It was built during the Southern Dynasties, Qi Gaozu, Xiao Daocheng (萧道成), Jianyuan (479-482), and first named Jianyuan Temple.
[1][clarification needed] Later, it was changed to Peace Tower.
As time went on, the temple had been deteriorated because of wars, natural disasters and the Cultural Revolution.
Not until the Chinese economic reform did Liu Biru, a Chinese-American, subsidized restoration of the temple in 1982.
[2] It is made up of wood and brick, which has seven floors and eight faces[clarification needed].