Kutholakala emgwaqeni oya e-Anyuan kusuka Shanghai, yakhelwe phezu Ithempeli laseJade Buddha ekubuseni kuka-Emperor Guangxu weQing Dynasty enomlando weminyaka engaphezu kwengu-1000. Igama lethempeli lisuselwa kuma-jade Buddhist amabili ethempelini, ahlala esithombeni esisodwa nasekuphumuleni okukodwa, ababuyiselwa eMyanmar.
Ngesikhathi sokubusa kombusi I-Guangxu Umonki ogama lakhe linguHuigen weza evela ePuto Mountain ezokhulekela uBuddha eNdiya futhi endleleni ebuyela emuva, edlula eMyanmar, yaletha izithombe ze-jade ezinhlanu, ezinkulu nezincane, zikaBuddha eChina.
Ngo-1882, ngonyaka wesishiyagalombili wokubusa kukaGuangxu, kwasala izithombe ezimbili zikaSakyamuni, ngakho-ke ithempeli lakhe lakhiwa okokuqala eJiangwan, lalinika igama Ithempeli laseJade Buddha.
Ithempeli ukulingisa izakhiwo zesigodlo sobukhosi beNgoma. Umugqa wokuqala yiHholo lamaKhosi aseZulwini, owesibili yiHholo laseMahavira, bese kuthi owesithathu kube yihholo lika-abbot, ngenhla okuyihholo likaJade Buddha.
Amakamelo okuphumula asethempelini yiGumbi Lokuzindla, inkantini yabantu abadla imifino kuphela, i-Reclining Buddha-Hall, iHholo laseCharity neVirtue, iBronze Buddha Hall kanye neHholo likaNkulunkulukazi Wesihe kanye namanye amakamelo nezindawo zokuhlala.
AmaJade Buddhas ayigugu lethempeli. Eyodwa, ehleli ngamamitha ayi-1,9 ubude, iqoshwe engxenyeni eyodwa yejade emhlophe, ethi, emsulwa futhi ekhanyayo ngokubukeka okunesizotha, ingathathwa njengengcezu yengcebo kubuciko bobuBuddha.
Enye inguBuddha ohlalele ubude obungamamitha angu-0,95, umuntu waseSakyamuni esifundeni saseNirvana. Kulenga ezindongeni zeRelining Buddha Hall yizithombe ezine ezichaza ngokomfanekiso impilo kaBuddha. Ngakho-ke, iJade Buddha Temple yithempeli ngokwakhiwa kwamaJade Buddhas amahle futhi angenakulinganiswa, ithempeli elidumile lamaBuddha eShanghai.