In 1882, an old temple was built to keep two jade Buddha statues which had been brought from Burma by a monk named Huigen. 100 or more monks live here, training novices to go to monasteries all around China. There are only a few Buddhist temples in Shanghai. During the spring festival 20,000 Chinese Buddhists come to worship here. The temple was destroyed during the revolution that overthrew the Qing Dynasty. The statues were saved and a new temple was built on the new site in 1928. The statues are rare cultural relics and porcelain artworks. Both the Sitting Buddha and Reclining Buddha are carved with whole white jade.