Master Fa Xian's ancestral home is Ye in Gutian County, Fujian Province (the hometown of Master Yuan Ying). When he was a teenager, he sprouted the heart of learning Buddhism and wanted to convert to Sambo. Later, he shaved his hair and wore a ring under the seat of the 100-year-old Ben Huan. Under the seat of Zonghuigong, an old Zen master in yuquan temple, Hebei Province, he was awarded the 45th generation of Lin Ji's descendants.
Now he is the host of Beichan Temple in Fuzhou, devoted to the revival of the temple.