PAGE 8 | EXPOSURE CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS OCTOBER 8 - 14, 2010 CHINA DAILY | PAGE 9

H hIb

p hq S / Qfohqv Yjodvo Tub/ Kjbohxbo Upxo Tub/ Se F o Gfoh[ifo Se/ o h

h Yjbohzjo Se/ Tub/ / f Se/ Se I SfoE [ifohUpo p Se/) Yjbohzj f BoC o

/ vDivb Se/ Uvoofm Qfohqv Qbsl Y / e XvEpo

X S

j

o Se/ XboBo h Se/ T o i HvpTivo

v b

S H D [ifohNjo Se b

o e o b

/ j h Xv{ipv Bwf/ Tub/ O Lvj[ibp Se/ S Tubujpo e / Xvkjbpdiboh jSe/ Tibp Se/ T hDiboh S e/ jbo v *

KjO O KjbN Dif[ibo Se/)O * )

EpohYM vSe/

/

b

e j

IboEbo Se/ Z

Y S iboh Se/)X* Se/ b

j h D o Kjbo o Ringing the changes HvpEjoh h Se/)O* h T Mboujbo h

i o Ivbohyjoh Qbsl Tub S

j b Dif[ibo Se/)T* Se/ Iptqjubm e

S / Z

e QvEpo h

/

Se/ TpohIvbKjboh o

HvpTiv b

jSe/ Ebcbjtiv IvbohY Ivbohyjoh q l Se/)F* i

XfoTiv Z Epohkjoh Se/ Tub/ h Se/ e/ Tub/ H Se/)F* oSe/ ohZv EpohKjoh Se/ [

ohYjv j e KjbpDifo v Kj f o

b XfoTivj S Se/ h Se/)F* p

o [i e/)F* Shanghai has developed, but its historic churches and cathedrals ZvfYjv

[ EpohHb L h o oS

Ebcbjtiv Tub/ j Z p f o HvpRvb EvoIv

C v

ZpohIf v hS M * f ZboKj F h

/ j Se/ Se/ b f Se ) Bwf/ o o / S

ZpohI o TjQjoh Se/

f S IvUb e

h Joof e/ e bSe/

S h

D HvpRvb i Se e

s / i j

/ Fmfwbuf

XboSpoh f v have survived despite some major renovations, Junqian reports.

/ v jGffefsSe/ LpohKjboh o Se/ I hZ

h HvbohMjoh Op/5 v eSjohSe/ h Se/ Z Kjo QvEpo j

S U Zbokj Se/)N* Tub/ e Gvyjohebp qbsl h Se/ / Se/)N* TivjGfo Tivb / / ohRjbp Se/

Se/ EpohCp e ZbohDifo oSe/ Se/ hanghai may rank as China’s largest city, but its It was built in the mid-19th century. As a prototype of Op/3 Se/ Se S h [ipohTib Se/)O/3* j o Zbohqv Tubujpo o

h / HvbohMjo Se/ e history is relatively brief. It took only a few centu- churches designed by architects from Europe or the

/ e Ibjipoh Iptqjubm h Se

Q S h DijGfoh o H f 2 b Kvgfoh Se/ Tub/ Se/ o Se p Z Se/ / h Gvyjoh Jtmboe h o j ries for the populous urban center that we know United States who were prone to combining Chinese ele- Op/ / o

Z Ivbohyjoh Se/ Tub/ b GvTiv Zbohqv qbsl o

Se/ h M b v Se/)X* Djsdvt Se/)X*

h j

f R

Hvboh[ M Q Se/ ub/ MjKj v j v ZboKj / o o and love to develop from a small fi shing village ments with their own traditions, it incorporates a number

B Se Se/ X Se/ ipoh h Se/ oTibo Se e/ jboh M HvjDiboh S Hvboh[ipoh HvbohMjo jS QjohM j S Se/ Q jSe/ Ebojohmjohtij Qbsl CfoY m e S and textile trading port into China’s fi nancial hub. of Chinese patterns. Th ese include the blossom lotus and j / / Se o Se/)X* TivbohZb o GvYjo h Tjqjoh Se/ Tub/ h

EbOjo CbpYjo Mvyvo Nbvtpmfvn Se/

S

MjohTi T hSe/ EjohIb In terms of landmarks, Shanghai is more famous for swords decorating its upper walls. Since the church is ivjE o M

