As early as the Tang Dynasty, Jiusi Temple had the reputation of South Shaolin. The secret book of the fragrant flower monk found in Gulai Temple in Dongshan Island, Zhangzhou contains: "Gulai Temple originated from Xinghua Qingyuan Nine Temple. In Xian Tong, Tang Yizong, Zhengjue Zen Master asked Guang Zhi Honglian to advocate the construction, and nine temples were connected, so it was called nine temples. It advocates strict dignity, worship and fasting, inherits Zen master Hongyi from Nanzulinwa, and widely spreads the authenticity of Lin Ji. There are more than 500 monks in the temple, which is called South Shaolin. This is the most clearly recorded ancient book in existence. Xianyou was named Qingyuan County in the second year of the Tang Dynasty (699), and the nine temples of Qingyuan are the nine temples of Xianyou today and the ancestral temple of Gulai Temple. Xue Xixian, a monk of the Nine Temples in Ming Dynasty, went south to preach Dharma and built Gulai Temple in Dongshan. Lin Ji is the largest of the five sects after Shaolin Zen spread from Dharma to Huineng, the sixth ancestor. It is stated in the Secret Code that the nine major temples inherit and carry forward the "authentic Lin Ji", and the temple style and Zen method are neat and clean. At that time, there were more than 500 monks in the nine temples, which was also in line with the scale of the famous South Shaolin Temple.
As one of the sources of southern Shaolin culture, there are nine temples in jiusan, and the relics of Shaolin boxing taught and practiced by monks in those years can still be seen today, such as the stone shoulders where monks practice martial arts. Kowloon Village (called "thief camp" locally), which can station troops for thousands of miles on the northwest mountain of the temple, the "First Huan" grottoes, which can accommodate 300 people to practice martial arts, and the "land of boxing and lying cows" to practice bravery stones.