PRECIOUS Buddhist relics from an ancient town in Qingpu District have been found.

The discovery was made when the foundations of a historic pagoda built in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) were unearthed in Qinglong Town, which served as Shanghai’s earliest port for foreign trade, Chen Jie, an archeologist with Shanghai Museum taking charge of the excavation, said yesterday.

The brick and stone foundation of Longping Temple Pagoda includes an underground vault in the middle of it, with many cultural relics stored inside.