It was first built in 1882. After the 1911 Revolution, it was neglected and rebuilt in the period 1918 to 1928 on the present site.  It’s two jade Buddhas (out of five brought back from Burma (now Myanmar) in 1882 by the monk Huigen from Mount Putuo were first kept in a suburb of Shanghai. The three halls make up the temple complex. These three halls are the Laughing Buddha or Maitreya Hall, 

Daxiongbaodian or the Precious Hall of the Great Hero (the main hall of a Buddhist temple, in which Sakyamuni is the central figure of a triad enthroned upon lotus pedestals, the two others being usually Ananda and Kasyapa, his two favorite disciples) and Sanshengdian or the Buddhist Abbot Hall. In the Jade Buddha Hall is the tranquil 1.9-metre-high seated statue of Sakyamuni, founder of Buddhism, while downstairs in the Reclining Buddha Hall is the white image (96 centimeters in length) of Sakyamuni in repose. Precious statues of the Northern Wei and Tang dynasties are on display in the temple's exhibition hall, along with hand-copied Tang-dynasty Buddhist scriptures and paintings. More than 70 monks hold daily services. The temple runs a vegetarian restaurant whose menu boasts ' meat' dishes such as pickled duck, sliced eel and chicken, all made of bean curd and vegetables.  Sizzling (Crackling) rice and mushroom soup is strongly recommended.