In front of the pagoda, there are ornaments and musical instruments used in the Buddhist mass, such as gold lamps, silver lamps, bronze lamps, ivories, and ancient vases, etc. On the lotus throne, there are statues of Buddha. Buddhist stories were painted on the walls and ceiling. The pictures are vivid and vigorous. In the hall, there is a stele granted by Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. Hundreds of Buddhist sutras are treasured up in the hall. On both sides of the Large Gold Tile Hall, there is the Amitabha Buddha hall. The right one (called as the Upper Xiankang) was built in the 5thyear (1577) of the Wanli reign in the Ming Dynasty and the left one (called as the Lower Xiankang) was built in the 22ndyear (1594) of the Wanli reign.

    Right ahead of the Large Gold Tile Hall, it is the Large Classics Hall. It was first built in the 40thyear (1612) of the Wanli reign, and originally a small classics hall supported by 30 pillars. In the 41styear (1766) of the Qianlong reign, it was expanded into a Tibetan building supported by 154 pillars with two storeys and a flat roof. The Large Classics Hall has a construction area of more than 2,750 square meters. There are beautiful and elegant pictures carved on the upside of the 108 pillars standing tall and upright in the hall. The pillars are wrapped in colored blankets with embroidered tortuous dragons. The ridge beam, pendentive, sunk panel and Buddhist story frescos are all colorful. There is a variety of antependium, warps, streamers, flags, canopies, embroideries, barbolas and other ornaments. Various tall and gold-plated pillars, Buddhist treasure vases, bells , pagodas, Buddhist wheels, gold deer and others are placed on the roof, which decorates the Large Classic Hall and makes it resplendent and magnificent.

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    Located at the northeast corner of the temple, the Small Gold Tile Hall is the protecting temple of the Ta'er Temple. It was first built in the 31styear (1692) of the Kangxi reign in the Qing Dynasty. Originally it was covered with glazed tiles, and then they were replaced with gold-plated tiles in 1802. The main hall has two storeys with a single eave. It has a construction area of 1,127 square meters. Five statues of brave protecting gods are enshrined in the hall and the furs and specimens of tigers, leopards, bears and other ferocious animals are displayed on both sides. On the left side, the body of the white horse ridden by the ninth Panchen Lama is enshrined. The legend has it that the ninth Panchen Lama rode on this horse from Tibet to Qinghai and arrived at the Ta'er Temple within one day. Later on the white horse ridden by Panchen Lama was enshrined here. Around the walls in the yard there are various fine and beautiful frescos. The skillfully made specimen of wild oxen, goats, monkeys, black bears and other animals are displayed in the porches on both sides.

    The Longevity Hall is in front of the Small Gold Tile Hall, which was built by the monks in 1717 to wish the longevity for Dalai Lama the seventh. It has a built up area of 772 square meters. There are statues of Sakyamuni and his two disciples in the hall. Along the both sides of the hall, there are statues of Manjusri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. The caving and colored paintings in the hall are exquisite, graceful and unsurpassed. The walls were built with glazed bricks carved with beautiful patterns. Several pipal trees stand in the yard. When it comes to the summer, dense shade shelters the yard and flowers boom with fragrance.