The shrine was built for an untraceable deity of Gaoting Mountains engendered by primitive thought and worshiped by the early local inhabitants, four to five thousand years before the mountains were surrounded by the sea. In the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties, it was the local god of protection; guarding the peace of the local people. Both officials and folks would pray to it in time of difficulty and their wish were always satisfied. In 822, there was a big drought in Hangzhou. The provincial governor Bai Juyi made special sacrifices of fruit, wine, and incense to the god and composed the famous Pray to Gaoting Deity. In the Southern Song period, after repeated successful prays for rain, the royal court promoted it to the rank of king and built a shrine and remade statues in its honor. But these ancient relics disappeared long ago. The current shrine is a restoration of the old site, including a resurgence of the grand sight of the original ‘Gaoting Deity Totem-Pole’. The totem engraved on the pole represents the Gaoting Deity, who takes divine charge of the sky, the earth, the sun, the moon, the mountain, and the sea. The shrine and the totem pole are restored to satisfy the local needs of tracing the root and experiencing the original culture.