According to legend, there was a wealthy landlord named Huang Shougong who ran a large mulberry garden.

One day, while taking a nap, Huang Shougong dreamed of a monk begging him for land to build a temple.

Although Huang Shougong was usually kind and generous, he was reluctant to donate such a large piece of his property all at once.

In order to make the monk give up, he came up with an idea and said: "I will only donate seeds if the mulberry tree in the garden blooms white lotus within three days."

The branches of the lush green mulberry trees in the garden were actually full of white lotus flowers.

Huang Shougong was touched by the miracle and willingly donated the land to establish a relationship with the temple.

It was composed by Song dynasty scholar Zhu Xi and inscribed by eminent monk Hong Yi.

The gilded copper statues of the Five Tathāgatas - Akshobhya, Amoghasiddhi, Vairocana, Amitābha and Ratnasambhava, which were made during the Five dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907–960), are enshrined in middle of the hall .

A wood carving sitting Ming dynasty statue of Rocana Buddha is placed on the altar.

[14][15] The wildly popular game Black Myth: Wukong, a AAA action-role playing game has heavily increased tourism in China, for Fujian the site featured was both the identical-looking Zhenguo Stone or East Pagoda and Renshou Stone or West Pagoda twins during the fight of the main character, ‘’The Destined One,’’ at the Black Bear yaoguai stage.

[11] The stage was based on a chapter of the Elder Jinchi and the black bear spirit friend in the world famous classic novel Journey to the West, written in 1591 in the Ming dynasty.

[16] Since being listed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO as a cultural heritage as "World Maritime Trade Center of Song and Yuan China" on July 25, 2021, Quanzhou City's tourism popularity has reached an unprecedented high, even surpassing the traditionally popular tourist city of Xiamen, and jumped to first place in Fujian Province.