Baohua Temple

Baohua Temple

Baohua temple, a temple with the architectural style of Jiangnan in Song Dynasty, now stands in Shanghai. It has become an important place for the vast number of Buddhist believers in Jing'an District to worship incense and Buddha, and also adds a mysterious and solemn landscape to Shanghai.

The origin of the temple's name

Baohua temple, also known as Huiji Baohua temple, was originally located in the south of juvenile Village Road, Pengpu Town, Jing'an District, Shanghai. The temple was first built during the reign of Xianchun in the Southern Song Dynasty (1265-1274). It was rebuilt twice in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. At the beginning of the Republic of China, the old buildings collapsed, leaving only a few Buddhist temples in the West and more than 20 mu of temple base.

Facilities in the temple

In 1921, the Shanghai Huisheng Charity Society invested in the reconstruction of Baohua temple, with nearly 100 mu of farmland and facilities such as hospitals, school buildings, disabled homes, and release pools. It is particularly worth mentioning that at that time, a new "Suiran Pavilion" was built at the back of the temple, and a release pool and field were built for the temple; at the same time, Huiji hospital, nursing home, branch of Huisheng midwifery school, Changming primary school and other social charity education institutions were set up. However, the dojo was founded in 1937 on the 8th.

Related allusions

He was destroyed by the war of Japanese militarism and killed in this war. Baohua temple has only the main hall. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, Zhao Pulao and Lu meiseng, who were then the director general of Shanghai provisional United relief association, founded Shanghai "Youth Village" on the ruins of Baohua temple.

The Youth Village is based on the spirit of Buddhist Compassion for the world, with the task of receiving and educating vagrant children, and the purpose of cultivating useful talents of the nation. The main person in charge of the Youth Village is Mr. Zhao Pu. At the same time, she received a lot of assistance and support from Ms. Song Qingling and the China Welfare Foundation led by her. In April 1951, the children's village was taken over by the Shanghai Branch of the Chinese people's relief association and incorporated into the Shanghai Children's Welfare Association.

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Construction planning

Since the reform and opening up, Pengpu Town, Jing'an District, Shanghai, where Baohua temple is located, has become a large-scale residential area in the city. With the implementation of the religious policy of the state, the city of Shanghai, according to the wishes of the majority of Buddhist believers in the area.

Baohua temple, which has a long history and a good tradition of helping the world, was restored. On June 16, 2001, Baohua Temple held a grand foundation laying ceremony for the construction of the temple. With the first pile driving into the land, Baohua temple has been injected with the vitality of the new era on the basis of the original tradition.

Opening to the outside world

Baohua temple, after six years of reconstruction, was completed in May 2006, and a ceremony was held for the opening of the Temple Buddha statue and the promotion of Abbot yongjue to the throne.

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