Ep. 094: Shanghai's Temple of Tranquility and Peace

Jing'an Temple rises from the grave

Buddhism was booming a decade or so ago, when I was actively visiting the 142 Key Temples of the Han Area of China. Where some might have been frustrated by all the construction I encountered, I was (usually) thrilled to witness "history in the making." Witness the changes wrought at Shanghai's Jing'an Temple--the Temple of Tranquility and Peace--in the two-and-a-half short years between my visits in August of 2009 and again in January of 2012, in this episode of--

TEMPLE TALES!

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August, 2009

The brand-new front gates of Jing'an Temple

Ever since my arrival in Shanghai, I had been passing Jing'an Temple on my way to and from the subway stop bearing its name. (The entire district where I was staying is named for it as well.) So it was with a feeling of familiarity that I passed through the massive new gates and entered the grounds proper.