[2025 Shanghai Attraction] Travel Guide for Yongding Temple (Updated May)

Yongding Temple is located at No. 1, Lane 270, Zhou East Road, Zhoupu Town, Pudong New Area, Shanghai. It is a Buddhist temple with a long history. It was first built during the Chunxi period of the Southern Song Dynasty (1174–1189), and has a history of more than 800 years. It is known as one of the "Three Great Forests of Pu Zuo". Many literati in the Ming and Qing dynasties wrote poems about it, such as Zhu Shouyan's "Nostalgia for Yongding Temple" in the Qing Dynasty. Yongding Temple has a magnificent architectural scale. The whole temple is rectangular in shape from north to south. The Hall of Heavenly Kings, the Three-Sided Guanyin Statue Square, the Grand Hall, and Yongding Tower are arranged on the central axis, with the Bell and Drum Tower and the Medicine Buddha Hall on both sides. Among them, the 11-meter-high white marble Three-Sided Guanyin Statue in the temple square is the tallest open-air Guanyin statue in Shanghai, and has the same origin as the Nanshan Guanyin Statue in Sanya. The Nine-Dragon Screen Wall and Yongding Bridge in front of the temple, and the sculptures and bridges in the square in front of the Hall of Heavenly Kings are very traditional. The Wanfo Pavilion (built in the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty) in the temple was once a place to climb high on the Double Ninth Festival, and the "Yongding Morning Bell" is one of the Eight Scenic Spots of Zhoupu. Yongding Temple

Transportation: Take Metro Line 18 to Zhoupu Station, Exit 2. Cross the road and ride a shared bike along Nianjiabang Road. Pass Zhoudong Road and turn right onto Xiaoligang Road. Tips: No ticket reservation is required. Incense is CNY 30 per bundle, or CNY 25 for three sticks. Xiaoligang Road is the side entrance of Yongding Temple, and the end of the temple. The Nine-Dragon Wall is the main entrance. The tallest building in the temple is the Qianfo Pavilion, but the plaque has not yet been hung. Yongding Temple was built in the Song Dynasty, over 800 years ago, and is the largest ancient temple in Pudong. It was destroyed twice in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the current halls and pavilions are all rebuilt. Only the Song Dynasty stele still records the long history. The former "Yongding Morning Bell" is like the "Morning Bell and Evening Drum" in the Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, only a scene of the past recorded in history books. The white marble three-faced Guanyin statue in the temple is the tallest outdoor Guanyin statue in Shanghai and has become a symbol of Yongding Temple. The Jishan Bridge, Yongding Bridge, and Jiqing Bridge at the main entrance all symbolize peace. The Nine-Dragon Wall after the bridge symbolizes the temple's status and means that you have left the mundane world. There is a well at the gate called Yongding Sweet Spring, which was actually dug in modern times, just to match the "Yongding Sweet Spring," one of the eight scenic spots in Zhoupu in ancient times. Although the reconstruction of Yongding Temple is still ongoing, it is a must-see attraction in Zhoupu. I think, in late autumn, when the two ginkgo trees in front of the Mahavira Hall are full of golden leaves, the whole temple will be more solemn and peaceful.

➡️ I also stumbled upon it when someone else posted about it, and was quite surprised that Zhoupu actually has a hidden Yongding Temple⁉️ ✔️ Just navigate directly to "Yongding Temple Parking Lot" by car, and you wouldn't even know where the entrance is if you don't enter the parking lot... The entrance is right across from the parking lot‼️ 🅿️ Parking fee is 5 yuan/hour 🔗 Compared to Shanghai's Longhua Temple and Jing'an Temple, this place is almost empty, offering a quiet and solitary atmosphere😂 💯 The dragon at the entrance is quite impressive, and there are three-sided Guanyin statues (although I always feel that the Guanyin statues are not yet fully restored. I specifically looked it up, the front side of the three-faced Guanyin holds a sutra box, the right side holds a lotus, and the left side holds prayer beads. I only saw that the sutra box in the hands of the front side is golden, are the items in the hands on the left and right sides not colored yet?) 〰️ 📍 No.1, Lane 270, Nianjiabang East Road, Pudong New District