The full name of Shi Tianfu is "Inheriting Shi Tianfu", which is the place where Shi Tian is in charge of Taoist affairs in the world and where Zhang Tianshi lives.
Shi Tian's titles in all previous dynasties were hereditary.
Shitianfu was founded in Chongning four years in the Northern Song Dynasty, namely 1 105. This is the mansion that Song Huizong gave to the 30th generation in Jixian County, Zhang Tianshi. The original site was at the customs gate, and it was moved to the present site during the Yan You period of Yuan Dynasty (13 14 ~ 1320).
In the eighth year of Dade in Yuan Dynasty (1304), Yuan Chengzong named Zhang Yucai, the 38th generation Shi Tian, as "the founder of Zhengyi School and the leader of Three Mountains", namely Longhushan, Maoshan and jujube hill. At that time, Jiangnan Taoism was under the jurisdiction of Zhang Tianshi. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Zhang Tianshi to "always be in charge of Taoist affairs in the world" and gave him fifteen taels of silver to build Shitianfu here. Because of Zhang Tianshi's "Big Reality", this house was named "Big Reality House".
In the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Tianshi "always took charge of Taoism in the world", so he merged the Shangqing altar in Maoshan, Lingbao Tan Xuan in jujube hill, Longhu Temple in Longhu Mountain and Jingming altar in Xishan into "Wanfa Zongtan", which is the seat of Wanfa Zongtan, so it is a symbol of Taoist ancestral halls.