on january25, 1891, a temple was constructed by liu jintang. he had been one of the generals participating in the counterinsurgency against the dungan revolt and at that time he was the governor of gansu. the temple was built in the capital of gansu as a memorial to the victims who died during the dungan revolt in kashgaria and dzungaria. the victims numbered 24,838 and included officials, peasants, and members of all social classes and ethnic groups. it was named chun yi ci. another temple was already built in honor of the xiang army soldiers who fought during the revolt.