China.John Prentice, former chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council.Cecil Holliday, former chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council.Laura Askew Haygood, American Methodist missionary and educator.Nicholas John Hannen, Chief Justice of the British Supreme Court for China and Corea (cremation).The following people of note were buried or cremated in the cemetery: In the process of removal of the military graves the Chinese authorities deliberately obliterated all details other than names The lane of plane trees down Jing'an Park's centre is a surviving feature of the former cemetery. There were 43 British naval and 13 British military graves. In the winter of 1953-54 the cemetery was reclaimed for redevelopment. There were approximately 5,500 total burials and approximately 1,350 cremation conducted in the cemetery. Bubbling Well Cemetery was opened in 1898 and closed in 1951 with redevelopment into a park taking place in 1954. What today constitutes the Western section of Nanjing Road was originally called Bubbling Well Road. The park is located at the crossing of Nanjing Road and Changshu Road, extending over the area south of Jing'an Temple Station. It occupies the site of the former Bubbling Well Road Cemetery. Jing'an Park ( Chinese: 静安公园 pinyin: Jīng'ān Gōngyuán) is a park located at the Western section of Nanjing Road, just opposite the Jing'an Temple in Shanghai, China. JSTOR ( April 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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