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Eight Tathagata Pagodas: Located in the square in front of the temple. In 1776, it was restored to its current size after several repairs. The tower is 6.4 meters high and is a typical Tibetan pagoda

The gate-passing pagoda is located in the Kumbum Monastery. It was built in the 50th year of Emperor Kangxi’s reign in the Qing Dynasty (1711). It is made of bricks and has carved brick

The “Printing House” is the institution for printing and publishing scriptures in Kumbum Monastery. It was founded in 1827 by the fifth Saydo Yesituden Gyatso. It is a courtyard-style

Xiaojinwa Temple is the temple of the guardian gods (household gods) of Kumbum Monastery. It was built in the fourth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1631). It originally had a glazed tile roof

The Kalachakra Sutra was built in 1817, where monks devoted themselves to studying Tibetan astronomy, calendar knowledge, and the so-called Shambhala Kingdom of Buddhism and the relevant teachings in

The Panchen Palace was built in the Year of the Iron Tiger in the Tibetan calendar (1650, the seventh year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty). The Dalajang Palace was built high on the west slope of

Xihai Town, also known as Atomic City, is located in Haiyan County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, in the northeast of the autonomous prefecture and in the southeast of

The highway around Qinghai Lake is divided into 4 roads: east, south, west and north, with a total length of 349 kilometers. The east road starts from Xihai Town and ends at the Qinghai Lake Fishing

China’s “Mirror of the Sky” is the Chaka Salt Lake, but few people know that the Mohe Salt Fields adjacent to it has the same beautiful scenery. However, unlike Chaka Salt Lake, Mohe Salt Field has

About 20 kilometers away from Qinghai Lake Huanhu East Road, there is a group of golden sand dunes lying on both sides of the road. This small desert area is Qinghai Lake Jinsha Bay. Qinghai Lake