Shengyou Temple of Mongolküre

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Location of Zhaosu or Mongolküre (pink) district in the Ili Autonomous District of the Kazakhs

The Shengyou Temple of Mongolküre or Shengyou Temple of Zhaosu ( Chinese  昭苏圣佑 庙 , Pinyin Zhāosū Shèngyòu miào ) is a Mongolian lama monastery from the time of the late Qing dynasty in Mongolküre district of the Kazakh Autonomous District of Ili in the northwest of the Uigur Autonomous Region Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China . It belonged to Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism ( Vajrayana ).

It was built from 1894 to 1898 and is one of the four great Lama temples in Xinjiang.

The Shengyou Temple of Mongolküre or Shengyou Temple of Zhaosu ( Zhaosu Shengyou miao ) has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (5-439) since 2001 .

Coordinates: 43 ° 9 '44.3 "  N , 81 ° 6' 38.5"  E