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Prayer time at the Jade Buddha Temple #162166734
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In wester Shanghai, the Jade Buddha Temple is a very pios place of prayer for Chinese people. t was founded in 1882 with two jade Buddha statues imported to Shanghai from Myanmar by sea. 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, and visitors may mistake this larger sculpture for the original, smaller piece.
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