Sheshan
Sheshan, known in Shanghainese as Zose, is a pair of hills in Songjiang District in western Shanghai, China. The two hills are distinguished as East and, although the more important western hill is also called Sheshan on its own. East Sheshan has an elevation of and West Sheshan has an elevation of, it is the highest point in Shanghai, there is a small valley between them. The area around the two hills is a forest park.
History
Historically, Sheshan had many temples.The Kangxi Emperor visited in 1720.
French Jesuits began buying land in the area in the early 1860s. They built a sanitarium, a small church next to it, and later a pavilion with a statue of Mary.
During the Taiping Rebellion, Catholics in the area pledged to construct a church dedicated to Mary if they were spared from the chaos. Jesuits began building a hilltop church in 1864 and dedicated it in the early 1870s.
The hilltop church was replaced in 1935 with a baroque-style church which is one of the largest Catholic churches in Asia.
In 1982, the Sheshan seminary opened with Aloysius Jin Luxian as its rector. It was the first seminary of the patriotic church to open during the Reform era.