Itholakala ekhoneni eliseningizimu-ntshonalanga yedolobha, i-Dayun Temple, eyalwe nguWu Zetian(Okuwukuphela kombusi wesifazane emlandweni waseShayina), lakhiwa ngesikhathi sikaZhenguan sobukhosi bamaTang.Yakhiwa kabusha ngonyaka wama-54 wokubusa kombusi uKangxi (1715) ngenxa yokuzamazama komhlaba.Ngo-690, umbusi wasebukhosini wathola ikhophi yencwadi yenkolo ebizwa ngokuthi u-Dayun futhi waba matasa ngobuBuddha.Ngokushesha ucela izwe lonke ukuthi lakhe amathempeli e-Dayun.Namuhla, kunamathempeli amathathu kuphela e-Dayun e-China.Ithempeli lase-Dayun elise-linfen ligcinwe kahle ngoba sekuyisikhathi eside liyindawo yemnyuziyamu yedolobha lase-linfen.Ngo-2006, ithempeli lase-Dayun lamenyezelwa njengeyunithi yesizwe eyisihluthulelo sokuvikela izinsalela zamasiko.Isikali sethempeli le-dayun asisikhulu.Izakhiwo eziyinhloko ezikhona zihlanganisa isango, ihholo, i-jinding glass pagoda, indlu ye-sutra.U-Liang Sicheng, umdwebi wamapulani odumile waseShayina, wake waphawula encwadini ethi The History of Chinese Architecture ethi lo mbhoshongo wawungakaze ube khona esikhathini esidlule.I-Shanxi njengenye yezindawo okwazalelwa kuyo i-glaze enemibala, ubuchwepheshe bayo bokudubula okucwebezelayo bunesitayela esiyingqayizivele.Kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo kukhona isisho esithi "Shanxi colored glaze kulo lonke elaseChina".

Kunamaphethini angama-58 amaBuddha anemibala ecwebezelayo embhoshongweni wethempeli lase-Dayun anokukhanya okukhanyayo nezinhlamvu ezicacile.Kukhona okungenalutho ngaphakathi kweziningi ze-stupas ku-Tang ne-Song dynastie.Umgodi ongaphakathi kwethempeli laseDayun uyigumbi eliyisikwele.Lapho sivula umnyango wombhoshongo, singabona ubuso bekhanda likaBuddha elingamamitha angu-6.8 ukuphakama namamitha angu-5.8 ububanzi.Ubuso bekhanda ekuqaleni babunamathiselwe ungqimba lomlotha omhlophe wokudweba negolide.Ingaphakathi elingenalutho, elisetshenziselwa ukubeka ama-sutra namagugu ethempeli ledolobha.Ngokocwaningo lombhalo, inhloko ye-iron Buddha kufanele kube umsebenzi wokuqala wobukhosi be-tang, enesisindo esiphelele samathani angaphezu kwe-15, ibekwe kuqala emhlabeni.Ngokusho kokuhlaziywa kochwepheshe, ukwenza umsebenzi omkhulu kangaka ngensimbi yengulube kunzima kakhulu.Kuhle ukusho ukuthi umzimba onekhanda elikhulu kufanele okungenani ube ngamamitha angama-40 ubude, futhi ukuphi umzimba kuseyimfihlakalo.