Master Yuan Lin (19 16-2008), whose common name is Du, whose real name is Zhenshan, whose pen name is Daxiong Mountain, is a monk from posthumous title Mountain and a native of Suixi, Anhui Province. Since the 1980s, he has presided over the restoration and repair of the original ancient buildings of Doulv Temple, and built new buildings such as Shanmen, Tianwang Hall, Jade Buddha Hall, Sanmiao Temple and East Courtyard Gate. In 2004, a landmark building, Daci Tower, was built on Lion Ridge. Master Yuan Lin is good at painting and calligraphy, especially at Buddha statues and calligraphy. In June, 2003, Shanghai Pictorial Publishing House also published the Collection of Paintings and Calligraphy of Mountain Monk Yuan Lin.
On May 6th, 2008, at 2 1: 40, the master declared his silence peacefully in Doulv Temple, at the age of 93.