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Dazhao Temple 大召Dàzhào
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Hohhot, Inner Mongolia
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hohhot
- Region
- Inner Mongolia
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Dazhao Temple
Dazhao is the oldest Gelug (Yellow Hat) temple in Hohhot, begun in 1579 by the Tümed Mongol leader Altan Khan in his newly founded city of Guihua. This Tibetan Buddhist monastery is also called the Silver Buddha Temple after its silver statue of Sakyamuni, which the Third Dalai Lama consecrated during his visit in 1586. The temple has a Chinese-style layout with a main hall combining Chinese and Tibetan styles, and holds Buddhist festivals through the year.
How to get to Dazhao Temple
It is on Dazhao Front Street in the old town in Yuquan District, close to Xilitu Zhao and about a kilometre west of the Five Pagoda Temple.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Xilitu Zhao 席力图召 (under 10 km), Dashengkui Museum Cluster 大盛魁博物馆集群 (under 10 km), Five Pagoda Temple, Hohhot 五塔寺 (under 10 km), Great Mosque of Hohhot 呼和浩特清真大寺 (under 10 km), Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hohhot 呼和浩特天主教堂 (under 10 km), Ulanhu Memorial Hall 乌兰夫纪念馆 (under 10 km).
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