According to Wu Deng Hui Yuan (五灯会元), in the Wei and Jin dynasties, Indian Buddhist monk Baozhang (宝掌) came to Sichuan to worship Samantabhadra and lived in Da'ci Temple.

In 822, Master Zhixuan (知玄) settled at the temple to deliver Buddhist precepts there, and attracted large numbers of practitioners.

[1] In 1435, in the 10th year of Xuande period (1399–1435) in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), a disastrous fire destroyed most of the buildings.

At the end of 2003, Daci Temple was restored and was officially opened to the public on April 8 of the following year.

[1] The low-rise Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li Chengdu complex which opened in April 2015 was built surrounding the temple in keeping with traditional Sichuan architecture.