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Jade Buddha

普陀区, People's Republic of China

Jade Buddha

The Jade Buddha Temple is a Buddhist temple in Shanghai. It was founded in 1882 with two jade Buddha statues imported to Shanghai from Myanmar by sea. These were a sitting Buddha, and a smaller reclining Buddha representing the Buddha's death. The temple now also contains a much larger reclining Bud

dha made of marble, donated from Singapore, and visitors may mistake this larger sculpture for the original, smaller piece.

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