Shanxi's Hanging Temple is a temple architectural treasure of the Han Chinese . In the shining pearl of the ancient " Silk Road ", there is a thrilling temple in Zhangye, Gansu that can be compared with the Hanging Temple - Mati Temple . Mati Temple is named after a deep horse hoof mark in a cave on the top of the mountain. It is recorded that it is a miracle of Tianma .
Unlike the hanging temple in Shanxi, Gansu, as a multi-ethnic settlement with a vicissitudes of 8,000 years, its temples have a completely different style from the Han people, and have the unique and rich ethnic customs of Yugu people, Tibetan people, Mongolian people.
Mati Temple was first built in Beiliang during the 16 Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and has a history of 1,600 years. It was originally Chinese Buddhism, but Tibetan Buddhism flourished in Mati Temple in the Yuan Dynasty. Since then, it has been a holy place for Chinese and Tibetan Buddhism. In Tibetan, it is called "Zhuoma Rang Xiang" means the place where Bodhisattvas naturally appear. Even the third Dalai Lama came here to worship.
Mati Temple's thrilling comes from its Thirty-Three Days Grottoes. No one would have thought that the ancients would dig out such a magical temple on such a stone wall. needs to enter the mountain from the entrance of the cave at the foot of the mountain, climb up along the stone steps, reaching the highest point to the seventh floor, which contains 21 caves.