Attractions: Dazhao Temple, Inner Mongolia Museum, Five Pagodas Temple
Meal: Not Included
Hotel: Overnight in Hohhot
In the early morning, you will reach Hohhot, the capital city of Inner Mongolia Province. Your local guide will meet you at the railway station and accompany you for the city tour to the first Lamaism Temple in Hohhot--- Dazhao Temple, Inner Mongolia Museum and Five Pagodas Temple, which was built in Qing Dynasty, with a total height of 16.5 meters.The layout of Dazhao is in the form of Han Temple, covering an area of more than 30,000 square meters, of which the construction area is over 8,000 square meters.
2Dazhao Temple has a typical seven-hall layout. Along the central axis, there are buildings like memorial archway, gate to the temple, hall of the celestial kings, Bodhi hall, Jiujian tower, sutra hall, and Buddha hall.Founded in 1957, Inner Mongolia Museum is the largest comprehensive museum in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It has a collection of more than 150,000 items, paleontological fossils,Khitan cultural relics displaying Mongolian history and culture. The most important collection is the exquisite Golden Crown of the Xiongnu dating back to the Warring States Period (475–221 BC).The distinctive five pagodas surmount contains a temple with 1563 images of Buddha carved into its walls each differing slightly to the other.