Jiajing Shunde Fu Zhi "" Yuquan Temple, forty miles northwest of the county, Jin Dading year built ". Qing Kangxi version of the Xingtai County Zhi" under the temple: Yuquan Temple "forty miles northwest of the county, under the saddle mountain commonly known as Huang (Huang) Temple. And recorded Qing Wang Yuyang "Yuquan Temple Poem" a poem, the poem said:
Pine and white stone two rely on each other, and the guest climbed overlooking the evening sunshine;
The ground is very short of clouds fans of the far Roach, the forest empty blue leaves dance Zen title.
The old monks face the wall without a word, the idle birds rely on the nest to solve the rest of the machine;
The great consciousness from the beginning does not live in the phase, along with the green why do not you want to surplice clothes.
The Qing Guangxu edition of the Xingtai County Records recorded the same as the Kangxi Records, and the addition of the Ming Yan Ting has two poems about the Yuquan Temple. According to local historical records, the temple, was built in the Tang Dynasty during the reign of Zhenguan, for the Yuquan Temple, has a history of more than 1300 years ago. Because in the Yuan Dynasty, Yuan Shun emperor was pursued by the Ming army, had taken refuge in the Yuquan Temple, and then Zhu Yuanzhang in this resting soldiers feed the horse's sake, Yuquan Temple is also commonly known as the Imperial Temple.
Yuquan Temple, built in the Tang Dynasty, repair in Jin, revitalized in the Yuan. Zen Temple was built in the east foot of the Taihang Dragon Mountain (also known as the chessboard mountain). Axis building there are two halls, three cypresses. September 2002, the net wisdom masters form Yuquan monks formally take over the Yuquan Temple; the following year in mid-March began to restore the construction of the Yuquan Temple in 2005 when the first phase of the restoration of the temple was successfully completed, successively on the Three Treasures Hall (the original Maharajah's Treasure Hall), the Hall of Guanyin (formerly known as the Hall of the Buddha, the Hall of the ancient Huayan) for the protection of the restoration of the hall in front of the gold, Yuan to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Republic of China, there are since the Jin, Yuan to Ming and Qing Dynasty, Republic of China, the inscription of 20 passes. Twenty passages. Newly molded Buddha's golden body 12, which Guanyin Hall 2.8 meters high mahogany (Huanghuali) Guanyin statue, carved into a single wood, exquisite craftsmanship, has a high value; and in the Yuquan Zen Temple east and west sides of the new halls of the monk house nearly a hundred, with a total area of more than 3,000 square meters; the second phase of the expansion project has been initiated, and now rebuilt the axial Tianwang Hall and the door, governance Yuquan Pond, and rebuild the Yuquan Pond stone fences and parking lots. There are also repairing part of the wall and the river berm is also in progress, plans to restore the original bell and drum tower and Yuquan pagoda and other work is also in active preparation. From the temple, the existing houses and facilities also have a scale, a variety of facilities are also self-contained system, has basically meet the needs of Buddhist activities.