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| Hohhot Travel Attraction |
| Five Pagoda Temple |
The Five Pagoda Temple (Wuta si), located in the southern section of Hohhot, is a miniature temple built in Indian style, so named for the five four-sided pagodas that jut up from the rectangular base of the building... |
| Great Mosque |
The Great Mosque (Qingzhen dasi), located in the older southwestern part of Hohhot, was built during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 AD) after throngs of the Hui Muslim Minority migrated from Xinjiang to Mongolia. |
| Inner Mongolia Grassland |
The main reason for most visitors to Inner Mongolia is for a grasslands experience, and Hohhot is well set up to accommodate this with its copious tourist facilities. These sites are not the most authentic... |
| Inner Mongolia Museum |
The Inner Mongolian Museum (Neimenggu bowuguan) is the largest and best museum in Hohhot as well as in Inner Mongolia, boasting a good selection of ethnic Mongolian items, and a historical lineage of this vast grassland province. |
| Xilituzhao Temple |
Xilituzhao Temple (Xilituzhao si, or Xiaozhao si), containing the residence of the 11th Grand Living Buddha, is the largest temple in town. Originally a small Buddhist construction, it took the temple hundreds of years to expand to its current size. |
| Tomb of Wang Zhao Jun |
The story of the concubine Wang Zhaojun, one of China's four historical beauties (along with Diao Chan, Xi Shi and Concubine Yang) is a Chinese morality tale of political alliance and sacrifice, a tale that, like much of Chinese past, has been obfuscated over time into numerous versions. |
| Dazhao Temple |
Located in the old quarter of Hohhot to the southwest of the train station, Dazhao Temple (Dazhao si) is the largest Gelukpa (Yellow Hat Sect) temple in town. |
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