How many meters above sea level is horseshoe temple

The average altitude of horseshoe temple is about 2580 meters.

Horseshoe Temple Scenic Area is located at the northern foot of Qilian Mountain, 65 kilometers away from Zhangye City. It is a key tourist attraction on the west line of the Silk Road in Gansu Province. Horseshoe Temple Scenic Area is located in Horseshoe Tibetan Township under Songshan Mountain, with a scenic area of 68 square kilometers and a core area of 13.85 square kilometers. The terrain of the scenic spot extends from north to south, high in the southeast and low in the northwest, with an average elevation of about 2580 meters.

Horseshoe Temple was once a famous Buddhist resort in Hexi Corridor in history. The cave group was excavated in the Northern Liang period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, with a history of about 1600 years ago. It consists of seven units, namely Matinan Temple, Matibei Temple, Thousand Buddha Cave, Upper, Middle and Lower Guanyin Cave and Jinta Temple. There are 37 caves with cultural relics and more than 65,438+000 carved pagodas with Buddha statues. Cave groups are distributed in

Development of horseshoe temple

Horseshoe Temple Scenic Area was approved as a provincial forest park by the Provincial Forestry Department in 1992, and the Horseshoe Temple Cave Group was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council in 1996+0 1, and was announced as a provincial scenic spot by the provincial government in 2004 and a national scenic spot by the provincial government in February 2005.

There are more than 500 precious statues and more than 2,500 square meters of murals in the Northern Liang, Northern Wei, Western Wei, Sui, Tang, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a provincial-level scenic spot integrating natural scenery, human landscape, ethnic customs and Buddhist culture.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Horseshoe Temple Forest Park.