At the time, Japan had adopted a policy of isolationism when travel into and out of Japan was highly restricted and only the port of Nagasaki was open, so those Ming Dynasty Chinese subjects in Japan constructed Chinese style temples such as Sofuku-ji Temple (Nagasaki City) and Kofuku-ji Temple (Nagasaki City).
当時の日本は鎖国政策を取り、海外との行き来は非常に限られていたが、長崎の港のみは開かれ、明人が居住し、崇福寺(長崎市)（そうふくじ）、興福寺(長崎市)のような唐寺（中国式の寺院）が建てられていた。