Every weekend, scores of Shanghai urbanites descend on a quiet Buddhist temple in the countryside of Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province looking for a spiritual retreat; the disciplined life here is a stark contrast to the frenetic modernity of Shanghai just 80 kilometers away.
Enter Xianghai Temple
In Xianghai Temple (literally meaning ?fragrant sea?), a handful of yellow-walled buildings make up the spacious complex, their pagoda roofs curling into the sky above. Shanghai?s glass-and-steel skyscrapers have long faded from view.
Around Xianghai Temple lies green farmland stretching in all directions.
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