What temples are there in Qinghai Province?

The more famous ones are:

1. Ta'er Temple Scenic Area in Xining City

Ta'er Temple, also known as Ta'er Temple, was founded in the 10th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. It is named after the Big Silver Pagoda built in the Dajinwa Temple to commemorate Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Yellow Sect. It is called "Gun Benxian Balin" in Tibetan, which means "Maitreya Temple with a hundred thousand lions roaring Buddha statues". It is located in Xining City, Qinghai Province Lusha'er Town, Huangzhong County, 25 kilometers southwest of the city, is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction.

The Kumbum Monastery is the activity center of Tibetan Buddhism in northwest China. It enjoys a high reputation in China and Southeast Asia. The central governments of all dynasties have highly praised the religious status of the Kumbum Monastery. Kumbum Monastery is one of the six major monasteries of the Gelug Sect (Yellow Sect) of Tibetan Buddhism in China. It is also the leading scenic spot and historic site in Qinghai Province and a national key cultural relic protection unit.

2. Qutan Temple

Qutan Temple is located at the mouth of Maquan Gorge, 21 kilometers south of Ledu County, Haidong City, Qinghai Province, facing the Qutan River and backed by Luohan Mountain is adjacent to Songhuading in the north and Bei Mountain in the south. In Tibetan, it is called "Zhuocang Lakang Godandai", also known as "Zhuocang Dorje Qiang", which means "Zhuocang Holding Vajra Buddha Temple". It was built in the 25th year of Minghong Dynasty. It is a Tibetan Buddhist temple. Gelug sect monastery.

The temple is famous for its precious cultural relics and huge colorful murals. Qutan Temple is a typical official-style building complex in the early Ming Dynasty. Historically, Qutan Temple once belonged to the Thirteen Temples. Qutan Temple is one of the second batch of national key cultural relics protection units. It is the most complete and large-scale Ming Dynasty temple building in northwest China.

3. The Great Buddha Temple (Xining City, Qinghai Province)

The Xining Great Buddha Temple is located at the southeast end of Jiaochang Street, Xining City, Qinghai Province. It is connected to the Qinghai Provincial People's Government and the Xining Jiaotong Temple to the east and west. It is adjacent to the Changjie Dessert Restaurant, and opposite to the Qinghai Provincial Department of Agriculture and Forestry Office Building across West Street to the south. It was built in 990 AD (the first year of Chunhua in the Song Dynasty). It is an ancient temple of Tibetan Buddhism and a holy place for the revival of Tibetan Buddhism in its later period.

In the past, it was one of the four major Buddhist temples in Xining City. The temple was built early and its reputation was far greater than Hongjue Temple, Jingta Temple and Zhuanjing Temple in Xining City. . In the history of Tibetan Buddhism, the Tibetan Rao Sai, Yaoge Jiong and Mar Sakyamuni, known as the "Three Sages" of the "Latter Hong Period", once moved to Qinghai from Tibet and once lived in a corner of Jiaochang Street in Xining. After building a temple and practicing Buddhism, the three sages all passed away in Qinghai, among which Yao Ge passed away in Xining.

4. Princess Wencheng Temple

Princess Wencheng Temple, also known as "Princess Gasa Temple", is said to have been built by Tibetans in the Tang Dynasty to commemorate Princess Wencheng. It is located in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, at the "source of the three rivers" in the southeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It was built in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,300 years. It is one of the important cultural relics of the Tang-Tibet ancient road and is a provincial key project in Qinghai Province. Cultural relic protection unit.

It has been listed as a national cultural relic protection unit. The temple has three floors, covering an area of ??more than 600 square meters including the courtyard, and a total height of 9.6 meters. In the center of the temple is a statue of the Great Sun Tathagata. The temple is an ancient building with both the artistic style of the Tang Dynasty and the characteristics of Tibetan flat-roofed architecture.

5. Sai Zong Temple

Sai Zong Temple is located in the south-west of Xinghai County, Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, at the foot of Sai Zong Mountain 18 kilometers west of today's Sangdang Township. Sai Zong Mountain is located in the middle of Xinghai County. It is one of the four famous Buddhist mountains in the Amdo Tibetan area. The mountains are criss-crossed with ravines and caves, and are lush and beautiful with pines and ancient cypresses.

It is said that the founder of the Nyingma sect, Master Padmasambhava, the founder of the Gelug sect, Tsongkhapa, and the first eminent monk of Longwu Monastery, Xiatsang Gaden Gyatso, all lived here successively and left relics. The temple is extremely rich in Buddhist statues, Buddhist scriptures, pagodas, etc., and is as famous as the six major Gelug sect temples.