Bona Ventura

Old City (Huangpu) · Shanghai

Chenxiang Pavilion (Chenxiangge Nunnery)

沉香阁 (Chénxiāng Gé)

Place of worshipLocals' pick

A small working Buddhist nunnery a few minutes from Yu Garden. It was first built around 1600 to house an agarwood statue of Guanyin salvaged from a shipwreck; it was wrecked in the Cultural Revolution and fully restored in 1994.

Address
29 Chenxiangge Road, Huangpu District
Hours
not verified
Best time to go
Morning · About 30 min
Price
Price not verified
Price level
¥

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Good to know

  • A calm counterpoint to the Yu Garden crowds, about 300 m to the west.
  • It is an active nunnery: keep voices low and ask before taking photos inside halls.

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