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The ancestor of the temple is monk Huili from west India. When he roamed from central plains to Wulin (current Hangzhou) of Zhejiang province, he saw a peak and said: “this is a small mountain on Linjiu Mountain of Middle India, when did it fly here? It seems that some Buddhas are reclusive here.” then a temple was built before the peak, named as Lingyin. At the beginning, the temple was very small. In 771 AC, it was repaired all-sided. However, in the late Tang dynasty, Lingyin Temple was destroyed and all monks in it were dispersed away.

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