Founded in the 15th year of the Zhou Dynasty (426 BC), it was originally named "Xiao Zhong Temple". In the 9th year of Ming Dynasty (AD 14444), it was rebuilt and renamed as "Zongsheng Temple". At that time, there were only three main halls, one sleeping hall, three east-west halls and three halberds. The following year, three Laiwu Houci temples were built on the right side of the temple. In the 18th year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1505), Jin Hong, the governor of Shandong Province, was ordered to expand the temple system, which was completed in Zheng Dejiu (A.D. 15 14). During the reign of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty, Zeng Temple was destroyed by war twice. In the seventh year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1579), Dr. Zeng, the sixty-second generation of Sun Wujing, asked Qin to rebuild it. Construction started in September of that year and was completed by the end of the year. This reconstruction has laid the present layout and scale. During the years of Shunzhi, Kangxi, Qianlong and Guangxu, it was repaired many times.

Zeng Temple is a very representative official building complex in ancient China, which retains the distinctive architectural style of Ming Dynasty. Zeng Temple faces south and is surrounded by red walls. Its plane is rectangular, with a length of 230m from north to south, a width of120m from east to west and an area of 27,600 square meters. The building layout is divided into positive, left and right roads along the central axis, which enter the courtyard together. There are more than 30 major buildings and more than 70 temples, pavilions and pavilions. There are many stone tablets in the temple, and the cypresses are towering, which is even more solemn and spectacular.

Since the founding of New China, people's governments at all levels have attached great importance to the protection of Zeng Temple, set up protection institutions and increased guards. 1956, 1964, the provincial government allocated150,000 yuan for the maintenance of Zeng Temple. 198 1 year, the provincial government allocated120,000 yuan to repair the wall of Zengmiao and the existing building doors and windows, and to repair the doors and Jingsheng doors. 1985, the provincial government allocated170,000 yuan to repair the ancestral hall. 1992, announced by Shandong provincial people's government as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit. In 2002, Jiaxiang County People's Government built a special highway leading to Zengmiao and Ceng Lin. In September, 2002, Dr. Ceng Xianzi, the seventy-fourth grandson of Ceng Zi, led his family to visit the Zengzi Temple and Ceng Zi Tomb, expressing his willingness to donate money for reconstruction. This time, the back bedroom of the ancestral hall of Zengzi Temple, the back bedroom of Laiwu Temple, the Qianlong Imperial Monument Pavilion, the Wanli Monument Pavilion, the Three Provinces Hall, the vegetarian hall, the East duty room, the kitchen and the stable were restored, and the ancestral hall and Laiwu Back Hall were overhauled. At the same time, the temple wall has been repaired, and Yonglu, Sanshui and Miaoqian Square have been resurfaced, and new fire fighting and drainage facilities have been built. Ceng Zi Forest rebuilt Ceng Zi's tomb, restored the pleasure hall, and rebuilt Yong Road and Qian Lin Square. This renovation project lasted for one year and eleven months from October, 2002 to August, 2004. At this point, the regulations of Zengzi Temple were restored and the landscape reappeared. Ceng Zi Avenue leading to Zengzi Temple was opened in 2007.

In 2000, Mr Ceng Xianzi wrote a plaque for the Temple of Life. After restoration, the monument of Zongsheng Temple is 1.5m high and 1m wide. The dragon relief, inscribed by Mr. Ceng Xianzi in three regular script characters of Zongshengdian, is bold and gilded, which adds to the majesty of the hall.