Originally built in the Liao dynasty (907–1125), it is a cultural and artistic treasure in the Chinese architecture history.

After his death, his disciples Daoguang (道广) and Yihong (一弘) inherited the behest of their teacher, and the complex was finally completed in 1025.

[1] In 1932, the eminent architect Liang Sicheng surveyed the temple, he made a detailed record of its buildings and took pictures, which was written into his book Architecture History in China.

[2][1] In 1947, after the People's Liberation Army seized Tianjin, the than magistrate Yu Sheng (于生) ordered to demolish the temple and its wood were used to the Bailonggang Bridge (白龙港大桥), which was being built at that time.

[1][3] In 2005, the local government started a reconstruction project with the original sample of Liao dynasty architectural style, which lasted for three year.