Religious Sites in The Silk Road

Sights Overview

Name	Category	Location

Banpo Matriarchal Clan Village About 5 km (3 mi) east of the city are the remains of a 6,000-year-old...	Religious Sites, Archaeological Sites	Xian

Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves In a breathtaking valley inside the Flaming Mountains is this...	Religious Sites	Turpan

Dongguan Mosque This is one of the largest mosques in all of China and illustrates...	Religious Sites	Xining

Famen Temple Originally built in the 3rd century ad, the temple was the site...	Religious Sites	Xian

Great Mosque This lushly landscaped mosque with four graceful courtyards may...	Religious Sites	Xian


Id Kah Mosque Start your tour of the city with a visit to the center of Muslim...	Religious Sites	Kashgar

Kumbum Monastery The magnificent Kumbum Monastery lies 25 km (15 miles) southwest...	Religious Sites	Xining

Labrang Monastery In the remote town of Xiahe, the monastery is a little piece...	Religious Sites	Lanzhou

North Monastery Xining's most important site is the Taoist North Monastery, at...	Religious Sites	Xining

Small Goose Pagoda Once part of the 7th-century Jianfu Temple, this 13-tier pagoda...	Religious Sites	Xian

Thousand Buddha Temple and Grottoes One of the only day trips worth taking from Lanzhou is the Thousand...	Religious Sites	Lanzhou
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