Trying to add static home page with home.hbs -- not working

I followed these steps to change my routes: https://www.ghostforbeginners.com/have-a-static-home-page-with-ghost/

and created a home.hbs file. However, the landing page still goes to index.hbs. What is wrong here?

home.hbs on GitHub: https://github.com/mengluo3/haizi_simple/blob/simplified/home.hbs

Hey @lightblubhotel, have you checked out our tutorial on creating a custom home page?