6 hours trip to Kumbum (Taer) Monastery
Pick up from your hotel by your tour guide and driver. Drive to Kumbum Monastery. (40 mins) – 26km motorway, no view along the way. Arrive at Kumbum Monastery. Visit the Dharama protector hall. (20mins). Following the visit the Longevity Temple, used to celebrate the Dalai Lama's birthday. (20mins). Continue to visit Dharma Kalachakra Hall, a part of tantra Buddhism. (20mins). And then visit the Assembly Hall, where the monks gather daily to study and chant. (20mins). We then go and take a look of Silver Stupa Temple, the site where the founder of Yellow Hat Sect was born. (20mins). The last visiting of the architecture is yak butter sculpture hall, where sculptures are made from yak butter. (20mins) Finally walking along the pilgrims'route around the monastery. (30mins) Then drive you back to Xining city and drop you off at your hotel.