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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.

 

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longhua_Temple

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