Because it is a temple with a pagoda located on an island, it resembles the famous Jin Shan (Gold Mountain) Temple in Jiangsu Province discussed above and the Chinese since ancient times have popularly referred to it as "Little Jin Shan".

The temple was originally built in the year 1131 AD of the Song Dynasty. The Jinshan Pagoda is eight-sided and has seven stories.  It is made of granite and is about 7 meters in height. The small temple complex includes the "Guanyin Pavilion" or "Goddess of Mercy Pavilion" and the "Building of Great Mercy".

The "Building of Great Mercy" has two rooms with interesting histories.  The left room is known as Qiaqiazhai and is where General Zhang Jing of the Ming Dynasty studied when he was young.  General Zhang Jing (1492-1555) achieved success in fighting the Japanese pirates that operated in the Chinese coastal waters from the 14th to 16th centuries.  However, he later fell into disfavor and was arrested and ordered beheaded by Emperor Jiajing in 1555.

The right room is known as Jiejieshi which translates as the "Borrowed Room".  Lin Longjiang, also known as Lin Zhao'en, studied and wrote for a time in this room.  Because his table, chair and other furniture were all borrowed from neighboring villagers, the room became known as the "Borrowed Room".

Lin Longjiang (1517-1598) was the founder of a popular religion known as the "Three In One Religion" which assimilated the teachings of Confucianism, Daoism (Taoism) and Buddhism into one religion.  He is also recognized as having played a major role in providing food and medicine to the Chinese who suffered from the bloody attacks of the Japanese pirates during this time.

The Fuzhou Jinshan Temple as it exists today was reconstructed in 1934.

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