It was in Eastern Han Dynasty that Buddhist and Taoist activities first appeared in Linyungang area. Since the past thousands
of years, Buddhist and Taoist temples have spread all over Haizhou, an old country of Lianyungang. These temples were so great that their magnificance and the wonders of the mountains and seas in Haizhou area added radiance to each other, which were highly worshiped and praised by literati of the past ages. That was why so many poems about Buddhist and Taoist temples in Haizhou were produced. Those poems not only reflected the historical relics of Buddhist and Taoist activities and conditions of that time in Haizhou, expressed poets'
admiration for the
beautiful mountains of that time in Haizhou, but also expressed poets' admiration for the beautiful mountains and wonderlands as well as their friendship with monks and priests in that area, which greatly enriched the culture of Lianyungang "a famous city beside Eastern sea" and made the temples, mountains and seas in Haizhou an everlasting charm.