Sharitumote Temple

　　   Address: Within Bayinwusu Village, Yihewusu Sumu, Hanggin Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

　　   Sharitumote Temple was first built in the early Ming Dynasty. It experienced periods of prosperity and decline during the Qing Dynasty and the Republican era. During the War of Resistance against Japan and the “Cultural Revolution,” the Main Scripture Hall, the Wisdom King Hall, and four stupas were demolished.

　　   After the reform and opening-up, with the implementation of ethnic and religious policies, the temple resumed religious activities in 1986 under the efforts of Master Jamyang Tubdan and the monastic community. In 1992, the Bodhi Stupa was rebuilt; in 1998, the Kanjur Hall, the 0 Hall, and the Heavenly King Hall were renovated; and in 2000, the Sugeqing Grand Hall was expanded. In 2006, the Auspicious Fruit Stupa was completed. This stupa, designed in a blend of Han and Tibetan styles, houses a complete set of the Tibetan and Chinese versions of the Kangyur and Tengyur scriptures, along with many other precious Buddhist texts, making it one of the largest stupas in western China. In 2008, the temple was designated as a municipal-level key cultural relics protection unit by the Ordos Municipal Government, and in 2013, it was approved as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council.