The magnolia flowers at Longhua Temple are so impressive!! They deserve to be seen by everyone
The magnolias are as white as snow, fragrant like orchids, and classically elegant.
I must say, they really complement the temple perfectly! Full of spirituality!
Hangzhou has the Faxi Temple, Nanjing has the Linggu Temple,
but this time, I want to wave the flag for my Shanghai's Longhua Temple!
This spring, I really don't want you to miss out,
or else you'll end up like me last year, waiting a full year.
📍Location: Longhua Temple, San Sheng Bao Dian
🎫Ticket: Free
🕟Opening hours: 7:00-16:30
🚇Transport: Line 11/12, Longhua Temple Station, exits 1 and 5, cross the road and you're there
🚗Parking is limited and a bit tight, 5/30min
📷Here are some of my photography tips:
▫️Use the yellow walls as a background, the contrast of white and yellow is full of Zen
▫️Use the blue sky as a background, the contrast of white and blue makes the picture clean
▫️Combine elements like 'windows', 'Longhua lamp posts', 'eaves', etc.
▫️Try to choose a sunny day, the magnolias look more translucent when illuminated, and the viewing experience is better
▫️To make the magnolias look whiter, you can reduce the saturation of yellow in HSL and increase the brightness in post-processing.
💌Tips for checking in:
▫️The magnolia flowers are currently in full bloom, but they are delicate and the blooming period is short, about a week, so hurry up
▫️There are many cats in the temple, not afraid of people and you can pet them, and there's the adorable temple cat 'Buddha Comes'
▫️As everyone knows, Longhua Temple is very popular for its incense burning, and it's especially efficacious for careers, of course, sincerity makes it even more so!
▫️There's a popular vegetarian noodle dish for free, 15, and cold dishes for 10 a serving
▫️Various specialty pastries, made with solid ingredients, appropriately sweet, and freshly dated
▫️They also serve specialty coffee, Wuyou (no worries): Americano 18, Shanyuan: Oat Latte 25
▫️After visiting Longhua Temple during the day, you can also check in at Longhua Square with its butterfly-shaped lanterns and the Tower Shadow Space
You Longhua has a cat with a broken front leg and no one cares. If you don't treat it, it will be scrapped. I heard from tourists that it has been several days. The key is that this cat is pregnant! According to the staff, it fell from the upper floor. I hope the temple will be saved. I will come to see 👀 for a few days.
Longhua Temple in Xuhui District, Shanghai, the incense here is very strong, it is said that the son of Xiangguo during the Three Kingdoms period built a temple for filial parents, people here pray for their parents' health and longevity. Entering the temple cigarettes lingering, praying for incense people immersed in chanting, there is vegetarian noodles to eat, to the Mid-Autumn Festival baked moon cakes lined up patiently waiting. Outside the big temple, there is an underground tower film viewing exhibition room, you can drink coffee, read books, take pictures, and personal works exhibition, very suitable for leisure and careful to see.
Today I went to Longhua Temple again and wish the children all the best! Longhua Temple is the oldest and largest ancient temple in Shanghai. The name of the temple is derived from the allusion of the Buddha in the Buddha Sutra Maitreya Bodhisattva under the Longhua tree. It is the place where Maitreya practiced on earth.
The plan of the year is in spring, traditional Chinese culture, always pay attention to spring this season of sowing hope, in ancient times there is also the habit of Lichun as a new year, and now there is still a tradition of Lichun to worship Buddha and pray for blessings. Many people go to the temple every year to worship Buddha incense and pray for the wind and rain. Spring planting and autumn harvest. 🏯 Longhua Temple is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Shanghai. It is rumored to have been built in the Three Kingdoms period. It has a reliable history that began in the two years of Xingguo in the Northern Song Dynasty (977 AD). For thousands of years, Longhua Temple has been incense and this year Lichun is no exception. Just after 8:30 in the morning, the pilgrims have been endless. People pray that the wind and rain will be smooth, safe and happy. 🏯 Longhua Temple is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Shanghai. It is rumored to have been built in the Three Kingdoms period. The history of reliable records began in the two years of Xingguo in the Northern Song Dynasty (977 AD), which was rebuilt in the year of the Longhua Temple tower destroyed in the war. Due to the soft soil in Shanghai, the Longhua Temple Tower is slightly tilted. Last year, it was overhauled and more and more upright. For thousands of years, Longhua Temple has been incense and fire, and this year Lichun is no exception. Just after 8:30 in the morning, the pilgrims have been incessant. ☀️ The fine weather, the vigorous incense, the peaceful and peaceful atmosphere, all make people believe that this year will be full of hope...🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
In March, when the time was amazing, the huge Magnolia bloomed, the flowers were clustered and the flowers were fragrant. Shanghai, the city flower Magnolia, is the main scene of spring flower appreciation. Longhua Martyrs Cemetery, a good place to watch the flowers with few people and beautiful scenery. Deep in the Longhua Martyrs' Cemetery, in front of the memorial hall, more than 40 magnolias are arranged in a circle of large lawns. Looking from afar, under the warm blue sky, flowers are clustered, like snow; Look carefully, dried bamboo shoots, clean and elegant, charming... Tips: Longhua Martyrs Cemetery, close to Longhua Temple, can arrange a tour together.
Close to Longhua Temple, the Longhua Martyrs Cemetery, the national key cultural relics protection unit, the national key martyrs memorial building protection unit, the national patriotic education base. The cemetery covers an area of 210,000 square meters, with excellent landscape design, solemn mausoleum area, wide lawn, dense green plants, elegant flower environment... It is not to be said that the sculptures scattered in the park are also a highlight. More than 10 sculptures, magnificent shape, meticulous depiction, image recreated more than 100 years of major historical events in Shanghai, panoramic display of magnificent historical paintings.