Venerable temple was built in the era of Sun Quan of Wu

This is the temple which is in the downtown area of Shanghai. Appearance was brilliantly is characteristic but the Three Kingdoms might temples especially anxious. Sometimes tragedy is followed, it is possible to imagine from the current figure is difficult, but its history is derived from the Three Kingdoms period of three centuries, it is one of the famous temple which affected the long history of the Gangnam area. According to the record of the precincts of "red crow Monument", it was built by Yasushi monk Board of Central Asia from 247 years of Sun Quan of Wu (Akakarasu 10 years), referred to as Shigemoto temple the original name,　it was on the north bank of the River. The renamed EiYasushi Zen once in the Tang Dynasty, the name would be Jing'an Temple of now then in 1008 (Northern Song Dynasty). There was in the north coast of Wu rich, but it is plagued by flooding to move to its current location in 1216 in Temple (Southern Song). The Yuan Dynasty, constantly, incense fire is named "Jing Eight" is to do in eight precincts, the name is widely known, Yuizumi in front of the temple gate seems to have been praised as "world sixth fountain" more. 1369 of its pollack (Hongwu two years), and cast bell of one copper (Hongwu Bell), Jing An Temple remains a temple treasure now. But tragedy is visited such Jing'an Temple. Doto is destroyed in the war by the advance of the army of Taiping in 1860, temple of one group remaining in the miraculous also collapsed within a few years, Buddha statues are exposed to the elements. It was rebuilt in that of 1880, and is funded assistance (such as businessman of the late Qing) Ebisuyukiiwao. The development as a center in the west section of Shanghai then, tram that originate from Jing'an Temple is opened in 1908, it picked up enough to candles and incense of worshipers is not extinct. But suffering does not end. Broom and Buddha statues love to smash-up in 1966 and is the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, priest would get to return to secular life Tsuigai, monks also reluctantly. Since 1979, the temple is in a plastic factory refurbished, Buddhist sanctum is destroyed by fire in 1972, Jing An Temple had been restored in the form of current ruins of one side, the Chinese government religious temple again it is the reconstruction after being designated as the Jing An Temple in 1983, the State Council was recognized one of the national key Buddhist temple of Han district.

※ admission are as of June 2014