Traveled to see the church in Shanghai Shanghai people are really good. Very warm, very polite, very sincere, of course, but also subconsciously showing a little sense of superiority. This is entirely understandable that people really thick Well Shanghai grounding.
I arrived in the early morning of March 15 Shanghai Railway Station, the train station the platform that is asking workers to take what the road Duolun Road car, he immediately told me to sit 928 road car, which stood, and refer in particular to the I am from the north exit out of station, taking the wrong exit can be disastrous, to pocket a great circle.
Got on and asked the ticket lady where Duolun Road, the ticket lady and a few actually attracted Chengzao car burst of Shanghai discussions, where under that sub-21 path, but said that where the next walk on the By the end, Miss ticket summary style guide me: early morning walk around the old refreshing.
North Sichuan Road to get off, just open a breakfast restaurant, dim sum into the point of a few samples later, I asked the money's aunt, toilet, where, and they asked just want to go out after, aunt behind enormous amounts of "come back", I frightened, Auntie said, a little sheet of paper, to-time, take no, the old embarrassing. Although the tone, there are a little mean to me as a countryman, but I still feel it was warm inside the country Adi.
In the King hall, the old church janitor must send me an umbrella, I said that my clothes are waterproof, the elderly did not know Jackets, saying: can not, you are not wearing raincoats.
In Sichuan Road, Shanghai, Mr. Joseph asked a court location, this gentleman said that you considered asking people, and my family in that vicinity, the general Shanghai people simply do not know. To the church door, this gentleman has come back, saying that going to units in overtime, turned out he was flat on the road where I asked. In order to send me, he walked back and forth by about two stops.
In God's Grace Church, the faithful heard that I was the rain come from Nanjing, have helped gang that.
All Saints Church to find the most strenuous in the long recovery has been reached Shanghai East Street, asked many people, though very warm, but also hard to do, but I do not know, even the traffic police gestures for a long time can not tell you why they are so . Am also running four churches, in order to save time, decided to take a taxi. Almost do not expect to ask brother, actually he knew that although the Colombian could not tell the church's name, but his mother and wife were there to pray, so we know. Later, the brother who has been following me go three churches, and offered to the church though you see, I put the table stopped waiting for you.
Yan interest to the Church on a bus and go to the scene about the same as Duolun Road. Miss ticket more enthusiastic, in addition to ticket sales, check tickets, the station opened the door closed, all the way kept saying to me.
Well, get on to what I can see the church in Shanghai.
Shanghai, known as 10000 State Construction Industry Trade Fair, which is well known. In fact, the Shanghai Museum can also be called the church, which is many people, including many Shanghai people do not know. Shanghai has many and varied architectural styles of the Catholic Church, the Christian church and a few Orthodox churches, synagogues. Church embodies the authentic architectural style and exotic religious culture, she was mysterious, unique and full of history, a sense of heavy flu and the vicissitudes of life, like a classical masterpiece.
Over the past business trip in Shanghai, scattered read several churches, but always felt incomplete, unfulfilling, this time, the annual church retreat in Lent after the second primary days ago, I came to Shanghai, I visited the church.
The first church I went to Duolun Road is located in the China Hall of the word celebrity street style hung tack Christian Church; this church is completely Chinese style, green walls, red columns, glazed tiles, square cornices richly ornamented, if it is the main entrance on the great Cross, you do not think the church. The early morning drizzle in Duolun Road, quiet, elegant, hung tack Church stands high in You Niantou, there are progenitor small Western-style rooms, such as prayer in the silence.
, No. 135, located in Kunshan Road, King Christian mourning, it seems very modest, but is said to have been with the Chiang Kai-shek and Soong two are closely linked. I was testing the King asked the old church hall, he mysteriously smiled, did not answer, there seems to have a hidden agenda can not be declared out of people. King hall is modest in scale, the internal structure is like a family, upstairs, downstairs, large and small, usually between about a dozen rooms, and some still in the split-level. When I arrived, it was prayer time, a larger room, sitting at the table more than a dozen Catholics, priests will stand In the meantime, holding the Bible preaching. This scenario is like between brothers and sisters, family gatherings, it is warm. Of course, a bit like running study classes.
St. Joseph's Church is beautiful. Is not a bar around the time of worship, the church doors closed. Why is it called Joseph's Church? May be long commemoration of the Holy Family Joseph bar.
The emergence of St. Joseph in the Bible was not high. He did not say a word in, did not write out the books that had not been for the blood spilled in their beliefs. In the virtuous scholar, few even more obscure than he, more humility. But very few people in the Bible as he was generally referred to as "righteous."
