Shanghai Qinglong Temple 上海青浦青龙寺

We tried to find the next attraction of 万寿塔 but unfortunately we could not find it. Obviously we have not done well our homework prior and get the actual address to the site. Our driver tried to ask the local people but none of them knows this place. We finally given up after circling 万寿路 for a while. We headed for the Qinglong Temple. From the website, it was mentioned that this temple also has a pagoda quite similar to 万寿塔.

This temple is quite remote and we have to pass through paddy and corn field to get to it. The final stretch of road leading to it was also some non-tarred dusty road.

Entrance fee is RMB10 for adult and children are free. It is quite expensive for a temple that is quite small and remote.

Qinglong Temple and Qinglong Pagoda are situated at Qinglong Village of Baihe Town. The temple was built in the second year of Tianbao Reign of Tang Dynasty (743) and was firstly called Baode Temple, and then changed as Longfu Temple in Song Dynasty.

Temple's main entrance

On the right after the main entrance, there is a rock garden formation as shown in the photos captured below. There are quite a number of small stone statues on the grass in various Buddhist monks positions. Quite cute.

Monks in various religious positions

This is quite a small temple compared to the ones that we have been to. There are quite some interest things to be seen in this temple.

Like some of the temples that we have visited, here this temple also has the circular shape carving decoration on the yellow temple walls.

Like all the temples in Shanghai, there are 2 small buildings by each side of this temple ground. One houses the drum and the other houses the bell.

Some of the sceneries in this small temple. I guess it has most of the stuffs that is required of a temple.

Inside the temple, there are statues of Buddhas.

More scenes of the temple buildings.

From the inside of the temple compound, we could see the Qinglong pagoda. In fact the pagoda is outside the temple instead of inside. Some more actually we do not need to pay the temple entrance fee in order to see the pagoda.

Both Ai Yoong and I took our 2 shot photo with the pagoda. Ethan missed this temple because he was already asleep in the car after a long day.

Photo of pagoda taken from inside temple ground

We left the temple after making the visit for less than 30 mins. There actually wasn't much thing to be seen in this temple. From the exit of the temple, we proceeded to visit the Qinglong pagoda which is just by the side of this temple.

Qinglong Pagoda is to the south of the temple by the river. Both the temple and this pagoda were put into the list of protected relics of municipal grade in 1962.

In front of the pagoda ground zero

Zoomed photo of the pagoda

This is a very old pagoda built from bricks. Visitors are not allow to enter the ground or into the pagoda. Thus, I have taken zoomed photo shots of the pagoda's different level of floors. One can still see some of the wood position at each level of the pagoda. There are small hole openings at each level.

The day is getting late when we arrived at this pagoda. You can seen it from the gloomy sky behind the pagoda.