The name comes from Putuo Mountain, formerly known as Meicen Mountain, which was named after Meifu's monasticism here in the late Western Han Dynasty. In the fourth year of Tang Xiantong (863), the Japanese monk Hua Hui invited the Guanyin statue of Wutai Mountain to return to China. He crossed the Lotus Sea and was caught in a storm. He thought Guanyin would not go to Japan, so he left the statue and said he would not go to Guanyin. Liang Chaozhen of the Five Dynasties refused to go to Kannonji in the second year (9 16). In the third year of Song Yuanfeng (1080), the imperial court gave silver and converted it into Baotuo Kannonji. Since then, the incense has flourished. In the seventh year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty (12 14), it was officially designated as the Guanyin Dojo, and according to Buddhist scriptures, Luoga was added, and this mountain was named as Putuo Luojiashan, also known as Butuo Luojiashan. In the Ming Dynasty, an island in the south of Lianhuayang was called Luojiashan, which gave birth to two mountain names, Putuo Mountain and Luojiashan Mountain.

Guanyin was called Nanhai Guanyin in ancient Tianzhu. According to legend, it is because: 1. Guanyin appeared in ancient Tianzhu (now India) and belongs to South Asia. The Luojiashan where Guanyin is located is in the South China Sea, so it is called Nanhai Guanyin. Second, there is no similarity between the South China Sea and the South China Sea. Wang Bo, a famous writer in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in Ode to Guanyin: "The South China Sea is deep and secluded, connected with the Shuifu, and named Qibao Luojiashan, where Guanyin lives." Wang Bo died in 676. Even if Zan was written in 676, it was earlier than he refused Guanyin to go to Putuo Mountain 187. It can be seen that Guanyin in the South China Sea is not named after Putuo Mountain in the South China Sea. On the contrary, it is because of Guanyin in the South China Sea that Putuo Mountain was renamed Putuo Mountain in the South China Sea. 1982 development and construction, was rated as a national key scenic spot.

In 2007, it was rated as a national 5A-level tourist attraction in China.

In 2004, it was rated as the only ISO 14000 national demonstration area in Zhejiang Province.