Any people would hesitate to whether we should abandon a baby when the fiancee of unknown origin, he did not hesitate to press the Lord asked his wife to marry get married. To be a child soon after birth, they bolt from the blue to listen to flee to Egypt to press. In general, people will question the credibility of the occasion, but he fled from the starry night, go trekking journey. Thereafter, when a person has begun to adapt the occasion of the field environment, but came back to Israel to go as another command. Any person would consider whether this should be set aside years of hard work out the cause before he is still readily subject to orders, journey home.
Lord's speech, Joseph practice. Of course, Joseph and their families in all, are somewhere in the Lord's arrangement, but it is still not Joseph's own lack of shared responsibility and active cooperation. Indeed, seemingly insignificant actions, but it plays a decisive role in the salvation history of the weight. When everyone is talk too much and doing too little time when St. Joseph was in compliance with the main premise of Italy, "sensitive to the issues but cautious in speech"!
He retreated behind the scenes, quietly, to take care of the Savior and his mother, offering his skills to earn a living, give him food and clothing, let him grow up in a safe place. He is willing to make a net allocation, willing to obscurity, willing to live their lives in the poor, but in the end, even Jesus had called him father, belonging to him under the jurisdiction.
Jiujiang, Jiangxi Road intersection like a small square behind the garden is the Christian Holy Trinity Church. I am surprised that the church door clearly hanging XX District Court's Armed Forces and the XX brand of the district government hall. I wonder whether the wrong place. Q concierge security: This is the Holy Trinity Church do? Security answer simply: it is. I said, you can go look? Young can not be back to argue with the security of the tone that this is the organ powerhouse, trespassers, etc. can not enter. I am furious: jokes! I have a small government bureaucracy, how has become trespassers, etc.! Small security probably never seen this battle, but still the silence to accompany me turn a large circle, of course, I may be monitoring. Is also quite a task for him, he also dedicated it. In front of Holy Trinity Church, look at the brand, I do not know how to describe the mood. The church is even military occupation. Is recruits is from the church set foot on the journey to the camp do? In addition, the Communist Party in the church open, I do not know how to feel.
Christian church's architectural style is relatively simple and the Catholic Church appear to be more practical, places of worship only to worship the cross. Unlike the Catholic church has Jesus, Virgin Mary, angels and so on, like. People's Square is located next to God's Grace Church is a Christian church, built in 1931, the U.S. academic buildings, red walls and red tile roofs, bell hug on the red cross on end, stood at attention in the crowded buildings and bustling among the crowd. The lobby is a golden yellow flower surrounded by glass windows. When I went to is the rainy days, but is such a weather, also seemed to have sunlight, the entire lobby being bathed in golden light, warm and mysterious. I went to, when God's Grace Church Seventh-day Adventist believers worship is under way. On this day there are 12 programs of worship, namely, the main ceremony, announced that a prayer (the choir to sing the "Lord in the Temple" People sit) 2 read out a statement Mian (Public sitting) 3 Sunday hymns (Chung Li) 4 to read the classics (Public sit) 5 Prayer (congregation kneeling) 6 singing "Please hear my prayer" (Public kneeling) 7 choir will sing (congregation seated) 8 Sermon: for God's friends 9 end of the choir to sing with 10 pray 11 prayer Amen Song 12 closing. Catholics have actually mutual friendship as brothers and sisters. As I said earlier, the parties-workers (church) I heard the rain come from Nanjing, have helped gang that. I went into the ranks of being worship of the church when, surrounded by an old Catholic softly asked me: do not bring poetry copy? I whispered A: I only brought a Bible, she said, it does not matter, we were watching, they had to move my eyes in this poetry, she always held out in front of my poetry book, himself and the congregation devoutly Catholic High sing hymns.
Dongjiadu Road is located in Huangpu River in Shanghai Dongjiadu Catholic Church probably the oldest church in the first. Qing dynasty, twenty-eight years (1847) to create, Xianfeng three years (1853) completed Kaitang. European-style hall house of Jesus will always lobby, the lobby was flattened vaulted ceiling, can play the role of resonance, halls of several huge columns of about four meters in circumference, in which a column built-turn ladder. There are four clock tower the size of a bronze bell and the church of the same age, just hitting bronze bell, will be able to play the beautiful sacred music, church, iron cross on top of tens of tons.
Dongjiadu St Francis Catholic Church is a Church of Ji.
