TheSejarah historykuil ofini thedimulai templepada begins intahun 963, whenketika ittercatat wasbahwa recordedAula thatSepuluh Ten-ThousandRibu Buddha Hall (''Wànfó diàn'' 万佛殿) was builtdibangun. TheTanggal datetersebut istertulis writtenpada onbalok adi beamdalam in the hallaula, anddan is also thejuga datetanggal givenyang bydiberikan aoleh localsejarah historylokal ofKabupaten [[Pingyao]] countyyang writtenditulis inpada theabad 19th centuryke-19. A Sebuah [[stelaprasasti]] writtenyang dibuat intahun 1819 alsojuga confirmsmengonfirmasi thistanggal dateini.<ref name="Steinhardt 1997, 77">Steinhardt (1997), 77.</ref> Wanfo Hall is the oldest building at Zhenguo temple, and is the only surviving building that dates from the short-lived [[Northern Han]] dynasty.<ref>Steinhardt (2002), 117.</ref> AlthoughMeskipun littlesedikit isyang knowndiketahui ofmengenai thesejarah temple'skuil historyini, stelaeprasasti recordmencatata thatbahwa itkuil wasini renovateddirenovasi inpada tahun 1540 and indan 1816.<ref>Zhao (2007), 94.</ref> In 1997, along with Pingyao city and [[Shuanglin Temple]], the Zhenguo temple was inscribed on the [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage]] list as ‘Ancient City of Pingyao’.<ref name="unesco">{{cite web
