There's a donation box at the foot of the shrine for failures like me. Join the devotees/visitors and try to toss a coin into one of open spaces in the shrine. Upon entering, you'll see a tall gigantic tripod shrine in the courtyard. This ancient temple is juxtaposed with the brand-new shopping malls and office buildings in the same area. The roofs of the Jing'An Temple are made of copper and gleam in the sunlight. Jing'an Shi was originally built in 247AD, relocated in 1216 to its current site, rebuilt in the 19th century during the Qing Dynasty, converted into a plastics factory during the Cultural Revolution in the 60s and 70s, resumed its temple status in 1983, and renovated with the addition of the golden Jing'An pagoda in 2010. Now that we have seen the temple I will only go back when my parents visit, I do not need to see it again. It wasn't too busy (four days before the new lunar year) so it was very pleasant to walk around. Same thing for my wife (she isn't local either) luckily we had cash (can't remember the last time we carried any so we were sent inside and off into the room at the right, under the bell tower, which seems to be a place just for donations there was a walled area in the middle with coins and notes, like a dry wishing well. That was after trying to buy tickets - scanned a QR code, requested a text verification but it never came. Having seen the temple from outside on a number of occasions (living in in Shanghai since summer 2020) we finally got around to being in the area when it is open so we went in. It say here that 2-3 hours is needed we were there for less than one and that was fine. Tickets are 50RMB - open daily 7am to 5pm according to Smart Shanghai).
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