It was renovated as the Nantong Buddhist Culture Exhibition Hall and opened to the public in 2013, exhibiting Buddhist culture and Nantong history, temple culture and construction and the leading figures of the Chinese Buddhism revival in modern times. It is the quintessence of Chinese traditional art including temple architecture, sculpture, murals, carved stone, inscribed board and couplets.

Nantong Buddhist Culture Exhibition Hall (West Temple) [Photo/mlhaohe.com]