Jin Xian Temple is a thousand-year-old temple, which was built in the Southern Liang Dynasty. It has a history of thousands of years and has been destroyed and repaired several times, but its style remains the same. The entrance of the temple is facing Baiyangdian Lake, and a pair of stone lions in front are looking at the lake that is still bright and clear after thousands of years. Whenever the sun sets, the setting sun is like blood, the fields are silent, and the rich bells come leisurely, filling every corner with a thousand-year-old rust. Tired birds crossed the lake, rang the bell and returned to their nests.
According to Guangxu's Records of Cixi County in Qing Dynasty, the temple was built in the period of Datong in the Southern Dynasties (535-545), with a history of 1400 years, and was originally named "Jin Jing Temple". In the first year of Gan Tang (758-759), Zen master Du Zhi lived here and changed his name to "Fulin". Song Zhiping two years (1065
In), Baiyangdian was once named Jinxian Lake, and the court named it "Jin Xian Zen Temple", which became a temple in eastern Zhejiang at that time. It was expanded twice in the thirty-eighth year (1699) and fifty-ninth year (1- 1) of the Qing Dynasty. In the fifteenth year of Daoguang (1835), it was destroyed by fire and rebuilt soon; In the first year of Tongzhi (1862), it was destroyed by soldiers again; In the 12th year of Tongzhi (1873), it was rebuilt.
1989, Jin Xian Temple was located in Baiyang Lake Scenic Area, so Yao Yunlong, a disciple of Cixi, donated money to rebuild the temple, which was approved by Ningbo Municipal Government in1/month of that year. Nearly ten years later, the Buddha Hall, the Heavenly King Hall, the Wanghulou, the White Lake Lecture Hall and two guest rooms were restored. And build new buildings such as Jade Buddha Pavilion and Wanfo Building. Now there are 172 halls and houses, covering an area of 42 mu. Resplendent temples and solemn Buddha statues have become a large-scale ten-square jungle in eastern Zhejiang.