Ifakwe kwikona esemazantsi ntshona esixeko, itempile yaseDayun, eyalelwa nguWu Zetian (Ekuphela komlawuli obhinqileyo kwimbali yaseTshayina), yakhiwa ngexesha likaZhenguan lobukumkani bamaTang.Yaphinda yakhiwa ngonyaka wama-54 wolawulo luka-Emperor kangxi (1715) ngenxa yenyikima.Ngomnyaka wama-690, idowager yafumana ikopi yencwadi yenkolo egama linguDayun yaza yathi phithi bubuBhuda.Kungekudala wacela ilizwe lonke ukuba lakhe iitempile zaseDayun.Namhlanje, zintathu kuphela iitempile zeDayun eTshayina.Itempile yaseDayun e-linfen igcinwe kakuhle kuba kudala yaba yindawo yolondolozo lwembali yesixeko saselinfen.Ngo-2006, itempile yase-Dayun yabhengezwa njengeyunithi yesizwe engundoqo yokhuselo lwento yenkcubeko.Ubungakanani betempile yedayun abukho bukhulu.Izakhiwo eziphambili ezikhoyo ziquka isango, iholo, i-jinding glass pagoda, indlu ye-sutra.U-Liang Sicheng, umzobi odumileyo waseTshayina, wakha waphawula kwiMbali yeZakhiwo zaseTshayina esithi le nqaba yayingazange ibonwe ngaphambili.I-Shanxi njengenye yendawo yokuzalwa ye-glaze enemibala, itekhnoloji yayo yokudubula enemibala inesitayile esisodwa.Ukusukela kumaxesha amandulo kukho intetho ethi "iShanxi enemibala eqaqambileyo kulo lonke elaseTshayina".

Kukho iipateni ezingama-58 ezinemibala ekhazimlayo yobuBhuda kwinqaba yetempile yaseDayun eqaqambileyo kunye nabalinganiswa abacacileyo.Kukho umngxuma ngaphakathi uninzi lwe-stupas kwi-Tang kunye neNgoma yobukhosi.Umngxuma ongaphakathi kwitempile yaseDayun ligumbi lesikwere.Xa sivula umnyango wenqaba, sinokubona ubuso bentloko kaBuddha ejikeleze i-6.8 yeemitha ukuphakama kunye ne-5.8 yeemitha ububanzi.Umgongxo ngaphakathi, osetyenziselwa ukubeka iisutras kunye nobutyebi betempile yedolophu.Ngokutsho kophando lombhalo, intloko ye-iron Buddha kufuneka ibe ngumsebenzi wokuqala we-tang dynasty, enobunzima obungaphezu kweetoni ezili-15, ibekwe kuqala emhlabeni.Ngokohlalutyo lweengcali, ukwenza umsebenzi omkhulu kangaka ngentsimbi yehagu kunzima kakhulu.Kufanelekile ukukhankanya ukuba umzimba onentloko enkulu kufuneka ube ubuncinane ubuncinane beemitha ezingama-40 ubude, kwaye uphi umzimba useyimfihlakalo.