Shanghai 上海

Shànghǎi 上海 Other names include: Hù 滬 (Abbreviation); Shēnchéng 申城

Nearby Locations: Sūzhōu 蘇州, Nánjīng 南京 and points north, via railway from about 1912 Hángzhōu 杭州 and Níngbō 寧波, Zhèjiāng 浙江 province

Jiāngnán 江南 Region

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