Discover Shanghai | Zhenru Temple is really good, just too many pigeon droppings

When you have free time, visit Putuo Zhenru Temple. Here is the oldest wooden building on the surface of Shanghai, one of the six existing Yuan Dynasty wooden structures in Jiangnan. The main hall of the temple was built in the seventh year of Yuan Yanyou (1320) and is a national key cultural relics protection unit. It's a two-for-one deal to see ancient buildings and incense, and it's near the subway station, so it's convenient to check in. - Speaking of Yuan Dynasty wooden buildings, if it's in Shanxi, it's nothing, but for Shanghai, which is located in Jiangnan and has a humid climate, it's not easy to preserve it till now. The main hall of Zhenru Temple is not large, with brick and wood structure, the roof is a single eave hip roof, retaining the characteristics of Song Dynasty architecture, which is exactly the same as the roof in Song Huizong's 'Ruihe Map'. There are four statues in the hall, and there are 16 Tang Dynasty portraits hanging on the wall, as well as morning bells and evening drums. - Wandering inside and outside the hall for a long time, looking at the words carved on the beams of the main hall built in the Yuan Dynasty, touching the column base with a history of more than 700 years, although it is not enough to have a thrilling tide, but there are some waves generated by facing historical buildings. This main hall and the ginkgo tree planted by hand when the temple was built in front of the door have also witnessed hundreds of years of world vicissitudes, how many people have lingered here in the past 700 years... all are gone. _ Address: 399 Lanxi Road, Putuo District, Shanghai Time: 08:00-16:00 Tickets: 10