Location: Puxi (Downtown Shanghai)
Top Things to do in Puxi (Downtown Shanghai)
Top Restaurants in Shanghai
- 1. Epicure on 45
- 2. Scena (The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai Pudong)
- 3. Flair Rooftop
- 4. Shanghai Haidilao Hot Pot (Zhangyang Road)
- 5. Jin Xuan Chinese Restaurant (The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong)
- 6. Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet
- 7. Efes Restaurant Turkish & Mediterranean Cuisine
- 8. Tock's - A Montreal Deli
- 9. Goodfellas
- 10. The 1515 West, Chophouse & Bar
The 10 Best Sacred & Religious Sites in Puxi (Downtown Shanghai), Shanghai Region
The largest city in China is also its most cosmopolitan, offering visitors a chance to experience the past, present, and future all at once. The Huangpu River splits Shanghai into two districts: Pudong and Puxi. The Pudong skyline looks like it was ripped from the Jetsons, with the bulbous Oriental Pearl TV and Radio Tower looking a bit like a two headed lollipop. On the Puxi side, you can walk the Bund riverside district to get a taste of old Shanghai.
Restaurants in Shanghai
1. Longhua Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 536 reviews
Built in the early Song Dynasty (960-1279), it is the oldest and largest temple in Shanghai. It is popularly believed that the temple gained its name Longhua from the legendary “Longhua” tree with branches extending some 20 kilometers, under which the Maitreya Buddha was enlightened.
Reviewed By sumit824 - Mumbai, India
It is a very old temple of Buddha. People has great respect for the temple. It was rebuild during Northern Song dynasty AD 977. It has beautiful architecture.
2. Notre Dame Church
3. Huangpu Dajing Guandi Temple
4. Chenxiang Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 17 reviews
5. Shanghai Shengsanyi Church
6. Shanghai Confucian Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 288 reviews
Reviewed By Hugary1 - Sydney, Australia
An oasis of calm in a very busy bustling part of a busy city. Our guide Penny was very knowledgable and her English was excellent. No question too difficult. She was also very helpful with transportation back showing us how to use the Metro and get a week pass.
7. Shanghai Zhenru Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 32 reviews
Reviewed By Jo-AnnKYTan - Shanghai, China
Very zen atmosphere. Monks chanting made it even more beautiful. Built in 1320!!! A wooden temple. Amazing! Lovely to enjoy the architecture, the bell walkway, the canal, the pagoda, prayers in all halls.... perfect to spend half a day here.
8. International Cathedral
9. Jing'an Temple
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1,414 reviews
Reviewed By G6628HXjaneh - Barnsley, United Kingdom
Visited here on a v busy Saturday where the temple was full of people filling red sacks with folded gold paper and then burning this for their ancestors. A real feast for all your senses, sounds, sights, burning incense and lovely people who explained what was happening
10. Jade Buddha Temple
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1,588 reviews
This Chinese Buddhist Temple hosts two jade Buddha statues imported from Burma, along with many other cultural relics. It is a peaceful refuge from the modern bustle of Shanghai, where monks may be seen and heard conducting Buddhist ceremonies.
Reviewed By 997DanielC - Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Found in the middle of Shanghai, you'll need to check the times for when it's open to make sure you don't turn up and have to go back like i did the first time; when I came back the next day I was able to get in but the place was packed with people. There were film cameras and the whole area was filled, so much that it was difficult to move around; they were all here to watch footage of real monks chanting inside their temple. Once the ceremony ended people starting moving around and I was able to explore, plus I was able to see real monks in their robes with their shaved heads. In one of the building sat three large golden Buddha statues (you'll notice swastikas on them, don't be alarmed its a buddhist symbol here). People often give food to the statues, or burn incense sticks in large braziers with huge flames plus there are statues of other gods like the gods of Hinduism or ancient China. The best part is the Jade Buddha statue that the temple is named after, a life sized statue with pearl white skin laying on its side with a smile, striking a pose.
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