Category: Ningxia

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Tagong Temple the Buddha beloved

Tagong Temple (Chinese: 塔公寺) is located in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (དཀར་མཛེས་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ།) of western Sichuan (四川) in southwestern China. Tagong Monastery has a history of more than a thousand years and is one of the holy places for Tibetans in the Kangba area.

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Xumishan Grottoes: Big Buddha

Xumishan Grottoes (Chinese: 須彌山石窟) are located on the eastern edge of Mount Xumi (須彌山) in Guyuan (Chinese: 固原) City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (寧夏回族自治區), China.The most iconic element of Xumishan Grottoes is a 20 meters tall seated Buddha.

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Shapotou: Tengger Desert

Shapotou (Chinese: 沙坡頭) Scenic Area is located in about 20 kilometers away from Zhongwei (中衛) County in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (寧夏回族自治區), China. It is a spectacular desert scenic spot located at the edge of Tenger Desert (Mongolian: Тэнгэр цөл).

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Shapotou: Desert and river

Shapotou (Chinese: 沙坡頭) Scenic Area is located in about 20 kilometers away from Zhongwei (中衛) County in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (寧夏回族自治區), China. It is an ideal place to enjoy the scenery of both desert and the Yellow River.

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Shapotou: National secret

Shapotou (Chinese: 沙坡頭) Scenic Area is located in the southeastern line of Tengger Desert, about 20 kilometers away from Zhongwei (中衛) County in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (寧夏回族自治區), China. Besides activities, tourists can also see the ‘national secret’.

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Zhongwei Gao Miao: Fantastic eaves

Zhongwei Gao Miao (Chinese name: 中衛高廟; literally meaning ‘High Temple’) is located in the Zhongwei (中衛)County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (寧夏回族自治區), China. This temple has about 250 temple rooms, towers and pavilion, covering an area of about 4000 square meters.

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Western Xia Mausoleums the pyramids

Western Xia Mausoleums (Chinese: 西夏王陵) are located at the foot of the Helan Mountains (賀蘭山) in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (寧夏回族自治區) of northwestern China. Since the mausoleums are pyramid shaped, Western Xia Mausoleums earn the name of ‘Oriental Pyramids’.

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Western Xia the disappeared kingdom

Western Xia Mausoleum (Chinese: 西夏王陵) is located at the foot of the Helan Mountains (賀蘭山) in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (寧夏回族自治區) of northwestern China. Western Xia was a kingdom that existed between 1038 and 1227, about which little is currently known.

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Shuidonggou: Tour of 10,000 years

Shuidonggou (Chinese: 水洞溝) is located in Linhe (臨河) Town, Lingwu (靈武) City, Ningxia (寧夏) Region, China. Besides the first prehistoric archaeological site in China, Shuidonggou also has the relics of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty.

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