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* Sūzhōu [[蘇州]], Nánjīng [[南京]] and points north, via railway from about [[1912]] | * Sūzhōu [[蘇州]], Nánjīng [[南京]] and points north, via railway from about [[1912]] | ||
Revision as of 09:53, 15 February 2010
Shànghǎi 上海
Other names include: Hù 滬 (Abbreviation); Shēnchéng 申城 |
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| Jiāngnán 江南 Region |
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Article editor: Gregory Adam Scott |
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Shànghǎi 上海
Shànghǎi was already a vibrant sea port by the Qīng dynasty, but its importance grew when it was designated a treaty port in 1842.
Important Buddhist Sites
- Jade Buddha Chan Temple 玉佛禪寺, founded in 1882
- Jìng'ān Temple 靜安寺
- Lónghuá Temple 龍華寺
- Huáyán University 華嚴大學
Other Notes
- Liza Roos (Luó Jiālíng) 羅迦陵 was born here
- Many Buddhist periodicals were published here, including Eastern Culture 東方文化, Buddhist Miscellany 佛學叢報, and Mighty Sound Monthly 威音月刊
- Shanghai Buddhist Books 上海佛學書局, the Shanghai Buddhist Pure Karma Society 上海佛教淨業社 and the Awakening Society 覺社 were located here
- The Qìshā Canon 磧砂藏 was reprinted here in 1935
Resources
- Map of foreign settlements, 1907, Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
- Shànghǎi and environs, 1912, Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
- Shànghǎi, 1912, Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
- U.S. Army Map Service map of Shànghǎi, 1944 (warning - large file), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
