Dazhao Temple, Inner Mongolia, China
Dazhao Temple, ‘Wuliang Si’ in Chinese, is the oldest building and the largest temple in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. Locally, people usually refer to it as the Silver Buddha Temple for it is here that there is a rare silver statue of Sakyamuni that measures 2.5-meter-high.
The construction of Dazhao Temple was completed in 1580 during the Ming Dynasty and it is therefore the oldest Lamaist Buddhist temple in Inner Mongolia. There was a major reconstruction in 1640 although much of the original architectural style was retained.
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