Utuzhao

Wusutu is a Mongolian language, which means "where there is water". It is located at the south foot of Daqingshan, on the platform of Xigoukou, Wusutu village, youyouban Township, the suburb of Hohhot, 13 kilometers northwest of the urban area. Wusutu was named after the village. Wusutuzhao is mainly composed of Qingyuan temple, Faxi temple, Changshou temple, Guangshou temple and Luohan temple. The five monasteries are not far apart, adjacent to each other, with magnificent buildings and unique features.

Utuzhao

Wusutu is a Mongolian language, which means "where there is water". It is located at the south foot of Daqingshan, on the platform of Xigoukou, Wusutu village, youyouban Township, the suburb of Hohhot, 13 kilometers northwest of the urban area. Wusutu was named after the village.

brief introduction

Wusutuzhao, in fact, refers to the general name of seven old local temples. Because they are not far apart, adjacent to each other, and located next to Wusutu village, they are all called wusutuzhao. Wusutuzhao was built on the mountain. There used to be seven temples here, with Qingyuan temple as the center. There are Changshou temple in the East, Chafang temple in the west, Faxi temple in the northeast and Yaowang temple in the northwest. In the north, there is Luohan temple, and in the north, there is a facheng Guangshou temple, which forms a temple group. Wusutuzhao was built in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Temple architecture is a combination of Mongolian, Tibetan and Han art. However, from the architectural form and structural characteristics, there are similarities and differences, each with its own characteristics, forming a unique style of each temple.

With the change of dynasties and the passage of time, only Qingyuan temple, Faxi temple, Changshou temple and Luohan temple have survived completely. Among the four temples, Qingyuan temple is the most famous and the largest in scale. It is also the main temple of Wusutu Zhuzhao. It is one of the famous eight Xiaozhao temples in Hohhot.

temple

Wusutuzhao is mainly composed of Qingyuan temple, Faxi temple, Changshou temple, Guangshou temple and Luohan temple. The five monasteries are not far apart, adjacent to each other, with magnificent buildings and unique features. It is a temple designed and built by Mongolian craftsmen.

Wusutuzhao is surrounded by mountains and rivers. In spring, flowers and birds compete for beauty; in summer, mulberry and hemp compete for beauty; in autumn, yellow leaves are seen; in winter, snow peaks are seen. Throughout the year, there is the beauty of thick dress and light wipe that changes at any time. Hulihot old eight scenes have "red apricot village", which means wusutuzhao, known as "Xingwu fanhong". After the call, there are relics of the great wall of Zhao, which stretches from east to west. On the surface, there are protruding rammed earth walls. When you climb the Great Wall, you can see the vast mountains and rivers. Looking from afar, Qingcheng is shrouded in clouds and smoke. Like a giant dragon, the Dahei river flows westward into the Yellow River. Trains fly across the fields. Tumechuan mountains and rivers form beautiful pictures one after another. Utuzhao has become a tourist attraction

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Qingyuan Temple

Located in the center of wusutuzhao, it is the main temple. The largest scale is wusutuzhao. The first generation of living Buddha was founded in 1583 A.D. and built in 1606 A.D. in the eleventh year of Wanli reign of emperor Shenzong of Ming Dynasty. In the 48th year of Qianlong reign (1783 A.D., 200 years after its founding), a temple was added. The next year, the Qing court ordered the Han Dynasty to call it "Qingyuan Temple". Faxi temple is located in the northeast of Qingyuan temple. Its architecture is unique, and its interior and exterior decoration is gorgeous. It is the most characteristic of all the temples. According to research, the temple was built by the third generation living Buddha of wusutuzhao in 1725 ad. Sixty years later, in the 50th year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1785 AD), the Qing court ordered the Han Dynasty to name it "Faxi Temple".

Changshou Temple

It's to the east of Qingyuan temple. In the 36th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1697 AD), it was founded by the Dalai Lama Changmu suchuerji. The temple was repaired six times before and after the Qing Dynasty, so the color paintings and clay sculptures in the temple were relatively complete at the time of liberation. There are two stone tablets in the temple, which record the time of the temple's construction and repair. They stand on the East and west sides of the hall. The west is Mongolian, and the East is Chinese. The contents of the inscriptions are the same.

Luohan Temple

It's just north of Qingyuan temple. It is also the third generation of living Buddha, luobusanwangzal. In 1725 ad, the temple was built at the same time as Faxi temple, but the scale is small. Wusutuzhao's living Buddha passed down five generations after luobusanwangzal. After Erji, the eighth generation pearl, died in 1930, he did not visit hubilehan again. From then on, the living Buddha in this temple stopped "reincarnation".

Guangshou Temple

Also on the northern slope of Luohan temple, formerly known as Chahar Sumu temple, was built by Chahar Zen master Hutuktu during the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty (1567-1572 AD). It is the earliest Temple of wusutuzhao. In the 29th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1690 A.D.), after the expansion of chuerji Awang danpil by xilituzhao, Emperor Kangxi granted the name of "facheng Guangshou Temple", later referred to as "Guangshou Temple". In the ninth year of Xianfeng (1859 AD), it was rebuilt once. Because of the small number of lamas in the temple, it gradually became the temple of xilituzhao. After liberation, it was demolished because it was in disrepair.

Faxi Temple

In the fashi Temple of wusutuzhao, there is a well-known carving board of the Sutra of songbakanbu, written by the Tibetan Lama master songbakanbu, which is sorted out by the living Buddha luobusanwangzal. The Sutra plate is 49 cm long and 7 cm wide, with 3455 block engravings. It contains five kinds of sutras, treatises, medicine, law and arithmetic. It is a valuable Tibetan work. In Tibetan, "the third" is called "songba", the "venerable" is called "Kanbu", and "Sutra written by songba Kanbu" is called "Sutra written by the third venerable". This is a precious edition of the Sutra in China. Among them, medicine and mathematics are the essence, with high scientific research value and an important cultural relic. Several generations of living Buddhas and Lamas of wusutuzhao have high medical skills, which are closely related to this version of the Sutra.

Address: South foot of Beida Qingshan, Hohhot

Longitude: 111.56748870831

Latitude: 40.829020597538

Tel: 0471-6934905

Ticket information: 25 yuan

Opening hours: 8:00-18:00