Qutan temple is called “Zhuocang lakangguodandai” in Tibetan, also known as “Zhuocang duojieqiang”, which means “Zhuocang zhijingang Buddhist temple”
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Qutan Temple scenic spot is located in Ledu District, Haidong City, Qinghai Province, more than 80 kilometers away from the provincial capital city Xining
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It is a Tibetan Buddhist temple
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According to historical records, it was founded 35 years ago in 1392 a Qutan temple has a history of more than 600 years
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It covers an area of 15000 square meters and has a building area of about 10000 square meters
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It is the most complete group of official buildings of Ming Dynasty in Northwest China
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It became one of the monasteries preserved in Qinghai Province in 1958
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In 1982, it was announced by the State Council as the second batch of national key cultural relics protection units
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Qutan temple is composed of front, middle and back courtyards
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It is the central axis from the mountain gate On the line are Jingang hall, Qutan hall, Baoguang hall, Longguo hall and other large palace buildings, with imperial stele Pavilion, Dharma protection Pavilion and mural gallery on both sides
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The architecture of Qutan temple has typical Ming Dynasty official style and Ganqing local Han architectural style from the overall design to construction techniques, especially similar to the Forbidden City in Beijing, known as “little Forbidden City” ——Qinghai Qutan Temple — comprehensive source: Sunshine Qinghai, street lamp photography, comprehensive network warm note: Qinghai micro newspaper is a non-profit public welfare sharing platform, part of the content
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