/ Se/ Tub/ b O e joh jbo fjKjbo / IvbMjoh Se Ipohlpv Gppucbmm

XboSpoh Se h IfKj j

S RvZbo Kjbohqv Se/ Tub/ oh Mpoh Se/ Se/)O* e/ Tubejvn Tub/ Se/ its Bund waterfront and City God Temple landmark, the now undergoing renovation, there may be some changes DibohZbo h Botibo Yjodvo Tub/ Se/ Xv ٷ ZboDiboh Ipohlpv Gppucbmm EbIvTi Yjoivb Iptqjubm Se/ Mvyvo Qbsl Dib Mjb last of which commemorates the neighboring commer- to its Mass schedule, especially on weekdays. Calling in / Tubejvn Tub/ h Xvmjbo Se/ Tub/ Se/ Zbodiboh Se/ Tub/ E o o Z p Se/ h voD bo Se/ if [ibcfj Qbsl * o Ipohlpv Ifqjoh Qbsl DibohC Se Dfousbm Ejtusjdu o CbpYjo h cial area as much as the Buddhist temple itself, but it also advance is recommended. Se/ hSe/ Se / IvUbj Se/ K Gppucbmm Tubejvn YjoHbo Iptqjubm j / Se/)X* / h Se/)N* b Se QjohYjoh e/ hSe/ Mvpdivbo Se/)F* o * Ujbo[if MjbpZvbo boh e/ h

h S o N h Se)O/2 Se/ Oj N has its share of historic churches and cathedrals. Th ese Address: 157 Dongjiadu Road X pS o if e/DŽ Se o p ZboDibo Se/)X UpohYjo / Se/ h pv hX vQ

b PvZbo MboD jo [ijEbo hSe/

o h Upohkj Iptqjubm Hvbo Se Tibo v MjvZjoh Se/ Se/ S pay testament to the impression left on its residents over Tel: 021-6378-7214 h Se UjboCb

S Iboh[i Q * / e/ Cpyjoh Se/ Tub/ vT e hSe/ GfjIpo QjohMjbo

/ MjoRjoh ZjDivb i [ipo TibIpoh vj Se/ Se the years by Christian and Catholic missionaries. Here Service schedule: Saturday 5 pm, o Se/ b / LvoNjoh S CpYjoh Se/ YjoDv oS Se/ bp [ipvKjb[ Se Se/ e Yj{boh Se/)O* Tub/ / Se/ we list the best of the best for history buff s, believers and Sunday 10:30 am and 12:30 pm o / IfDibohE Nfj[i MjoQjo v [ HboRvbo Se/ ZboDiboh Se/)X* oSe/ MjvCv f Se/ 8 OjohHvp / oh Se p day-trippers. Transport: Bus No’s 910, 928, 736 Se/ pv Se/ f Mvpdivbo Se/ h O h Se/ Se/ IvpTib E MjTibo Bw / . Mjoqjoh Se/ Tub/ / Kjbp Se/ Epohcbpyjoh / ZbohTivQ h / KjbpUpoh Se/ T Ibjmvo Se/ Tub/ Se o o Se/ Tub/ Upoh[i Se Se jo KJbohQv Kjorjbp Se/ Tub/ Se/ Tub/ EbmjboEbMjb Se/ Tub/ vjN bo h UbjFs[ivbo Se/ F e/ oSe/ I Se QvEp S CbpYjo UpohCf * 1. 5. m pv KjoEpo Sheshan Catholic Church Moore Memorial Church (Mu’en Tang) [ipohtibo f h / Z RjTi EpohZvIboh YvDibo boh Kjorjbp Qbsl

/ w Se/ oSe/ * hS i

e Se/)X [ipohIvbYj Se p qv o Se/)F hS

/ b e/)F* S v Q / HpohQjoh UbohTibo Se/ u jo Perched on the top of the most famous mountain in Th e church is named aft er JM Moore, a Texan who CbpTib jSe/ Csjehf 7 Se e/ f hSe/ h

o po E j Ejtusjdu Iptqjubm / IvbDij Se e v [ipohYjo h KjoH

Y Se/ / S Shanghai, Sheshan Catholic Church was established by donated money for its construction, but in Chinese it h Se S e MboHbp

o KjbpUpo Se/ Se / e h

b [ipohubo Se/ Tub/ [ipohyjoh Se/ Tub/ e/ / Mpoh v S Se/ / RjvKjboh p Se/)N* h Se/ p a French missionary back in the 1870s. As the largest goes by the name Mu’en Tang. It was built in 1929 and

