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Wudangzhao Monastery is situated on Jihuluntu Mountain 54 kilometers north of Baotou City. Because it was built in the Wudang Gully of the Daqing Mountain, it is named "Wudangzhao". Built during the reignof Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, Wangdaozhao Monastery is the biggest Tibetan Buddhist temple in Inner Mongolia. With an area of over 300 mu, it has 2,530 storehouses. In its prime, there were over 1200 lamas in the temple. Wudangzhao Monastery is one of the three major temples of Tibetan Buddhism together with the Potala Palace inTibet and Ta'er Monastery.
Wudangzhao Monastery is composed of six halls for chanting Buddhist scriptures, three Living Buddha mansions, one mausoleum and multiple lama dormitories. All of the buildings have a Tibetan-style, flat-topped andsquare structure. All the buildings have a special appeal at different levels. Among the pine and cypress trees, the temple looks even grander.
Suguqin Hall: Built in 1757, it is the biggest building in Wudangzhao, located in the forefront of the temple. The front hall is a hall for chanting Buddhist scriptures. The Sakyamuni statue and 31 Bodhisattva statuesarein the center. There are frescos depicting Sakyamuni's life story on both sides of the hall. Suguqin Hall is the gathering place of the temple.
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