Longxing Temple in Zhengding was founded in 586, in the Sui dynasty, and rebuilt and enlarged through the Song, Ming and Qing. Its axis runs through a series of halls that hold some of the most important Buddhist sculpture in northern China, including a Song bronze Guanyin and a large group in the Mahavira Hall. The temple is also known for a revolving sutra cabinet and for the Mani Hall, whose complex roof and bracket sets are studied as a Song building.
At Zhengding, north of Shijiazhuang, a Sui foundation became one of the great Song temple complexes of northern China. Its Mani Hall keeps 127 bracket sets and eleventh-century frescoes, its Dabei Pavilion holds a bronze Guanyin cast in 971, and one two-storey hall was built to house a revolving library.