Many couplets in Xingcheng God Temple seem to be long couplets about reincarnation or blessings.

Qiang Shanglin presided over the restoration of Kuixing Pagoda in the southeast corner of Ningyuan ancient city wall in the 27th year of Daoguang (1847) and 28th year of Daoguang (1848) respectively. After the completion of these two renovation projects, Qiang Shanglin personally wrote "Rebuilding Kuixing Tower Ming" and "Rebuilding Ningyuan City Wall".

Qiang Shanglin once wrote couplets for Ningyuan Town God Temple;

"Good but not prosperous, ancestors worry, then prosperous;

Evil does not die, the ancestors have more virtues, and the virtues are all destroyed. "

Used to educate people to accumulate virtue and do good deeds. This couplet was carved on a wooden tablet and hung in the Chenghuang Temple of Xingcheng Ancient City until the Republic of China.

Strong on the forest, the word pavilion Zhen,No. Xing Zhai. Liyang, Jiangsu, was born in Shuntian Tongzhou (now Tongzhou District, Beijing). It is possible that his parents moved to Tongzhou. The date of birth and death of Qiangshanglin is unknown. In the 19th year of Jiaqing (18 14), the strong forest was promoted in the forest, ranking 39th in the second grade. Niu Jian and Qian Shanglin, the governor of Liangjiang who later signed treaty of nanking, are the same group of scholars.