Sanjing Temple

Sanjing Temple

Shanghai Sanjing temple is located at 244 Sanjing Beizhai, Changning Road, Changning District, Shanghai (Anhua Road, Kaixuan Road). It was founded in the first year of Jiajing (1522 AD) in the Ming Dynasty by Shi De Chao, the principal of the Ministry of punishment.

The person in charge of Sanjing temple is Xia Yudong, executive director of Shanghai Taoist Association, member of the CPPCC Committee of Changning District of Shanghai, and head of Zhengyi sect of Taoism. He is responsible for the repair and management of Sanjing temple.

Taoist temple contact person: Xia Daochang

Transportation: Rail Line 2, line 3 and line 4; bus No. 96, 73, 74, 776, 946, 939 and 519

Opening hours: 8:00-16:30 on the first and 15th day of each lunar month and 5:30-16:30 on God's birthday

history

Sanjing temple in Shanghai was built in 1522, the first year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty. It was built by Shi De Chao, the principal of the Ministry of punishment, who donated his salary. It has a history of nearly 500 years. In the 37th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, Cao Tianwei and other officials helped 7.5 mu of farmland. In the 23rd year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, Li people rebuilt Guanyin hall. In the 25th year of Guangxu reign, Qun Wang hall was rebuilt. In the seventh year of the Republic of China, Chenghuang hall was built.

Since the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, the temple has been inhabited by a peasant Taoist surnamed Zhang. In the ninth year of the Republic of China, the temple was divided into East and west temples. The West Temple was still headed by Zhang shenzhai, a Taoist surnamed Zhang, while the East Temple was headed by Zhu Guanlin, a secular Taoist.

At that time, on the Shangyuan festival every year, Sanjing Temple Fair held activities of erecting tower lights. During the Qingming Festival, the Zhongyuan Festival and the October Dynasty, Sanjing Temple held such activities as the City God's excursion, the people of Sanjing Temple carried the City God, offered sacrifices to the lonely souls in public cemeteries, and set up altars to relieve the wandering spirits and wild ghosts.

During the Anti Japanese War, the temple was destroyed by Japanese artillery. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, Gu Jiatang and others launched a fund-raising campaign to rebuild the eastern and Western temples. In 1950, it was rebuilt as Jingde primary school. In 1983, it was incorporated into the second primary school of Changning Road.

The picture on the right shows the gate of Sanjing temple, which was closed after many vicissitudes before it was restored.

Protection status

After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, with the implementation of the party's policy of freedom of religious belief, part of the property right of Sanjing temple was recovered in 2002. Later, with the concern and support of the government and the strong desire of the majority of believers, the Sanjing temple was allowed to resume construction in February 2009, and gradually opened to the outside world in July of the same year. By July 2010, the main renovation work was basically completed.

Sanjing temple is mainly for Sanguan Dadi, including Sanguan hall, Sanqing hall, Yuhuang hall, God of wealth hall, luzu hall, Wenchang hall, Cihang hall, etc. On the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year and the birthday of the God, believers come to worship incense. The social influence is expanding. It is one of the Zhengyi Taoist temples in the downtown area.

On December 9, 2014, Chen Zhiqi, member of the Standing Committee of Changning District CPC Committee and head of the United Front Work Department of Shanghai, accompanied by relevant personnel of the district minzong office, inspected the Sanjing temple. Accompanied by Taoist director Xia Yudong, who is in charge of Sanjing temple, Chen Zhiqi visited the Taoist temple and listened to Xia Yudong's work report on the management and construction of the temple. Chen Zhiqi affirmed the work of Sanjing temple since its restoration. He said that religious circles should earnestly implement the "Regulations on religious affairs" and "Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on religious affairs" and other laws and regulations, manage religious affairs according to law, pay attention to reflecting the wishes and voices of religious circles, and timely solve various difficulties encountered by religious circles in the process of construction and development.

There are still quite a number of buildings in Sanjing temple that have not been completely restored, and the restoration process has encountered various difficulties. It will still take quite a long time for the complete restoration to be completed. We call on people from all walks of life to help Sanjing Temple tide over the difficulties together, carry forward our Taoist culture and Chinese traditional culture at the same time.

Taoist activities

Shanghai Sanjing temple's 2015 Yiwei year of the sheep worship Taisui law society was held from the seventh to the ninth day of the first month of the year of Yiwei. Taoist priest Xia Yudong presided over the law society and participated in it for more than 500 people.

The picture shows how Xia Daochang opened the forum for Shanxin. He congratulated Yang Xian, the great general of Yiwei Taisui, and prayed for the good faith. He also wished the whole family happiness, health and longevity, and all the best in the new year.

Rebirth of Sanjing Temple

Address: 244 Sanjing Beizhai, Changning Road (Anhua Road, Kaixuan Road)

Longitude: 121.416707

Latitude: 31.214504

Tel: 021-62412538

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