Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te temepara i ahu mai i te maara huawhenua, i whakatuhia e Chen Gaoren () i te Sui dynasty (581<unk>619) a ka waiho hei temepara Buddhist. I te wa o Baoda (943<unk>957) o te rangatiratanga o Tang ki te Tonga (937<unk>976), i mohiotia ko "Dasheng Temple" (). I whakaingoatia ano ko "Sengqie Temple" () i te timatanga o te Northern Song dynasty. I te tau 1125, i whakahonoretia e Huizong Emperor te ingoa "Chongfa Chan Temple" (). I te kingitanga o Hongwu Emperor (1368<unk>1398) o te Ming dynasty (1368<unk>1644), i hurihia tona ingoa ki "Chongfa Buddhist Temple" (). Na te mea he pourewa karaka te kokonga tonga o te temepara, i mohiotia ano ko te "Temepara Pourewa Karaka". I whakangaromia te temepara e te
Ko te Taiping Rebellion i te wa o te kawanatanga o Xianfeng Emperor (1850<unk>1861) i te mutunga o te Qing dynasty (1644<unk>1911), ka whakahoutia ka hangaia ano i te wa o Guangxu (1875<unk>1908).