H Se/ K Kjo Iptqjub p/2 v Tub/ fRjb XvKjoT Se/ [ i TijRvbo Se [ j j Zbohtivqv Se/ Tub/ [ibohZbo bo Tibohibj Sbjmxbz Tubujpo Cbptibo Se/ Tub/ D KjoZboh ZbohHb Se/ X / h i Ebrjbp Qbsl church in East Asia, it has a capacity of more than 4,000 was completely renovated two years later by Hungarian v e/ Kjorjbp Gmzpwfs ႎ

/ Ebmjb people, and once stood as the most popular destination architect Ladislaus Hudec. Hudec transformed the build- S e/ h e

o KjoLp I /

h Uvoof Se/ o Y ) / Se/ f Joufsobujpobm qbttfohfs

BpNf j O O / Se for pilgrims in Asia, attracting both Catholics and non- ing into a landmark that can compete with today’s sky-

[b v S

[ifoqjoh Se/ Tub/ Se/ b * Se Se o e Ufsnjobm o o o 6 /

* / / Se/ Se/ h Efqjoh Se/ Tub/ IbjOjoh S Se ZjoTib Catholics. In 1942, Pope Pius XII ordained the church a scrapers in People’s Square, where it is located. It features Zvgp Ufnqmf 5 e Se/ RjTibo Se)O UjboNv Se/ Se/)N* ୟ bo o / e/ UjboNv GvKjbo!S ) ) UjboUpoh [ifKjb O Psjfoubm Qfbsm Sbejp boe UW Upxfs Z Se-)O* m Tib O oS h o O* Bwf/ b ZvTiEfQjo * o b h Se/ minor Basilica, making it a de facto Holy Land for Chi- a sparkling, rotating cross at its peak, while the interior o CjoKjboh K p o Ofx Bs LbjYvb Ibo{ipoh Se/ Tub/ k jo MboUjb j h oh!Se/)O o h Se/ e/)O* Boe Dijme Rvgv Se/ Tub/ h DibohZj Se/ o S CjZv oSe/ Se/)O* b e/ nese Catholics. Despite the damage wrought on it during boasts elegant galleries and stone arches. It is not open to Se/ S vb / / e oSe / Se/)F* IpohGf b ) CfjKjoh vjI ZvoTi hSe/ [ipoh [ e/ BoZv F S * Qvepoh Bwf/ Tub/ the “cultural revolution” (1966-76), the church has since the public except for during services on Sundays. Yjo{ib Se/ Tub/ * ZvboTifo Se/ Cfjzbohkjoh Se/ Tub/ vf Ivb Z IbjGbo T T ZjoDifoh Se)N* HvTib o u j MvKjb joh b m b h DibohTipv Se/ D Tib o N T b Se/ / N Se/ o hZ been restored to its former glory. Address: 316 Xizang Road M / Tub/ i m Se/ Kjboh i jYj jbpQ jNf v R MboB bo Difoh b e/ e/)F* IfOb Se/)F/2*o Mvkjb{vj Tub/ Se/ o Dpogvdjbo Ufnqmf oSe/ h TibboY vSeZvTibo pS Tub/ Bwf/ Dfouvsz SvTibo Se oOp/ Address: Top of West Sheshan Mt, Songjiang Tel: 021-6322-5069 o S Ojoh S ZvZb e/ Qfpqmf(t OboKjoh S e Se/ o K YjLboh S Ev / v ) MvKj Trvbsf Tub/ Se/ Njotifoh Se/ Tub/ Z GvKj N GvDifoh Se/ Se)O*j f / Tel: 021-5765-1521 Service schedule: Sunday 7 am, 3 o pZ Se/ Se/)N* * b [if Gv[ipv S Diboh!Ef Se/ b bo b e C Qfpqmf(t Trvbsf Tub/ o Se/ / b Kjboh IfjTpo j Se/ Kjbp[ipv Yj[boh Zbo( Se/)N* e/ Se/ I Opening hours: Daily 8:30 am-6 pm 9:30 am, 2 pm and 7 pm hSe- e/ boh v KjoYjv Se/)F* XvOjoh Se)T Zboqjoh b h [vjIvbo S hSe/Epohdiboh S Se/)N* [ibohZ MjohTibo h e EpohDibo Se/ Tub/ / Transport: Metro Transport: Metro Lines 1, 2, 8 Se/) * Se/ Se/ )F* Se/ T e/)F Zvbotifo Tqpsut Dfoufs Se/ Se/ UbpMjo KjbohT Yjo[ib!Se/ h Se/)X* Tub/ i Nvojdjqbm N* hS o Se/ j o / Se/ N SfoNj Se)X* KjoMjo oh SvjEpoh Iptqjubm DibohOjo Hpwfsonfou b h f ZboB oS Dfouvsz Bwf/ Tub/ o b * Tibohibj Nvtfvn XfjG 2. 6. Se/)O*v CfjKjo Se Se/ Se/ O e/)F/3* S St Ignatius Cathedral Holy Trinity Church Ibj p Se)X* Xfj / / Hbsefo ZjohDivo h 2 4 Gv IbohEv MbpTib [ibohkj Ebtijkjf Tub/ QvEpo More commonly known as Cathedral due to You may have passed the “big red cathedral”, as locals Xbo OboRvb T Se/)X* Se- S * OboKjo Se/)N* Seibo Njo e / h !Se/)N Dfouvsz Bwf/ / v Se XvEjoh ZboBo Se/)N* KjoMjo T its location in one of the city’s busiest commercial areas, St aff ectionately dub it, and appreciated the cultural and GbohCboh h o ifo Se/)Oo KjoYj Se/ / Ivbohqj Se/)T* Tub/ QvNjoh Se/)T* h o sl Se/)F* Q Ignatius was designed by English architect William Doyle architectural relic that has been standing in place for Kjbohtv Se/ Tub/ Se/ GvYjoh Gvyjoh Se/)F* Uvoofm v Se/

