Dazhao Temple is the oldest building and the largest temple in Hohhot city of Inner Mongolia. the construction of the temple was completed in 1580 during the Ming Dynasty. and Locally people usually refer to it as the Silver Buddha Temple for it is here that there is a rare silver statue of Sakyamuni. In the center of the main hall, the sliver statue of Sakyamuni, which stands 2.55 meters high, is worshipped. Before the statue there are a couple of gold wooden huge pillars. On each pillar a dragon was carved.

The Dazhao Temple owns its fame to a visit by the third Tibetan Dalai Lama in 1586, as when he came to dedicate the Silver Buddha statue. as a consequence Hohhot became a religious center for people from all over Mongolia who came to worship at the temple.

Dazhao temple is now a well-known tourist attractions because of the impressive buildings, splendid statues, delicate frescos, musical instruments and collection of Buddhist scriptures. and Of its abundant religious relics perhaps most notable are 'Three Marvelous Treasures', a title given to the Silver Buddha, the carved dragons on the huge golden pillars on either side of the statue and the murals commemorating the Emperor's visit.

Except for the main hall, the existing buildings within the temple complex are nearly all in the Han style. The main hall is a lamasery combining both Tibetan and Han styles of architecture. It has three parts. The front part is a two-story hall with an empty pavilion in the first floor; Jing Tang and Fo Tang are central and rear sections. The perfectly preserved Silver Buddha lies in Fo Tang as it has for some four hundred years. In the splendid and solemn front of the hall, there is a pair of iron lions with their heads held high.