The Jade Buddha Temple (simplified Chinese: 玉佛禅寺 pinyin : Yùfó Chán Sì : literally Jade Buddha Chan Temple) is a Buddhist temple in Shanghai. The current temple draws from both the Pure Land and Chan traditions of Mahayana Buddhism.These were a sitting Buddha (1.95 meters tall, 3 tons), 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. This temple was also pretty cloe where I lived and worked and like it very much !

SHANGHAI JADE BUDDHA TEMPLE

• Chamber of Four Heavenly Kings : The Chamber of Four Heavenly Kings contains the statues of Maitreya, Skanda and the Four Heavenly Kings, who represent favorable circumstance
• Grand Hall : Also called the Great Hall, this hall contains many statues
• Gods of the Twenty Heavens : The Gods of the Twenty Heavens, covered in gold, line the eastern and western sides of the Grand Hall
• 18 Arhats. 18 unique golden arhats stand in two groups of nine.
  Guanyin, Sudhana and his 53 teachers
• A large golden statue of Guanyin stands on at northern entrance to the Great Hall, with Sudhana at Guanyin’s side and sculptures representing the 53 teachers of his life above
• Jade Buddha Chamber : The Jade Buddha Chamber is in the northern section of the temple, on the second floor. A fee of 10 yuan is charged to ascend to it. Some additional Buddhist sculptures are also viewable in the antechamber
• It is common to construct a Bell and Drum Pavilion in front of the Grand Hall
• After one visits the Heavenly King Hall, the Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Hall is right in front in the middle, and to the east is the bell tower, the drum tower is to the west
• Samgharama means the place where monks live, generally referring to Buddhist temples
• The Samgharama Hall is located on the east of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Hall, and it enshrines the Samgharama Bodhisattva, which is Guan Yu, a fearless general in Chinese history
• The Great Compassion Hall enshrines the Wish-fulfilling-wheel Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva statue
• The first side hall on the left is the The Hall of the Holy Triad
• It enshrined three statues. Three in a set in particular is the form of placement specific in Buddhism, that every Buddha shall have Bodhisattvas on his side to help him, thus it becomes common to place two Bodhisattvas on both sides of a Buddha
• The Hall of the Holy Triad is dedicated to Amitabha Buddha in the middle, and Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva on the right, Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva on the left
• The Amitabha Buddha statue holds a golden lotus stand, which it represents infinite virtues, infinite life, infinite virtues
• Who one can speak aloud the name Amitabha Buddha once, or ten times during one’s dying hour, Amitabha himself will guide him to the pure land to the west
• Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva holds a vase with a willow, and a Buddha statue on his crown. He represents the great benevolence of Buddhism, that the Bodhisattva answers to whomever seeks his help
• Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva holds a lotus flower, and a jewel vase on his crown. jewelled vase, it holds wisdom and brightness, and the Bodhisattva uses them to help all beings
• On the pair of plaques on the pillars in the The Hall of the Holy Triad, it reads that the east and west is one dharma world, unrestrained is the Buddha, and the second line is that here and there is not binary, the ignorance and enlightenment depends on one’s heart