Notre Dame Hall

Notre Dame hall in Shanghai is "the second largest church in East Asia". It is a cathedral with European architectural style and can accommodate 4000 people.

The most prosperous time of Orthodox Church in Shanghai was after the Japanese army invaded the northeast of China in 1931. At that time, there were seven churches in Shanghai, including Xinle road church, Gaolan Road branch church, Hengshan Road Russian school missionary office, Huimin road church, Shaoxing Road monastery, Maoming Road Notre Dame church, Hengshan Road tihuan church, etc. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, foreign nationals left the country one after another, and the number of orthodox believers gradually decreased. Now Xinle road church is well preserved.

In 1871, the Jesuit Church built a crucifixion church for 600-700 people on Sheshan mountain to worship the statue of the Virgin Mary, which became a holy land for Catholic pilgrimage. The orthodox Cross Church was demolished in 1920. 125-1935 the new church, which is now the church, was built. The church is a Roman transitional Cathedral, 56 meters long from east to west, 25 meters wide from north to south, 17 meters high on the ridge, and 38 meters high on the tower. Many pilgrims come to Sheshan every May to celebrate the holy month of the Virgin Mary.

Notre Dame Hall

Notre Dame hall is located in Xinle Road, Shanghai. Notre Dame hall is the only orthodox church, also known as Xinle road church.

Basic information

Viktor, bishop of the Shanghai Diocese of the Orthodox Church, raised funds from the Orthodox Church and the Russian expatriates to build the Orthodox Church, also known as the Notre Dame hall.

Architectural style: a typical Russian Orthodox church style building, with a large semicircular dome at the top and four corners. A two-story building on the south side is a clergy residence with a construction area of 538 square meters. In 1988, the hall was renovated.

Introduction to scenic spots

Orthodox Church is a Byzantine style church built in 1933, located in Xinle road and Xiangyang North Road. The four walls of the church are simple, but in the vault and the wall adjacent to the vault, there are nine exquisite oil murals covered and buried by paint in the previous repair process. The Municipal Academy of housing sciences has organized various professional researchers to set up a special scientific and technological research team, elaborately developed the special restoration and protection materials for murals, and adopted special restoration technology. On the basis of not damaging the original murals and the original grass-roots level, at the end of September 2007, it successfully uncovered the layers of veil covering the murals, repaired and protected them, and nearly half of them were obliterated by multi-layer coatings The nine exquisite murals of the last century are brilliant again.

The most prosperous time of Orthodox Church in Shanghai was after Japan invaded Northeast China in 1931. At that time, foreign Orthodox Church came to Shanghai from all over the country, and there were seven churches. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, foreign nationals left the country one after another, and the number of orthodox gradually decreased. Only Xinle road church is well preserved.

The shape of the hall is simple and round, with five drum shaped domes on the roof, beautiful peacock blue, and milk white walls, which are integrated under the blue sky and white clouds. It is particularly magnificent, and often attracts many art school students and painting lovers to come here for sketching

architectural style

Shanghai Notre Dame hall is located at the North intersection of Xiangyang, Shanghai Xinle Road (now No. 55 Xinle Road). It is an orthodox church with ancient Russian style. The hall was built in 1931 and has been renovated. The shape of the hall is simple and round, with five drum shaped domes on the roof. The beautiful peacock blue and milk white walls are integrated under the blue sky and white clouds. It is particularly magnificent. It often attracts many art school students and painting lovers to come here for sketching. In addition, there is a branch on Gaolan road with the same architectural style. As a research institute, securities company and a senior private club. Now it is "Aloha dome Music Restaurant".

Traffic information

Transportation: No.94 Xiangyang North Road terminal station, Metro Line 1 Shaanxi South Road station, 02, 24, 41, 42, 45, 104, 128, 831, 835, 911, 920, 926, tourism line 7, 10.

tourist guide

delicious food

Crispy Pigeon: this kind of pigeon is about 28 days old and weighs 8 Liang or 1 jin. Under the careful preparation of the chef, it is roasted to a golden brown with special seasoning. The meat is fresh and tender. It tastes tender inside and burnt outside. It is suitable for all ages. Crispy Pigeon is also called one yuan pigeon. Customers can buy this authentic Shanghai specialty for only 1 yuan after they spend the specified amount in the hotel. This is a typical way to eat big dishes and spend small money.

Braised lion head: the so-called lion head is cooked with pork balls, soy sauce and other seasonings. I've only heard that ducks and snakes can be eaten in two ways. It turns out that there are two ways to eat braised lion's head. One is the pork ball, steamed, braised, juiced, added with special ingredients, after special processing, people only smell its fragrance, but not feel greasy. The second is to add white crab meal on the basis of the first method, which has the flavor of meat and seafood.

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Woollen embroidery: woollen embroidery is one of the emerging Chinese arts and crafts. The products are divided into two categories: appreciative and practical. They are popular at home and abroad for their rich colors, clear layers, vivid shapes and vivid images. "The Great Wall", "a hundred flowers contend for beauty" and "a panoramic view of Mount Everest" in Shanghai embroidery have become masterpieces with definite comments at home and abroad. Among them, "the Great Wall" was sent to the hall of the United Nations building for exhibition, which made the representatives of various countries marvel. Tips

The annual average temperature in Xuhui District is 15.5 ℃. The average temperature in January is about 3 ℃. The average temperature in August is about 27.5 ℃. According to records, the extreme minimum temperature in Xujiahui is 12.1 ℃ below zero on January 19, 1893, and the extreme maximum temperature is 40.2 ℃ on July 12, 1934. Spring and summer are the best tourism seasons.

Notre Dame hall address

Address: No.55 Xinle Road, Xuhui District (near Xiangyang North Road)

Address: 55 Xinle Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai

Longitude: 121.4555279442

Latitude: 31.217558331791

Ticket information: Free

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