Jingyan Temple is located in Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, is known as an ancient temple, according to history: "It was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty Xianhe first year (327 years): the Eastern Jin Dynasty Shangshu Xu Xi house due to the wells night luminous, so the house for the temple, initially known as the "Lingguang Temple"; Qian Wenmu, when the Wang set up a mountain gate, due to digging for the name of the turtle, changed to the "Spirit Turtle Temple"; Song Dazhong Xiangfu years given the name "Jingyan Temple". "Linggui Temple"; Song Dazhong Xiangfu years given the name "Jingyan Temple". Jingyan Temple covers an area of more than 17 acres, in the Jiaxing city of 54 temples, and the Lanyan Temple and the first place, successive generations of imperial plaques, collection of hundreds of cultural relics. There are more than 1,700 volumes and 10,000 books of Buddhist scriptures in the scripture collection hall, which is the most precious treasure of Buddhism.

Jing Yen Temple monks: the masters of the Western Region Sangha, had Zhuoxi Lingguang Temple, advise the people to more fishing for crops; Tang Li Bai has "Sangha Song" to celebrate its performance; another Fasang Zen Master, the city south of the Changshuitang people, surnamed Yu, 7 years old, cast the teacher by the sutra, the weak crown that is the Anguo Temple in Changan by the full-fledged precepts, and practice Kuni Road, after 11 years, the industry, and then become its industry, began to pass the law back to the scholars such as the forest, 89 years old, passes away; the mourning emperor Tianyou years (907 years) there is Hao Duan Master, Xiuzhou County people, 9 years old into the Lingguang JingShe to bear the scriptures, a if the old school, the crown by the full-fledged precepts, and then compiled "Golden Light Sutra Road with the text of the interpretation of the" 10 volumes, in the spirit of the light in the body without long things, living not Shi Guan, sitting only couch, Song Jianlong two years (961 years) into the demise of the Lingguang in this room, look as alive, where the description of the "Records Record of Praise" more than seventy volumes. Above several monks, all for the State Master. Therefore, to xiangfu guard Han Yanqi discussion please in the dynasty, change the law for zen, changed to ten square zen temple.

To the Ming Jiajing years, the abbot Gui Cen Jiyun Fazi, skilled in calligraphy and seal carving, he went to Beijing to invite the Dragon Collection to the temple in the Cangjing Pavilion. The cabinet has been destroyed through successive generations, until the twentieth year of Guangxu (1894) rebuilt, Weng Tongcai special calligraphy "Longzang" two words, is now well-preserved. In addition, there is a collection of 229 pieces of valuable cultural relics.

In the 1920s, a generation of monks, modern art master Hong Yi Da Shi to Jingyan Temple, reading scriptures, most of the collection of bookmarks are Hong Yi handwriting.

Jiaxing Municipal Government approved in 1994 agreed to rebuild Jingyan Temple. The new Jingyan Temple is located in the famous scenic area of South Lake end, surrounded by Li Lin, a beautiful environment. In fact, the reconstruction of the temple is also one of the key projects of the South Lake Scenic Area comprehensive development. Thus, the local government associations, all parties, elders, parishioners, huge buyers, people, compassion, charity, net wealth, **** to support the event, has recently accomplished merit, all the reconstruction works have been basically completed, Jingyen Temple and a new look. In order to thank the sponsors of the virtue, all donations of one thousand dollars, are engraved in stone to keep their names, out of large sums of money to set up a monument to ask a famous writer to write a short biography, and thus built a merit monument gallery, so that the good givers will always promote the wind of benevolence.