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About Jing‘an Temple
Jing'an Temple is a working Buddhist temple in Shanghai, with a unique pairing of its gold roofs sitting right at the foot of the city's glass office towers. The temple traces its roots back to the third century and moved to this spot in the early 1200s. Its name means peace and tranquility, and the whole Jing'an District is named after it. Most of what you see today has been slowly rebuilt over the past few decades, with real gold leaf on the roofs and big teak columns holding them up. The main hall holds an intricate silver Buddha weighing about 15 tonnes. If you want to capture the complete view of the Temple, you can head up to the raised walkway across Nanjing West Road. This viewpoint will let you pair the gold roofs and pagoda with the soaring towers behind created an amazing urban contrast. Inside, incense smoke drifts through the courtyard, and looking up past the curved roof lines pairs gold and glass in the same frame. After dark the temple is lit up, giving your compositions an entirely different feel. You will need a ticket to access the main courtyard and interior, but you can shoot it from the street (and raised walkway across the street) without a ticket. (Shanghai, China)
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