Aia ma ke kihi komohana hema o ke kūlanakauhale, ua kūkulu ʻia ka luakini ʻo Dayun, i kauoha ʻia e Wu Zetian (ʻO ka mōʻī wahine wale nō ma ka mōʻaukala Kina), i ka wā Zhenguan o ka mōʻī Tang.Ua kūkulu hou ʻia i ka makahiki 54 o ka noho aliʻi ʻana o ka emepera kangxi (1715) ma muli o kahi ōlaʻi.I ka makahiki 690, ua loaʻa i ka empress dowager kahi kope o ka puke hoʻomana i kapa ʻia ʻo Dayun a lilo ʻo ia i manaʻo nui i ka Buddhism.Ua noi koke ʻo ia i ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa e kūkulu i nā luakini ʻo Dayun.I kēia lā, ʻekolu wale nō mau luakini ʻo Dayun ma Kina.Ua mālama maikaʻi ʻia ka luakini ʻo Dayun ma linfen no ka mea ua lōʻihi ke kahua o ka hale hōʻikeʻike o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo linfen.I ka makahiki 2006, ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka luakini ʻo Dayun ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana mālama moʻomeheu koʻikoʻi.ʻAʻole nui ka unahi o ka luakini dayun.ʻO nā hale nui e kū nei me ka puka, ke keʻena, ka pagoda aniani jinding, ka hale sutra.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Liang Sicheng, kahi mea kālai Kina kaulana, ma The History of Chinese Architecture e ʻōlelo ana ʻaʻole i loaʻa kēia hale kiaʻi i ka wā ma mua.ʻO Shanxi kekahi o nā wahi hānau o ka glaze kala, ʻo kāna ʻenehana hoʻoheheʻe kala kala he ʻano ʻokoʻa.Mai ka wā kahiko, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo "Shanxi colored glaze a puni ka Kina".

Aia he 58 mau hiʻohiʻona buddhist glaze waihoʻoluʻu i loko o ka hale kiaʻi o ka luakini ʻo Dayun me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻālohilohi a me nā ʻano hiʻohiʻona.Aia kekahi puka i loko o ka hapa nui o nā stupas i ka mōʻī Tang a me Song.ʻO ka lua i loko o ka luakini ʻo Dayun he lumi huinahā.Ke wehe mākou i ka puka hale kiaʻi, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ka maka o ke poʻo Buddha ma kahi o 6.8 mika ke kiʻekiʻe a me 5.8 mika ākea. ʻO ka ʻili o ke poʻo i hoʻopili mua ʻia me kahi papa o ka lehu keʻokeʻo no ka pena a me ke gula.Hollow i loko, hoʻohana ʻia no ka waiho ʻana i nā sutras a me nā waiwai o ka luakini o ke kūlanakauhale.Wahi a ka noiʻi kikokikona, ʻo ke poʻo o ka Buddha hao ka hana mua o ka moʻokūʻauhau tang, me ka nui o ke kaumaha ma mua o 15 tons, ka pae mua ma ka honua.Wahi a ka loiloi loea, paʻakikī loa ka hoʻolei ʻana i kēlā hana nui me ka hao puaʻa.Pono e ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ke kino me ke poʻo nunui he 40 mau mika ka lōʻihi, a ʻo kahi o ke kino he mea pohihihi.