Kjoh(bo Ufnqmf Tub/ IfOb D [ipohI i *

DibohMf Qbsl Gvyjoh e/ Se/

l Tub/ * * f and built by French Jesuits in 1904. Following the Gothic almost 150 years. Finished in 1869, the church has a mag- o e)N* T

Se/ [ipoh S Se Qvejbo Se/ Tub/ h [j )

KjbohT Se)T*o Qvejbo Se/ Tub/ Tibohibj Tdjfodf' M

ZvZvbo j Se/)X e / Qvepoh Ofx B v

S

Ufdiopmphz Nvtfvn Tub/ T I S Epo IvbjIbj S O

e i style typical of the Middle Ages, the cathedral consists nifi cent look, showing the tendencies of English archi- v vb b

/ b ZboBo b o

o o Mbpyjnfo Tub/

Se/ R S v IvbTibo h h 3 Tiboyj Se/)T* Tub/ e Q v of two 60-meter towers linking a lower central section. tects during the Victorian era. Its nearly 50-meter-high / Se/ j jSe/ bsl Upntpo Hvmg Dmvc

/ S X e Tibohibj Tdjfodf Boe Se/)T* EpohKjbE e In 1989, the fi rst Chinese-language Mass was celebrated bell tower, added aft erwards, made it one of Shanghai’s

/)O / /

Se/ / G vMvNvRj Se e/ vSe/ oSe/ b o S * o

Zj!Se / h Xv E MjTij[if here. Aft er a fi ve-year restoration project that began in highest structures at the time. Nfus / Dibohtiv Se Svjkjo S Se)T e Cboh j S pM ub/ Y Se b / MvKjb o e jo Mbodvo Se/ Tub/ o j Iptqjubm f v b b ) Op/5 b Se/ S Se/)N* ohZbo T MboDvo Se / 2005, the cathedral was fitted with new stained glass Address: 219 Jiujiang Road [ibpIv Se/)F* Se S * e * Mvkjbcboh Se/ Tub/ b/ e SvjK ) sl Tu GvYjoh Se/)X* / z Qb / Zbo( T I Dfouvs Z EpohYj b Kjbohvp j Ubohrjbp Tub/ o )X* Tub/ j windows incorporating Chinese characters. Transport: Metro Lines 2, 10; Bus No 65 U Se/ Y j h p oO

