In the sixth year of Tang Wenzong Taihe (AD 832), Bai Juyi donated the money for writing an epitaph for his best friend Yuan Zhen, donated it to repair Xiangshan Temple, and wrote the Record of Repairing Xiangshan Temple. Celebrities and famous temples complement each other, making the temple famous far and wide. Bai Juyi also compiled 800 poems he wrote in Luoyang in 12 into ten volumes, named "Bai's Luo Zhong Ji", and put them in the Buddhist Scripture Pavilion of Xiangshan Temple. Bai Juyi once lived in the temple, calling himself "the Buddhist of Xiangshan", and became the "Nine Masters of Xiangshan" with monks Gustav Hugo, Ji Jiao, Zheng Zhi, Serina Liu, Lufu, Zhang Hun, Li and Ruman. In the sixth year of Tang Huichang (AD 0,846), Bai Juyi died of illness in his former residence, and his family asked him to be buried in the north of Xiangshan Temple, beside the stone pagoda.
From the prosperous Tang Dynasty to the Republic of China, Xiangshan Temple was famous far and near. Many eminent monks, such as Master Zhang An in the Tang Dynasty, Master Zhen Xuan in the Song Dynasty, the great monk Jie Yu, Master Zhong Feng in the Yuan Dynasty, Master Hanshan in the late Ming Dynasty, Master master lianchi, Master Yu Lin in the Qing Dynasty, Master Hongyi in modern times, and the old monk Xu Yun, have successively settled in Xixiangshan Temple to preach the Dharma. Among them, Master Hongyi specially wrote the title of "Xiangshan Ancient Temple" for Xiangshan Temple.
During the Cultural Revolution, temple buildings were demolished.