The Gourmet Alley and Outdoor Cafes Near Daxue Road
by 으호호
Aug 1, 2024
❤Recommendation reason: "First there was Dazhao Temple, then there was Guihua City". Hohhot, formerly known as "Guisui City", is also known as "Zhaocheng". Saishang Old Street is adjacent to Dazhao Temple and is located in the Dazhao Historical and Cultural Tourism Area. It is a national-level tourist and leisure district. The main focus of this trip is to take photos of Mongolian costumes and check in on special food.
🗓Itinerary: Self-drive from Xi'an to Erenhot in mid-August, passing through Yulin ~ Ordos ~ Hohhot ~ Dazhao Temple ~ Saishang Old Street.
🚗Transportation strategy: Drive to the parking lot on the south side of Saishang Old Street, walk north from the parking lot, and you will reach the square in front of Dazhao Temple.
⛰【Attractions Guide】
[One]🌈Dazhao Temple: It was built by Altan Khan, the leader of the Mongolian Tumed tribe in the seventh year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty (1580 AD). Its Chinese name is "Wuliang Temple" and it is a national key cultural relic protection unit.
📍Detailed address: Danan Street, Yuquan District, Hohhot.
🕙Opening hours: 09:00-17:00, play for 2-3 hours.
💰Ticket price: 35 yuan.
🌟Highlights:
✅The earliest Yellow Sect temple built in Hohhot, and also one of the few temples without a living Buddha.
✅The emperor's ancestral temple, one level higher than the Lama Temple in Beijing.
✅Treasures of the temple: silver Buddha, dragon carvings, murals, the architectural style combines Han and Tibetan characteristics, magnificent and grand.
✅Check-in point [100]: The Eight Pagodas of Dazhao Sakyamuni.
[Two] 🌈Sai Shang Old Street: It is a commercial street with a history of over a hundred years. The entire street is built in the style of Ming and Qing Dynasty. It is known as the epitome of old Hohhot.
📍Detailed address: On the south side of Dazhao Temple, there is a memorial archway.
🕙Opening hours: all day.
💰Ticket price: Free.
🌟Highlights:
✅Store merchandise: Mainly sell antiques, jade, leather paintings, felt paintings, Inner Mongolia specialties, etc. [Gift] The import and export supermarket next to it has great dairy products, especially the milk shellfish, which is super delicious👍.
✅Food and Beverage: The food street has Inner Mongolia specialties, such as roasted milk skin, mutton, sheep's feet, Mongolian morning tea, etc.
[○] Recommended: Gerile Ama (Dazhao Branch), the dishes are exquisite, the hand-pulled lamb is not greasy [100], the camel meat box is special [Cutlery], the yogurt is very delicious 👍👍, very good.
[Three]🌈Travel photography check-in: Mongolian beauty makeup, 90 yuan per person, including makeup, no follow-up photography. The children were very happy and looked like Mongolian beauties after putting on makeup.
📝Note tips: The night is filled with tourists and citizens are dancing in the square in front of the Dazhao Temple. Please pay attention to the children.
🏨Hotel recommendation: Hohhot Zhuoer Hotel (Gulou Xinhua Square Branch), very close to Suiyuan City General's Office.
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