The history of Xinglong Temple

Xinglong Temple first built five halls of Great Heroes, which were completed the following year (1379). There are three buddhas in the hall, with Sakyamuni Buddha in the middle, Amitabha Buddha on the left and Pharmacist Buddha on the right. After the completion of the main hall, Master Franco-German invited more than 30 elders from nearby temples to hold the opening ceremony. According to legend, when the light was opened, Gao said that the teacher thought that the place name of the temple was not very good, but the French and German masters had been in contact with the emperor for many years, and the emperor had become a monk in Anhui. He suggested that the French and German masters visit the emperor in the court and ask the name of the temple. So the Franco-German master went to see the emperor, and Ming Taizu read out his association with the Franco-German master in the imperial palace, giving him preferential treatment, giving him the name of "Xinglong Temple", which means prosperity, and also giving him two gold 1220, silks and satins 16, and a pair of jade bottles, and making him the founder of the mountain. The time is 1384.

After returning to Yunnan, Franco-German Master hung the plaque of Xinglong Temple given by the emperor on the door of the newly-built temple on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the Year of Ugliness B (1385).

During the Cultural Revolution, Xinglong Temple was used for running schools, and 1987 was restored as a temple. Now it has basically recovered its original appearance. Covering an area of more than 50 mu, there are more than 30 monks. At present, the buildings of Xinglong Temple mainly include Zhaobi, Shanmen, Maitreya Hall, Guanyin Hall, Sanmiao, Daxiong Hall and Zushi Hall, with reasonable layout and complete structure. There are 13 stone tablets and 20 Tallinn in the temple, and important cultural relics include jade Buddha, ancient clock and stone tablets. Master Franco-German was the first abbot of Xinglong Temple, with more than 100 monks.