Shanghai

WORSHIP

There are many places of worship in Shanghai. One church in Xujiahui has room for 600 worshippers. Allegedly, only foreign passports holders can attend religious services at the places listed below. However, most of the time, passports are not checked – this seems to be a method to keep the locals from coming to practice their English.

Buddhism

• Shanghai Buddhist Association
  160 Anyuan Lu
  Tel: 6266 5943
• Jade Buddha Temple
  170 Anyuan Lu
  Tel: 6266 7647
• Jing An Temple
  1686 Nanjing Xi Lu
  Tel: 6256 6366
• Sanwei Temple
  107 Dong Jiangyin Lu
  Tel: 6377 2722
• LongHua Temple
  2853 Longhua Lu
  Tel: 6456 6085

Islam

• Shanghai Moslem Association
  70 Zhejiang Zhong Lu
  Tel: 6377 2345
• Xiao Tao Yuan Mosque,
  Xiao Tao Yuan Jie
  (off Fuxing Dong Lu at Henan Lu)
  Tel: 6377 5443
• Fuyou Lu Mosque
  378 Fuyou Lu
  Tel: 6328 2135
• Huxi Mosque
  No. 3 Lane 1328
  Changde Lu
  Tel: 6277 2076

Taoism

• Bai Yun Taoist Temple
  8 Lane 100
  XilinHou Lu
  Tel: 6387 6402

Judaism

• The Shanghai Jewish Center
  Shang-Mira Garden Villa #2
  1720 Hongqiao Lu
  Tel: 6278-0225

Catholic

• Sacred Heart of Jesus Church
  151 Hong Feng Rd, Jinqiao, Pudong
  (Hong Feng/Biyun Rds.)
  English Mass:
  Sundays at 10:30 a.m.
• Fu Jia Rose Church
  1115 Pudong DaDao
  Tel: 5885 3172
• St. Ignatius Cathedral
  158 Puxi Lu, Xujiahui Qu
  7 am Mass in Shanghainese; foreigners may attend.
  Tel: 6469 0930
• Qingxin Church
  30 Dachang Lu (at Lujiabang Lu)
  Tel: 6377 0874
• Dongjiadu Cathedral
  175 Dongjiadu Lu
  Mass in Chinese
• Shanghai Grace Church
  375 Shanxi Bei Lu (at Nanjing Lu)
  Mass in English and Chinese.
  Tel: 6253 9394
• Jesus Sacred Heart
  151 HongFeng Road, Pudong
  Tel: 5854-6621
• XuJiaHui Catholic Cathedral
  158 Puxi Lu
  Tel: 6438 2595
• Ruo Se Catholic Church
  666 Pudong Dadao
  Tel: 5876 9532
• St. Francis Xavier Church
  185 Dongjiadu Rd.
  English Mass: Saturdays at 5 pm, Sundays 10:30 am and 12:30 pm

Protestant

• Shanghai Community Church
  53 Hengshan Lu
  Sunday morning services in Chinese, Sunday afternoon in English
  (foreign passport holders only)
  Tel: 6437 6576
• Protestant Worship Celebration
  Shanghai Community Church
  53 Hengshan Road
  (corner of Wulumuqi Nan Lu and Hengshan Lu)
  Tel: 6437-6576

Methodist

• Moore Memorial Church (Mu’en Tang)
  316 Xizang Zhong Lu
  Tel: 6322 5069

Mormon

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: Puxi Branch
  1720 HongQiao Road,
  House #7 Shang Mira Garden
  Tel: 5257-0256
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: Pudong Branch
  The Emerald Forest #41
  The Emerald
  2888 Hu Nan Road
  KangQiao Area.
  Tel: 1331-185-2233

Temples

As China’s international finance center, Shanghai does not have the quantity of Buddhist temples that other older Chinese cities have. However, there is one temple that consistently attract most of the foreign visitors to this city:

• Jade Buddha Temple (Yufo Si). The Longhua Temple is also on the route of some tourists; its pagoda is the most interesting one in Shanghai.

Judaism

Jewish expats or other interested visitors can visit the:

• Ohel Moshe Synagogue (Moxi Huitang), Changyang Lu 62, Hongkou (tel. 021/6512-0229 or 021/6541-6312). Today, it is not a working synagogue, but it serves as a museaum to the Jews in the history of Shanghai. It is open on weekdays from 9 am to 4 pm. Tickets cost ¥50.

You may also participate in the “Tour of Jewish Shanghai,” conducted by appointment with Dvir Bar-Gal (tel. 1300-214-6702; www.shanghai-jews.com).

Travelers interested in learning more about the Jewish community in Shanghai, attending Shabbat dinners, or participating in religious services, should contact the Shanghai Jewish Center, Hongqiao Lu 1720, Shang-Mira Garden Villa no. 2 (tel. 021/6278-0225; fax 021/6278-0223; www.chinajewish.org).

Mosques & Churches

Shanghai has some beautiful Catholic churches; these include:

• Boduolu Tang (St. Peter’s Church), Chongqing Nan Lu 270, Luwan (tel. 021/6467-0198), now holds services in English at 5pm Saturday, and 10:30am and 12:30pm Sunday;
• Sheng Ruose Tang (St. Joseph’s Church), built in 1860 at Sichuan Nan Lu 36, Huangpu (tel. 021/6328-0293 or 6336-5537); and
• Junwang Tianzhu Tang (Christ the King Catholic Church), also called the Good Shepherd Church, Julu Lu 361, Jing An (tel. 021/6217-4608).
• She Shan Cathedral: located in Songjiang County, a 40-minute trip from Shanghai. Situated on the western peak of She Shan (She Mountain), this cathedral was originally built by the Jesuits in 1866. Catholic pilgrims from neighboring areas flock here on Sundays and holy days, many of them making the trek up the hill via the south gate. Alternatively, you can take a cable car (¥40 round-trip, ¥30 one-way). The church (tel. 021/5765-1521; daily 8 am-4 pm) holds Mass Monday through Saturday at 7am (6:30 am in summer) and at 8 am on Sunday (7:30am in summer). To reach She Shan, take bus no. 1B (¥10); 12 buses 7:45am-4:30pm) from the Shanghai Stadium Sightseeing Bus Center. Return buses run 7:20 am to 4:30 pm.

Other active Protestant places of worship that open their doors to foreign worshippers include:

• Huai’en Tang (Shanghai Grace Church), at Shanxi Bei Lu 375, Jing An (tel. 021/6253-9394);
• Jingling Tang (Youag John Allen Memorial Church), at Kunshan Lu 135, east from Sichuan Bei Lu, Hongkou (tel. 021/6324-3021 or 5539-1720), the place where Chiang Kai-shek wed Soong Mei-ling; and
• Zhusheng Tang (All Saints Church), Fuxing Zhong Lu 425 at Danshui Lu (tel. 021/6385-0906), a lively church in the French Concession that recently began holding services again.