[1] In 1069, in the 5th year of Xianyong period in the Liao dynasty (907–1125), master Fajun (法均) founded the ordination altar in the temple.

[1] A large square ordination altar which is 3.25-metre (10.7 ft) high and made of bluestone is placed in the middle of the hall.

The three layers of the ordination altar are all shaped in Sumeru thrones with carved patterns of clouds and grass.

On the ordination altar enshrines a clay statue of Sakyamuni which is sitting on a 3-metre (9.8 ft) high lotus throne.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368–1911), the "Ten Grotesque Pine Trees" (十大奇松) were known to the world, which attracted many literati to come and compose poems to eulogize them.