The World Travel

Gem Buddha Pagoda is located on Jiangning street, Shanghai City. Most of the Buddhist pagodas often finished building, started to carve statues.
On the contrary, The Gem Buddha Pagoda had had Buddha statue before they built the pagoda. Even thanks to the pearl Statue, this temple is famous in the world. So what is the origin of this gem Buddha Statue. In the years of Guangxu Emperor – Qing Dynasty, in Buddha Mountain – Zhejiang Province, there was a Hue Can shaman spending many difficulties to come Buddhism mountain. He visited many places including Wu Dai San, Mount Emei, from Tibet to Myanmar. Jade in Myanmar was perfectly beautiful, the shaman would like to sculpture a Buddha Statue by Jade and he went subscribe money. Finally he met Hua Qiao Jun Pu donating two thousands piastres. At the same time, he was allowed by Myanmar monarch to exploit Jade on the mountain and invite sculptures to carve 5 Buddhist statues. In the eighth years of Guangxu Dynasty (1882), Hue Can shaman took these statues over sea to back Putuo San. The boat owners had no way to take these heavy items to their boats. Therefore, father and uncle of a high ranking mandarin of Qing Dynasty – Thinh Tuyen Hoai said: "Shanghai has fortune with Buddha, please leave the statues here for us to worship, let Shanghai people be contemplated Buddha statues and bathed in Buddha’s water”. The monk also noticed that Shanghai had fortune with Buddha, he left one sitting and one lying Buddha Statue. From then until now, Shanghai has become crowded by Buddhist from over the world.

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