Seventeen sculptures share the hall's interior space with a small stone pagoda.

According to an inscription on a beam, the Great Buddha Hall of Nanchan Temple was first built in 782 CE during the Tang dynasty.

[4] The largest statue is of Sakyamuni, placed in the center of the hall sitting cross-legged on a sumeru throne adorned with sculpted images of a lion and demigod.

Above the large halo behind the statue are sculpted representations of lotus flowers, celestial beings and mythical birds.

The Great Buddha Hall also contains one small carved Northern Wei stone pagoda that is five levels high.