隆福寺始建于明景泰三年(1452年)六月,次年(1453年)三月建成。当时京师寺庙多为中官所建,而隆福寺为朝廷香火院之一(另一座为大兴隆寺)作为祝厘之所,因此修建费用俱出自内帑,并且使用了被废弃的南内(小南城)翔凤殿等处的石栏杆,修建得很讲究。有殿宇五层:天王殿、三世佛殿、三大士殿、毗卢殿和大法堂,左右还有藏经殿、转轮殿等,一时香火很盛,一些外国访华使团来北京时,也要被安排来寺参观、礼佛,足见其地位之重要。清雍正元年(1723年)重修, Long Fusi Temple was built in Ming Jingtai three years (1452) in June, the following year (1453) completed in March. At that time, most of the temples were built by the Central Government, while Long Fusi Temple was one of the incense halls in the imperial court (the other was the Great Xinglong Temple). As a result, the cost of construction was from the infighting, and the abandoned Nankuchi (Small Nancheng) Cheung Fung Hall stone balustrade, built very particular about. There are five layers of temples: the Temple of Heaven, the Hall of the Third Buddha, the Hall of the Three Masters, the Temple of Pilu and the Hall of Dafa, the Chapel of the Tripitaka, the Wheel Hall, and so on. When, but also to be arranged to visit the temple, ceremony Buddha, shows its importance. Qing Emperor Yongzheng rebuilt the first year (1723)