Se/ j

Se/ EjohYj Oboqv Csjehf Tub/ o b B K Mbodvo Se/ Tub/ j Ofx m Se/)T* vN

o YvKjbIvj MjZvbo Se

Y e/ * / / S p/3 Address: 158 Road

oSfo

v j [

S Se)X i

e MvCbo Se/ e/ j

/ Sfokj Iptqjubm 7. [ Se/

QboZ Tel: 021-6438-2595 Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church Z KjboHvp e/ Se/ b p v K f YjfUv Se/ v Ifohtibo Se/ Tub/ Z GbIvb[if Oboqv Csjehf e/ Opening hours: Saturday and Sunday 1 pm–4:30 pm Situated in the Jinqiao International Community in b YjoIv S o Ivb e jS oSe/ h Yj{boh Se/)T* Se bSe/ hSe/ / Z Xv jo S Yj{b Transport: Metro New Area, the church was fi rst built in the middle bohivb oh Se/)T* M Ti e 2 HbpBo S Tu Tibohibj Dijmesfo(t ptqjubm / b/ bo M [ibpKjbCbo v Nfejdbm Dfoufs Tub/ NvRj Se/)T* of the 18th century. It was then removed to other parts of Se/ OboNbUp S * CboTpohZvbo j Se)X* Se/ j o Mvcb RvYj Se e/)T/2 Se/ K o 3. e/ EbN Se/ IvbjIb YJbpNvRj YjfUv Se/ j Tub Shanghai International Church (Guoji the city several times before settling in Jinqiao. Th e Sacred X o / v S boQjo vRj Se/ Tibohibj Psjfoubm Ufmfwjtjpo e [ipohTibo S ) Libai Tang) Heart provides regular Mass services in English and Chi- b T p IfohTibo h * 1 b K

S pSe/ j o Nestled in the center of the former French Concession, nese and is open to the public. e Se/ Se/ L / / EpohTboMjRjb IpohRjb / f Se Mjo Se/)T* S Shanghai International Church was founded by Ameri- Address: 151 Hongfeng Road, Jinqiao pSe/ h Ebnvrjbp Se/ Tub/ e f / EpohGboh pSe/ Yvkjbivj Tub/ MjohMjo Op/9 can immigrants in the 1920s. It is built in a modern style Tel: 021-5765-2912 ibo * Mvqv * QvEpoh Mjozj Yjodvo Tub/ ZboRjb O Se/)F* Epoh(bo Se/ Tub/ Se/ Ebqv with red bricks and has a foundation shaped like the let- Service schedule: Saturday 5 pm; Sunday 10:30 am Se/)X* ) bo Se)T/3h e OboE Sjo OboE o Csjeh p bo Se/ b S Zjtibo Se/ Tub/ o Se/ e mv Se/ j Tib / ter “L”. Also called Hengshan Community Church, it is Transport: Bus No’s 995, 987, 984 h Uvoofm Y * ZjTi p Mpohivb/ Fmfwbuf f b [ipo s LbjY Iptqjubm Se/)X QvTb now the best-known protestant church in the city. It can D f Zjtibo Se/ Tub/ / Joof ߛ v Tibohibj Se/ HbpL b 8. o f Tubejvn Tub/ Z oSe/ accommodate up to 700 people and boasts an excellent Jingling Church Se Oboqv Tubujpo Yvf Se/ / Hbplf Se/)X* Tub/ CfjBj chorus. It is closed to the public on weekdays but has Th e church gains most of its fame for having served Tibohibj Hznobtjvn Tub/ Se/)T* Tibohibj Tjhiutffjoh Chinese and foreign services on Sundays. as the wedding venue of former KMT strongman Chi- Cvt Dfoufs Se/)F* /)O* Tibohibj j Address: 53 ang Kai-Shek and Soong Mei-Ling in 1927. Originally Hznobtjvn Tub/ Tibohibj Hznobtjvn UjboZbp M Zbpivb Se/ Tub/ Diboh bo DifohTi Telephone: 021-6437-6576 built as an exclusive religious structure for a school, the Op/7 Qfpqmf(t Dbpyj Se/ Tub/ Rjbp E p Iptqjubm ZvoMj o Service schedule: Sunday 7:30 am, 10 am and 7 pm church has been taken over by several institutions and h / ZvoU Se/ N

e Se j o S DibohMj b * h /)F / fnqmf b o j j Transport: Metro Line 1 experienced some expansion. It also boasts a well-trained S Se UjboEp Se/ Se/ e/ Tub/ o Y Mpoh ZbpIvb!Se o Se/

p Ivb UjboMj b Se/)X* ZbpIv s DifohTib chorus and puts on regular performances every Sunday. D o bG

ج M h ffef

jv[i IpohTi f s e/ Se/ Se Se/

/ Epohnjoh Se/ Tub/ v boS 4. St Francis Xavier Church Address: 135 Kunshan Road vSe/ pv w HvRv

Se/ MjohZbo j Ef[ipvSe/

MpohDbp Mpohdbp Se/ Tub/ b oSe/ A replica of the Chiesa del Gesú (Church of the Holy Tel: 021-6324-3021 S Kjzboh QbslY j Z / / Name of Jesus) in Rome, this Baroque-style church is Opening hours: Daily 9 am–5 pm j LbohKjb o o Se/ / Nf bo / Dbpcbp Se/ Tub/ h

Yj b

S CboRv S v u o bYj M Se Iv believed to be the fi rst foreign church built in Shanghai. Transport: Bus No’s 910, 145, 848