Longhua Temple

Title : Longhua Temple

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Location : Shanghai

Date (start) : 1915

Estimated dates : 1915-1935

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Book

Information data : First built in 242 AD, which is during the period of the Three Kingdoms, Longhua Temple is the oldest temple in Shanghai for its long history of over 1700 years. Because of the several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty.

Keywords : temple;building;Buddhism

Keywords (fr) : temple;bâtiment;Bouddhisme