All Saints Church in Freshwater, Fuxing Road junction, where the Church of Shanghai two organs. All Saints Church to find the most strenuous in the long recovery has been reached Shanghai East Street, asked many people, though very warm, also hard to do, but I did not know, even the gestures of the traffic police are also unable to tell us why they are a half-day . Am also running four churches, in order to save time, decided to take a taxi. Almost do not expect to ask brother, actually he knew that although the Colombian could not tell the church's name, but his mother and wife were there to pray, so we know. Later, the brother who has been following me go three churches, and offered to the church though you see, I put the table stopped waiting for you.
Located in Xiangyang Lu, the new music hall and the Virgin Mary Orthodox Church intersection Gaolan Road Church of St. Nicholas is known as "onion head" of the Russian-style buildings, is Orthodox.
Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Jewish, in fact not entirely the same thing.
Catholicism is the oldest church established by Jesus Christ himself, also known as the Roman Catholic Church (Catholic Church). Orthodox (Eastern Orthodox), in the 1054 split with the Roman Catholic Church to Constantinople as the center of most of the sect called themselves "orthodox" because the ritual use of Greek, it is also known as "Greek Orthodox." Some do not accept the Catholic doctrine, such as "the Father, Son, Holy Spirit total fat," "Purgatory," "chaste Virgin Mary, pregnant and flesh ascend to heaven" and oppose the Pope of Rome will never be wrong, said, and so on. Christianity (Protestant) in 1517, from Martin Luther protest against the Holy See to sell "indulgences" and launched the Reformation created a new denomination - Lutheran, or Protestant. That "the Bible" is the highest authority of faith, does not recognize the supreme authority of the Pope in Rome, do not follow under the unified leadership of the Holy See against the Catholic Church of St. hierarchy advocated believers can communicate directly with God without the need for the church and the priest acting as intermediaries to repeal the provisions prohibiting priests to marry the abolition of monasteries, the system does not recognize Mary as the Mother of God, nor devotion to Our Lady of Saints etiquette.
Shanghai there are two synagogues, which are located and Changyang North Shaanxi Road, namely, Seymour Road, Hall and Moses Hall. One of the most famous is the Seymour Road Hall. In fact, Seymour Road, Hall is only one known, and its official name is the European Hare. Snow Rachel synagogue synagogue around the world are facing the holy city of Jerusalem. Hall, complete with preaching Taiwan, Judaism opposed to idol worship, so halls without any idols. In general there will be St. cabinet, before the Temple in Jerusalem, St. cabinet used to store the Son of God bestowed the Ten Commandments of Moses, and later the destruction of the Temple could not find the counter also. Is now generally synagogue where Jewish St. cabinet storage classic "Torah" is the record of the Jewish classic "Torah" full text of the volume in sheep's clothing. Jews believe that reading a book can be close to God, there is still designed to study the classics for a living people who are respected in the Jewish people was dependent. Hall is often reads each rest period by reading the book, one year down and just read it again.
Judaism is the Jewish religion. In the world in the name of religion, nation a big one on Judaism. Jews and Judaism is equated to. Now there may be non-believers, but the Middle Ages when Jews certainly Jewish. Therefore, synagogues, religious life, social life mixed. Judaism generally not theology. Not to focus on awareness of God to save the absence of such theological issues, they mainly emphasized how to do the reads are placed in all the activities of daily living among law. Want to know whether the conduct of its own in line with God's will, they will go to synagogue I asked, "Rabbi" (explained in the Bible, "Rabbi" as a teacher), "Rabbi," citing a variety of scriptures to tell people how to say how.
Europe Hale. Snow Rachel synagogue is located near the Beijing West Road, Shaanxi Road is the Sassoon family in Asia can be Bouchat Johnson in 192O built in memory of his deceased wife. Synagogue building the appearance of no fixed pattern, according to local conditions in different regions of the synagogue because of the local Jewish community's financial and ignorant of the different performance of interest. Europe Hale. Snow Rachel synagogue is located in Shanghai at that time the British concession, so it is Western classical architectural styles, many of the details reflect Western architectural characteristics.
In October 2001, the EU Hale. Snow Rachel synagogue and the Yunnan Golden Temple Shaxi block, Shanxi Datong-Qinhuangdao pagodas and monasteries, the Great Wall along with selected World Monuments Heritage List. Europe Hale. Snow Rachel synagogue is the Jewish representative works in China during World War II, many Jews to escape Hitler's persecution everywhere looking for a place to escape, but many countries restrictions on the Jews to enter, and only China is the world's only without a visa accessible, here was a spiritual refuge for more than 20,000 Jews.
