【Shanghai City God Temple｜A Timeless Sacred Place of the Marketplace】

#GreatPlacesToVisitApril2025 📍 **Address**: No. 249 Fangbang Middle Road, Huangpu District ⏰ **Opening Hours**: 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM (Temple area until 5:00 PM) 🎫 **Admission**: ¥10 (includes three incense sticks) ✨ **Six Centuries of Guardianship**: 1️⃣ **Three-Entry Hall Complex** - Built during the Ming Yongle period (1403-1424) - Progressive layers: Huoguang Hall / City God Hall / Lady Hall 2️⃣ **Temple Treasures** • Qing Dynasty "Abacus Couplets" hiding words of warning • Republic of China era "Shanghai County City God Manifestation Painting" 3️⃣ **Folk Wonders**: ▸ Rubbing the gold bricks in the God of Wealth Hall (now polished from frequent touching) ▸ Red string wishing wall at the Old Moon Hall ▸ Lantern Festival "City Patrol" ceremonial guard 🔥 **Incense Fire Codes**: ▸ Over ten thousand people welcome the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the lunar new year ▸ City God’s birthday ceremony on the 29th day of the seventh lunar month ▸ Winter solstice custom of eating "City God Paste" to ward off illness "From the Ming dynasty county office to the modern commercial district, the golden lacquered carved gates have always carried the soul of Shanghai’s marketplace." #ShanghaiCityGodTemple #TaoistTemple #FolkCulture #IntangibleCulturalHeritage #HistoricArchitecture