The Hall of Notre Dame of Sheshan, the full name of Sheshan Church, is also known as the Cathedral of Notre Dame of Sheshan, the Cathedral of Heaven of Sheshan, the Hall of Notre Dame of Sheshan and the Hall of Notre Dame of the Far East. Located at the top of Sheshan Mountain in Songjiang District, Shanghai, China, it is a famous pilgrimage site for the Chinese Catholic Church and the same name as the Notre Dame Hall of Rhode in France. In 1942, this hall was designated as the second class of the throne by the Pope of Rome, and it was the first holy temple in the Far East to be crowned by the Pope. In 1946, the Holy See granted the coronation of Notre Dame of Sheshan to Thorn. Sheshan is the only active national Catholic pilgrimage center in China. It was founded by French missionaries in 1871 and completed in 1935. As early as 1844, Nanglu, a French missionary, adopted the four structures without wood, nails, steel and beams, which could be regarded as an example of asymmetry. Since the 1940s, it has been a world-renowned Catholic shrine and the main pilgrimage place for Catholics in China.