Synagogue quietly ushered sent.
Yan Church is the interest rate the farthest a church downtown Shanghai. However, I think that is most worth looking at a church, its location is very hidden, away from the urban areas, in a zoo near Hami Lu and Coca-Cola Road Interchange, had to over a bridge. It is an open courtyard house, courtyard gloomy, and now there is no clergy, may have been abandoned, and now there is only one kind of old farmer with a little boy waited at there, gives a very bleak, chill feeling. Yan interest Byzantine church with an ancient architectural style is very distinctive.
Yan interest in reading together, drive to the Shanghai West Railway Station, on the train, the next Xitang.
Sunday morning, from Jiashan Take a train, in Matsue, the go to Sheshan Shanghai's most famous Catholic Cathedral.
Is located in Shanghai Songjiang District Sheshan National Forest Park, West Peak on the Sheshan Catholic Church, also known as Our Lady of Sheshan hall, built in 1935, is a late Roman style. Magnificent old trees, green bamboo swaying in Sheshan landscape integrated with a variety of religious buildings.
Sheshan had a good couple of choices on the current members of the mountains is not to buy a ticket. Were down at the church door, there is an old church janitor will ask you one: Yes, Catholics do? If the answer is, it is no longer asked. In fact, whether Catholics, only you to answer carefully.
Gu Zhang Shan walked along the hillside, Sam Shing Pavilion Plaza, respectively, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Virgin Mary and saint Joseph's statue. When I arrived, although the rain has been no less than, but the ground is still dripping. Some Catholics would kneel on the wet the ground in prayer, be sincere. Place next to a small church, is for Catholics a temporary rest. Place the top is a group of statues, called "Mountain Park, to pray," about a commemoration of Jesus on the eve of Passion leather responsible for Mani prayer garden events. The text reads: "The garden of Jesus kneeling on the ground, looking at the sky, appear before the color to pray for the angels holding cups Jue, symbolizing the fate of Jesus will be encountered. With the approach of death, fear of Jesus like normal people disturbed, but reliance and love of the Father, the Father's will willingly bearing the occasion for human sacrifice their own lives. Through this incident reflection, Christians learned the spirit of Jesus, in the face of life's hardships and death The fear, the only hope is the Father's love, will accompany us through every moment of life, arrived in the eternal Kingdom of Heaven. "
"Mountain Park, to pray," up, that is, Our Lady of the lobby leading to the Peak "of the" shape winding up of the Hill, known as the Way (Jerusalem there is a bitter way), there are 14 roadside kiosks documented Look at the Way of the suffering revive through. The faithful in the "Mountain Park, to pray," prayer, they chant the way along the hard road, every path through a pavilion to be down on their knees praying hard up to the Peak of Our Lady hall.
Trees set off the lobby of the Virgin Mary, the red brick walls, green glass, tile, stands a tall bell tower on top of a bronze of the Virgin and Child, like. Sheshan Catholic Church parish in all of the country the highest level of a church, the pope had been Chifeng as "temple." Each year in May the Virgin Mary on the Catholic tradition, Christians across the country have come to this pilgrimage, from the Trinity Peak, Pavilion Plaza, up to the lobby are full of Catholics, priests who had to hold open-air mass.
Sheshan Catholic Church's internal extremely magnificent. In Shanghai, visit any one church are free, but not allowed to take photographs in the church, not allowed to speak up, not allowed to smoke, eat Luantu throw. Because I am coming all the way from Nanjing, the church is responsible for the management of two young seminarians an exception for allowing me to take pictures, and sincerely invited me to sit their School of Sheshan repair, but also told me that there are repair, Nanjing Institute of seminarians.
After leaving Sheshan, multiplied by She green to look at Shippo Shippo Southern Zhang Catholic Church, and then traveling to look at Xujiahui Xujiahui Catholic Church. I am to the 2:40 pm. The church every Saturday, Sundays have a young Catholics to explain to lead tourists to visit at any time, the time to explain to visit free of charge.
