Amdo Attractions

Gangya grassland is located about 33 kilometers in the north of Labrang monastery in Amdo. Gangya is the name of a vast grassland with an average altitude of more than 3000 meters. It is one of the best grassland dotted with yaks and sheep in Amdo and the nomads are …

Dafo Temple, Giant Buddha Temple or Buddha Reclining Temple is an ancient Buddhist temple in the center of Zhangye city. Dafo Temple was built in 1098 during the first year reign of Emperor Chongzong of the Yong’an era in the Western Xia Dynasty (1038-1227). In its 900 years, it was …

Mati Temple is located 65 km south of Zhangye city, in the Sunan Yugu (Tibetan) Autonomous Prefecture. Temples and grottoes are carved into the side of a cliff in several zones spread over several kilometres. Several of these can be visited and climbed through, in some cases through tight vertical …

Bingling Temple or Jampa Bumling is a series of grottoes filled with Buddhist sculpture carved into natural caves and caverns in a canyon along the Yellow River. It lies just north of where the Yellow River empties into the Liujiaxia Reservoir. The site is in Yongjing County of Linxia Hui …

Amnye Machen (also spelled Amne Machin, A’nyê Maqên, or A’nyê Machin) is one of the most sacred mountains in Tibetan Buddhism, revered particularly by the Amdo Tibetans. Located in the Qinghai Province of China, it is part of the Kunlun Mountain Range and has a deep religious, cultural, and geographical …