During the Daguan period in Song Huizong (1107-1165438), the Yi people donated money twice to build two stone pagodas in front of Longhua Temple to show their filial piety. In the third year of Emperor Gaozong in the Southern Song Dynasty (65438), the Twin Towers were called Longhua Twin Towers. Magnificent momentum and exquisite structure are amazing in the history of ancient architecture.
In the 29th year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1 159), the temple was stolen three times, almost in ruins. Writer Lin Yuan took the lead in raising funds to build ancestral halls, libraries, lecture halls, monasteries, Tibetan, Luohan Hall, Dongzang and Longhua Temple.
Longhua Temple flourished in Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty. At that time, there were nearly 500 monks in Longhua Temple, accounting for half of the number of monks and nuns in Xianyou County. During the Yuan Dynasty (1295- 1296), Emperor timur of Chengzong called the abbot of Longhua Temple twice to preach in Beijing. Without the help of a master, Emperor Chengzong ordered Longhua Temple to govern all the temples in the west and south. At this point, Longhua Temple is in charge of 83 temples in Xianyou, which have merged into a big jungle, with increasingly strong incense and growing reputation.
In the forty-five years of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1566), the Japanese Crown invaded Xinghua, and the monks and nuns in the temple fled, and Longhua Temple was devastated. The enemy specially prepared tools such as hoes, rakes, hammers and axes to smash the Twin Towers. It took a lot of effort to smash the Longhua Twin Towers, but I couldn't get them down and had no choice but to retreat. At that time, the Ming court ordered the demolition of temples and sold tens of thousands of bronze materials to enrich the state treasury. During the Wanli period (1573- 1588), Zhou Duodun, the magistrate of Xianyou County, asked the monk Lu Zheng to preside over the reconstruction of Longhua Temple. Because of the huge project, it is difficult to revive the old ideas. Only the mountain gate, Buddhist temple and Jialan Temple were built. Since then, Longhua Temple has experienced hundreds of years of ups and downs. Now there are people with good intentions who intend to revive old ideas.