Bique Temple

　　    Known as a sacred Buddhist site, Bique Temple is located in Xinping Village, Xigang Town, northeast of Helan County in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, approximately 3 kilometers from Helan County town. The temple complex includes the Mahavira Hall, the Thousand-Hand Guanyin Hall, the Ksitigarbha Hall, west wing rooms, east and west chanting halls, and a Heavenly Gate. Historical records indicate that Bique Temple was originally built during the Western Xia period, dating back nearly a thousand years. It once had structures such as the Bique Pagoda and several main and side halls. Due to historical reasons, by the Republican era, the temple had fallen into disrepair but was later restored and preserved. The temple is home to numerous Buddha statues, and its temple fairs held annually on the second day of the second lunar month and the seventh day of the seventh lunar month attract many Buddhist devotees and tourists for worship and sightseeing, enjoying a thriving atmosphere of incense offerings.