[2] In 1780, after the Parinirvana of the 6th Panchen Lama, Qianlong Emperor ordered built a white pagoda to commemorate him.

Forty years later in 1900, the Eight-Nation Alliance ransacked Xihuang Temple during the Invasion of Beijing.

[2] In 1979, Xihuang Temple was inscribed to the Beijing Municipal Cultural Preservation Pnit List.

In September 1987, the 10th Panchen Lama set up the High-Level Tibetan Buddhism College of China at the temple.

In 2001, the white pagoda was listed among the "Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Beijing" by the State Council of China.