Current Situation at Longhua Temple, Shanghai | Tips for Less Queuing for Blessing and Hand Rope

|Tips for Less Queuing for Blessing and Hand Rope. The last day of 2024 coincides with the first day of the lunar month, and Longhua Temple is already crowded with people early in the morning. Fortunately, I arrived early, and there was no queue at the entrance at 8:00 am. By the time I came out at 9:30 am, the entrance was already crowded. 🌈 Longhua Temple 🌈 📍Detailed Address: No. 2853 Longhua Road, Xuhui District (near Longhua West Road) 🚉Transportation Tips: 440 m walk from Exit 3 of Longhua Station on Line 12 If there is no parking space, you can park at Longhua Hui across the street [Beg]【Blessing Process】 Scan the code on the right side of the entrance to get incense, three sticks per set, then follow the queue to circle the pagoda clockwise, and then enter the temple to burn incense and pray. 【Pray for/Thank Tai Sui】 Pray for Tai Sui: CNY 40, scan the code at the front left of the entrance to get two red bags, one large and one small. Fill in the information on the large bag and put it in the Yansheng Hall, and take the small bag home and bring it back the following year. Thank Tai Sui: CNY 30, at the same location as praying for Tai Sui, (get a large red bag, put the small bag from the previous year into it, and then put it in the Yansheng Hall) ⚠️Yansheng Hall is on the right side of the Mahavira Hall 【Zodiac Year/Offending Tai Sui Red Rope】CNY 168/198 (the difference is whether you need to return the following year) Zodiac Year Red Rope: 🐍 Offending Tai Sui Red Rope: 🐷, 🐯, 🐒 【Zodiac Three Harmony Hand Rope】CNY 198 Tell the staff your zodiac sign and pay 【Longhua Temple Vegetarian Snacks】 You can buy snacks at the exit: 1️⃣Mung Bean Cake: CNY 25/box, 8 pieces 2️⃣Almond Crisp: CNY 30/box 3️⃣Vegetarian Ham: CNY 20/box 4️⃣Walnut Cloud Cake: CNY 20/box