Following suit to the Tenjikugoshoja or Tenjikugozan, what were called 'Shinagozan and Shinajussatsu (five great monasteries and ten temples in China)' were built during the Sung dynasty China, and 'Kamakuragozan (five monasteries in Kamakura),' 'Kyotogozan (five monasteries in Kyoto)', and 'Nihonjussatsu (ten temples in Japan)' were built during the Kamakura period in Japan.
この天竺五精舎（また五山）が、中国南宋の時代に模せられ、いわゆる「支那五山・支那十刹」ができ、また日本の鎌倉期の「鎌倉五山」、「京都五山」や「日本十刹」が起こったとされる。