Whilst there, Chen Jun-Pu, an overseas Chinese resident in Burma, donated five jade Buddha statues to Huigen, who transported two of them back to Jiang-wan, Shanghai.

A Buddhist monk by the name of Kechen later had a new temple built on land donated by Sheng Xuanhuai, a senior official in the Qing imperial court.

They built houses with thatched roofs at Yizhou Pond by the Zhuanghuabang River in the northeast of Shanghai.

Kechen also invited Reverend Dixian from Mount Tiantai to come and lecture on Buddhism in a grand ceremony.

In 1956, a ceremony was held at the temple by the Shanghai Buddhist Association to celebrate the 2500th anniversary of The Buddha's enlightenment.

Shortly after their return, regular scripture lectures, meditation and other features of temple life were resumed.

The public restaurant is located on level two at the eastern edge of the temple and equipped with its own street entrance.