Xujiahui Catholic Church was built in 191O, the largest church in Shanghai, its official name is the Catholic Bishop of Shanghai's Cathedral, because the Church of St. Ignatius Bong-based insurance, also known as St. Ignatius Church. Matteo Ricci (Matthew) was here cloth aisle, distinguished scientists from the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese Catholic pioneer Xu Guangqi's grave is here. Church is located in the garden behind the main square, is a typical Gothic architectural style, very majestic, solemn, beautiful. Red brick facades, Jinshan stone column, marble carving of Jesus with a positive image and four-day Saints Ma Dou, Maldives ancient, Luke, John icons, the main entrance flanked by two high-5O She-meter bell tower steeple. Broad and deep inside the church, with a total 56.6 meters high, total length of 83.3 meters, with a total width of 30 meters. Internal planar structure is a huge cross. Halls to a root does not seem a huge stone pillars bulky, it is because designers use visual principle, the Ying-chu, the small cylindrical roots put together by the IO made, saying the beam column. Supported by 64 columns from the arch structure is the big arch there is a small arch, large and small, criss-crossing, the highly rhythmic sense. , The sun shot from the lobby of the top windows, the entire lobby gives people a feeling of rising up. Ying column with a circle corridor, but also arch structure, the last side of the church choir gallery is a place, the world's third-largest organ in Xujiahui Church, unfortunately, was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. Into the church, first thing to see is a holy water dish, Catholics will be dipped in holy water on his forehead, and the cross into the church after St. Road. There are 19 halls the size of the altar, the lobby there are a dozen rooms on both sides of the altar, the left side of the first, there are a mysterious wooden cage, this is what to do, seen the movie Zorro's will understand, This is the confession, that confession booth. Confession booths on both sides there are two small windows, lay in the window of repentance, priests inside to listen.
After visiting about half an hour, Hengshan Road subway to go to see the International Chapel.
Full of rich European-style Hengshan Road, there are covered with ivy surrounding a British-style brick-wood structure buildings, the tall London plane trees were thick ring holding, which is an international chapel. The hall was built in 1920, all the churches in Shanghai and most luxuriously appointed one, in the year when the construction is equipped with heating equipment, internal for the whole wooden structure. The church outside the tall ginkgo, camphor, evergreen shrubs and a vast lawn, the environment is extremely elegant, in Shanghai's foreign Christians like to come here to pray more.
I went to, when about to start Sunday, the faithful came one after another, of them are a foreigner, there are some people, but some people apparently are not Catholics. I saw a girl with a Chinese face, fashionable, modern dress than foreigners still in the church, look around, scratch the first Nongzi. I know that some girls in Shanghai to go abroad in order to find the path of all-pervasive, can find a path to find the church coming? The church entrance and inside the creeter and usher are also foreigners. Catholics foreigners is very warm, form of expression and the people not the same, you have not come to the door, his hand on the long stretch over. The foreigners come to worship and expression are not the same people (and I write back when you want to talk about mass Xujiahui) everyone in the face of brilliant sunshine greeted each other happily. 4:00 Sunday start, the main ceremony were the first requested the public peace Catholics exchanged greetings, then, the masses together Catholics cheered warmly shook hands all around, hugging, kissing, I was and the front of the church turned to shake hands Suddenly he, next to the little girl's mouth on foreign countries posted to my face. Was even more peculiar is the choir is actually rock tunes, heavy metal, drums, electric guitar accompaniment. Public Catholics passionately while singing with the choir on stage, while rhythmically clapping, while writhing body, the stage is also a passion for passion, the main ceremony was also the side of people to incite passion, the scene is extremely lively. Father's sermon I could not understand a word, whispered in English behind the church told me twice, I probably realized, the original Hebrew priest is authentic sermon.
International Chapel out on a stroll in the Hengshan Road, into which I am familiar, "my house" coffee shop, asked for a cup and a cup of Tomomi basket Hill, waiters look of doubt, I know that she was thinking, this person is not sick , how such drinking. Inside a man or a bar waiter said with a smile, is this he has been drinking.
Sitting in my house for nearly an hour, then take the subway back to the beginning of Xujiahui Church to participate in the main day 6:00 mass.
6:00 sharp, Mass (Mass) officially begun. God's sons and daughters packed with extremely devout, and looked solemn, and some Catholics kneel on the kneeling bench from beginning to end. Hymns throughout the sermon, prayers, prayer entire process. A professional choir, good sound conditions for construction, St. singing drifting slowly from behind, it is really wonderful, people could not help but not solemn, could not help but not touched. Could not help but do not feel warm. Mass, halfway through, when peace is exchanged greetings, apparently not the same as foreigners, we only sincere smile, implicitly, a handshake. Near the end of Mass, receive Holy Communion is the faithful lining up, slowly, reverently before the priest came to receive Holy Communion, which was the Lord's body.
Amen!
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