🚶♀️ Hohhot City Walk: 1-Day Temple Trail

(Starting from Dazhao Temple, this route moves from far to near—perfect for culture lovers!) 🏯✨ 📍 Itinerary 1️⃣ Guanyin Temple (Free) 40m-tall Guanyin statue – awe-inspiring! Tip: Walk clockwise + great for elderly devotees. 2️⃣ Bao’erhan Pagoda (Free, opposite Guanyin Temple) 81.6m tall – houses Buddha’s relics (bone, blood & brain!). Local ritual: Circle it 7 times clockwise for blessings. 3️⃣ Five-Pagoda Temple (Free, bring ID!) Five stupas + Mongolian astronomical map (world’s only!). 1,560 Buddha carvings – intricate & sacred. 4️⃣ Dazhao Temple (¥35) Hohhot’s oldest Tibetan Buddhist temple (30,000㎡!). 5️⃣ Xilitu Zhao (¥25, across from Dazhao) "Seat of the Living Buddha" – serene & less crowded. 6️⃣ Qingzhen Great Mosque (Free) Built in 1693 – oldest/largest mosque in Hohhot. Check hours (often closes midday!). 💡 Tips ⏳ Time it right: Mosque visits outside 12-3PM. 📿 Respect rituals: Follow local circling customs. #Hohhot #CulturalWalk #HiddenGems