During the Shunzhi period of Qing Dynasty (1644- 16 1), Liu Lin, a former Ming juren, was appointed as the successor of Qi, so he wrote it himself. Then it gradually fell into disrepair. During the Qianlong period (1736- 1795), Li Fen, Mingxin and Zou of Tongan County donated money successively, while Li You, Chen Xian, Liu and Lin Shiyang, abbot of the Mountain Temple, raised funds to rebuild it, and built a temple and several small houses on its left side for literati to write. The 10th (1884) and 30th years of Guangxu were started by gentry Wu, Xu Zongchao, Lin Daodong and wealthy businessman Wu Ding. Rebuild twice, build a fence in 33 years. Rebuilding in Xuantong Yuannian (1909).
In the 13th year of the Republic of China (1924), warlords scuffled, and Meishan Temple, Zhuzi Temple, Mei Ting and other buildings collapsed one after another, leaving only Daxiong Hall. After 1949, the temple was abandoned because Bagu presided over the west. Soon after, Lotus Narcissus was hired to continue her post, and the incense revived.
1953, the vegetable aunts Zheng Xinqing and Zong Min came to live, and the temple affairs were flourishing. 1964 Breaking superstition and expelling monks living in temples. During the "Cultural Revolution", the Hall of Great Heroes was destroyed again.
After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, normal religious activities resumed. The lay monk Wu, Wu, and Wu rushed to invite Meigu to stay, build a temple first, and use the temple to carry out Buddhist activities. 1980, vegetable gu Zheng Xinqing returned to Meishan Temple. 1984, Wu he collected funds to repair the hall of the great hero, shape the Buddha statue, repair the temple, bedroom and kitchen, and the incense was growing. 1987, Buddhist temples in Qian Dian were restored. 1988, reconstruction of Zhuzi Temple. In the same year, Meishan Temple was listed as the third batch of cultural relics protection units in Tongan County. 1992, cement road is repaired to qiantangdi. 1993, the ancestral temple was built and the release pond was built. Later, Haihui Tower, Lotus Pond and Cliff Buddha Cave were built one after another.
On the lower right side of the temple, a cattle-hiding canyon is formed due to quarrying, and rocks are hung on the cliffs around it, and the rocks at the bottom are staggered, which not only seriously damages the natural landscape, but also becomes a dangerous place that endangers the exchange of tourists. During the reconstruction of Meishan during 1995, the deep valley was turned into a pool, surrounded by stone bridges and stone fences. Dozens of Buddha statues in the grottoes are carved on the cliff in front, and many inscriptions are carved on the stone walls around the Buddha grottoes. Building grottoes and Buddha statues on cliffs is the only one in southern Fujian Rock Temple. Turning caves into dangerous cliffs is a treasure of Buddhist culture and should be a great invention to rebuild Buddhist temples according to local conditions.
265438+At the beginning of the 20th century, the Tongan District People's Government listed Meishan as a key tourism development project, and the construction planning of Meishan Temple and Meishan Scenic Area was approved for implementation. The current abbot is Ciming Master.