1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162636465 |
- <HTML>
- <HEAD>
- <META Name= "description" Content = "Shanghai: Explore the history of Suzhou, Tongli, Jade Buddhist Temple, Yuyuan Garden">
- <TITLE>Jade Buddha Temple Courtyard, Shanghai</TITLE>
- <meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no">
- <META NAME="classification" content="Education">
- <META NAME="distribution" content="Global">
- <META NAME="copyright" content="Marilyn Shea">
- <META NAME="doc-rights" content="Copywritten Work">
- <META NAME="author" content="Marilyn Shea, all photographs and text unless otherwise noted">
- <META NAME="language" content="English and Simplified Chinese">
- <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
- <style type="text/css">
- <!--
- A { text-decoration:none; }
- A:visited { text-decoration:none; }
- .white {color:white;}
- body {margin: 0 0 0 0;}
- -->
- </style>
- </HEAD>
- <BODY bgcolor=#2F0000 text=#FEFAFA link=#FFFFFF vlink=#FFFFFF alink=#FF0000>
- <CENTER>
- <TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="200">
- <TR>
- <TD width="80" align="center"><A href="9999bincenscJadeTemple.html"><IMG src="../imshang3/previous.gif" height="30" width="30" border="0" title="Previous"></A></TD>
- <TD width="80" align="center"><A href="../shanghai3.html#127"><IMG src="../imshang3/home.gif" height="30" width="30" border="0" title="Shanghai and Suzhou II"></A></TD>
- <TD width="80" align="center"><A href="9999bjtmanJadeTemple.html"><IMG src="../imshang3/next.gif" height="30" width="30" border="0" title="Next"></A></TD>
- </TR>
- </TABLE>
- </CENTER>
- <table border="8" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="6" align="center" bgcolor="black">
- <tr>
- <td><A href="9999bjtmanJadeTemple.html"><IMG src="../imshang3/9999bjbcourtJadeTemple.jpg" height="470" width="314" border=0 title="9999bjbcourtJadeTemple"></A></td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- <CENTER>
- <h1><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai<br>
- Buddhist Hangings</font>
- </h1>
- <table width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0" align="center">
- <tr>
- <td align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It wasn't until 1918 that land was donated at the present site and a new monastery begun. It wasn't ready for occupation until 1924 and was completed in 1928.<br>
- </FONT>
- <p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">During the Japanese occupation from 1937 to 1945, Master Ying Ci (1873―1965) refused several requests from the Japanese to preside over Buddhist ceremonies. In spite of this, the temple survived.</p>
- <p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">After 1949, the monks were uncertain of their future, but in 1952 the Shanghai Municipal Government gave them funds to repair and refurbish the temple buildings. </font></p>
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- </CENTER>
- <blockquote><br><br><br><br>
- <font size="-1" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><a class="white" href="http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/china.html"> China Index </a></font><font size+1 class="white"> >> </font><font size="-1" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><a class="white" href="http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/shanghai3.html"> History of Shanghai and Suzhou Region </a></font><font size+1 class="white"> >> </font><font size="-1" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><a class="white" href="http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/p_shanghai_Suzhou_history/9999ajbcour2JadeTemple.html"> Jade Buddha Temple </a></font>
- <br><br><font size="-1" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">Click on a picture or use the arrows at the top to navigate through the site.</font><br>
- <hr>
- <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/shanghai3.html<br>
- Last update: February 2007<br>
- © Marilyn Shea 1996, 1999, 2002, 2007</font><br>
- <br></blockquote>
- </body>
- </HTML>
|