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Meidaizhao Monastery 美岱召Měidài Zhào
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Baotou, Inner Mongolia
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Baotou
- Region
- Inner Mongolia
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Meidaizhao Monastery
Meidaizhao is a walled monastery in Tumed Right Banner that began as a fortified town built by the Tumed Mongol leader Altan Khan in the 16th century and later became a Gelug-school Tibetan Buddhist temple. Earth walls faced with stone, about 5 metres high, enclose halls of the Ming period, and the murals, about 1,650 square metres in all, include scenes from the Buddha's life and a group of Mongol donor figures. It suits visitors interested in Mongol history and Buddhist art.
How to get to Meidaizhao Monastery
In Meidaizhao town, about 16 km east-north-east of Salaqi, the Tumed Right Banner seat, and about 73 km east of the centre of Baotou.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Chilechuan Scenic Area, Tumed Right Banner 敕勒川风景区 (20 km).
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