Taer Monastery

Entrance fee CNY 70 p.p

Excusion bus CNY 35 p.p

Taer Monastery, located 25 kilometers from Xining, Qinghai province, is the center of Tibetan Buddhism in northwest China and enjoys great fame in the country and across Southeast Asia.

Suyouhua, or butter caving, originates from the Tibetan Bon religion. With the development of Buddhism, butter sculpture improved greatly in terms of its style, patterns, content and techniques. The butter craving at the Taer Monastery has a history of about 500 years.

The whole area covers more than 144 thousand square meters (about 36 acres) with mountains surrounding it. It has 9,300 rooms and 52 halls. Just judging from these figures, you can imagine what a splendid place it is. The Taer Monastery is a group of fine buildings in a combination of both the Han and Tibetan styles of architecture on the mountain slopes, which is one of the most beautiful monsatry in Qinghai Regio.