Jade Buddha Temple

玉佛禅寺

Yellow-walled working temple with a Burmese white-jade Buddha

Hours

Daily 8:00am–4:30pm (except major festivals); opens earlier on lunar 1st and 15th

Tickets

Grounds free; Jade Buddha Chamber ¥10 extra (Sept 2026 guide). No booking or passport needed

Address

170 Anyuan Road, Putuo

Saffron-yellow walls and red lanterns appear suddenly between the apartment towers. Inside, incense smoke hangs low over a courtyard of bronze burners, and the Grand Hall holds three gilded Buddhas flanked by rows of arhats. The real draw is upstairs in the Jade Buddha Chamber: a seated Buddha about 1.9 m tall, carved from a single piece of Burmese white jade and brought here by the monk Huigen in 1882. Monks still chant here every day, so for all the visitors it keeps the calm of a working temple.