Editing Xining (section)

=== Religion ===
[[File:塔尔寺02.jpg|thumb|right|Kumbum Monastery]]
[[File:Dongguan mosque Xining.jpg|thumb|The [[Dongguan Mosque]]]]
Located in the southwest part of Xining City, the [[Kumbum Monastery]] or [[Ta'er Monastery]] is one of six famous monasteries in the [[Gelug]] (also called [[Yellow Hat Sect]]) of Tibetan Buddhism and has hundreds of monks.
 
Having a history of over 600 years, the [[Dongguan Mosque]], located in the Xining City Zone, is one of the most famous [[mosque]]s in the northwest region of China. It has splendid and diversiform towers, walls and halls in the mosque.
 
Another unique religious structure is the [[Beishan Si]] (North Mountain Temple), a [[Taoist]] facility.

There are more than 300 Christian meeting points in Xining.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/cityscape/qinghai.html |title=Discovering China: CityScape |publisher=Library.thinkquest.org |access-date=2014-02-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508233212/http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/cityscape/qinghai.html |archive-date=2013-05-08 }}</ref>

The Catholic minority is pastorally served by the (pre-diocesan) [[Apostolic Prefecture of Xining]].