White Cloud Temple, Shanghai, Taoist temple in Huangpu District, Shanghai, China

The White Cloud Temple is a two-level Taoist temple at 239 Dajing Road in Huangpu District, rebuilt in Ming and Qing styles around a rectangular courtyard in the siheyuan manner. Its entrance faces south, and external staircases link the upper halls. The Lingxiao Hall holds a five-metre statue of the Jade Emperor, and seven bronze statues date from the Ming dynasty.

In 1874 the Quanzhen master Wang Mingzhen founded a hall to Leizu, the Thunder Patriarch, near Shanghai's North Gate. When road widening threatened it in 1882, it was rebuilt on land bought with local gentry support; halls to Doumu, Sanqing, Lüzu and Qiuzu followed, and in 1888 it became an annex of Beijing's White Cloud Temple. Moved from Xilin Back Road to Dajing Road in 2004, it reopened in 2006.

This temple functions as a center for the Quanzhen School of Taoism, where visitors encounter active spiritual practices and teachings focused on virtue, wellness, and longevity. The daily rituals and prayers create a living space where religious belief remains part of everyday life.

The temple moved in 2004 from Xilin Back Road to its present site at 239 Dajing Road and reopened to the public in 2006. The complex has two levels, with the upper floor reached by external staircases and linked by a raised gallery; two corner towers hold the bell and the drum.

The temple keeps seven bronze statues from the Ming dynasty, among the many figures of deities in its halls. The Leizu hall, dedicated to the Thunder Patriarch, gave the complex its name: it was renamed "Hall of the White Cloud over the Sea" (海上白云殿).