Sights in Shanghai

Ok we got some sight seeing in today. After getting into the city we took the subway to Jing‘an Temple. Their subway system is very clean and modern.




The Jing'an Temple, the most famous landmark in Jing'an District, is known as the oldest shrine in the city, dating back even further than the city itself. Its name, which means "peace and tranquility".


Here in the temple people come to remember the love ones that have passed away. You will find different rooms that have something that looks like a book marker with writings and pictures of those who have passed away. On the alter you will see food offerings to the Buddha’s and you will see people making little boats and filling the red bags, (it looks like hundreds of little boats) after taking it to the alter they then burn the bag and say some kind of prayer.






Next too................Jade Buddha Temple was founded in 1882 with two jade Buddha statues imported to Shanghai from Burma by sea, a seated Buddha (1.95 metres tall, 3 tonnes), and a smaller reclining Buddha representing his peaceful death. The temple now also contains a much larger reclining Jade Buddha, donated from Singapore, and visitors sometimes mistake this larger sculpture for the original, smaller piece.

This is the Happy Buddha, that is what they are calling Rey.



























While visiting I came across a gentleman that makes Chinese chops. Chops are also known as seals and they are a specially carved stamp which the Chinese use almost as a signature. The art of seal-engraving can be traced back to more than 3,000 years to the Yin Dynasty when the cutting of inscriptions on tortoise shells were the only way that the ideas of human being could be recorded. It developed rapidly in the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC) when people engraved their names on utensils and documents to claim ownership or for verification in social contacts.



The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is located in Pudong Park. The tower, surrounded by the Yangpu Bridge in the northeast and the Nanpu Bridge in the southwest, creates a picture of 'twin dragons playing with pearls'. The entire scene is a photographic jewel that excites the imagination and attracts thousands of visitors year-round. This 468 meters high (1,536 feet) tower is the world's third tallest TV and radio tower surpassed in height only by towers in Toronto, Canada and Moscow, Russia.