What to See at Longhua Temple
The largest temple in the city, the Longhua Temple complex is often crowded with devotees bringing incense to the Buddha images. In the spring, it also fills with admirers of the temple's famous peach blossoms.
The lovely Longhua Pagoda (977) is not open to visitors due to its age and fragility and can only be admired from a distance. Made of wood and brick, the delicate octagonal structure has seven stories, each topped with upturned "flying eaves" of gray tiles, from which tiny bells are suspended. It was once the tallest structure in Shanghai, but the great skyscrapers rise far above it now.