Shanghai, Longhua temple
Compare the same temple building in 1937 in the previous images.
On the bottom left you see a huge amount of coins (donations).
The temple was first built in 242 AD. The current buildings date back from later times/reconstructions.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese operated their largest civilian internment camp in the area, where American, British, as well as nationals of other allied countries were held under poor conditions.
Shanghai, Longhua temple
Compare the same temple building in 1937 in the previous images.
On the bottom left you see a huge amount of coins (donations).
The temple was first built in 242 AD. The current buildings date back from later times/reconstructions.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese operated their largest civilian internment camp in the area, where American, British, as well as nationals of other allied countries were held under poor conditions.