Xuanzhong Temple is located in the Shibi (Stone Cliff) Mountain, northwest of Jiaocheng County Town 70 kilometers from Taiyuan City. The temple was first built in 472 when the monk, Tanluan, the creator of the Jingtu (Pure Land) Sect, was bishop of the temple studying and pursuing Buddhism research here. Later, his disciples became the bishops after him and continued care for the temple and carried forward the Jingtu Buddhism Sect. In the Tang Dynasty, a Japanese monk, Yuanrenhefa got the doctrines of this Buddhism Sect in direct line with Master Tanluan and in due time, introduced this sect to Japan. Therefore, Xuanzhong Temple is regarded as the ancestral temple for the Japanese Jingtu Buddhism Sect. In the temple, most halls were built in the Qing Dynasty except the Tianwang (Heavenly Guardians) Hall, which was built in the Ming Dynasty. Flowers of peony, wind bamboo, Chinese prickly ash and jujube trees are four unique plants of Xuanzhou Temple and are praised nationwide.