Buddhist temples in Yinchuan can be used for sightseeing.

Haibao Temple, located in the northern suburb of Yinchuan, is an ancient temple with a history of over 500 years. It is the only national key open temple in Yinchuan. Haita Temple in the temple is the oldest Buddhist building in Ningxia and one of the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in China. Haibao Temple was called "Haibao Temple" in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. It is east-west, covering an area of 1.8 million square meters. Its main buildings are the mountain gate, the Zhong Penglou, the Heavenly King Hall, the Ursa Major Hall, the floating tower, the Jade Buddha Hall and the Sleeping Buddha Hall. These buildings are arranged on the east-west axis. The temple is surrounded by lush willows and trees and the environment is very quiet. Daxiong Hall is the main hall in the temple, dedicated to Sakyamuni's three-body Buddha, with Lotus Terrace at the end and eighteen arhats on both sides. Its gods and bears are kind, different in shape and lifelike. Opposite the covered bridge is the Jade Buddha Hall, where the Buddha statue of Sakyamuni is enshrined. The Jade Buddha was invited from Myanmar in 1992, with a height of1.5m. It was carved from a whole piece of Jin Xiangyu, and the whole Buddha statue was spotless and radiant. Haita Temple, located between Mahayana Hall and Jade Buddha Hall, is the central building of the temple. The 7.6-meter-long reclining Buddha in the Buddhist temple is glittering and dazzling, with ten disciples standing behind him, giving people a sense of solemnity. The main building in the hospital, the Sea Floating Tower, also known as the "Black Tower" and commonly known as the "North Tower", is a national key cultural relic. It is a square nine-story eleven-story pavilion-style brick tower with a total height of 53.9 meters. It is built on a square platform with a height of 5.7 meters and a side length of 19.2 meters. The tower base is 4.2m high and its side length is15m. This changeable text reflects the superb architectural art of the ancient working people in China. Since the opening of Haibao Temple, a bonsai conference has been held on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month every year, and people from all directions are in an endless stream. In 2002, Haibao Temple was rated as a national AA-level tourist attraction.

Chengtian Temple Pagoda, the main Buddhist temple in Xixia period, commonly known as "West Pagoda", is located in Chengtian Temple in the southwest corner of Yinchuan City, Ningxia, echoing the sea pagoda in the northern suburbs. Founded in Zong Yi, Xixia (1050), it has a history of more than 900 years. After three years of Qianlong, the original tower was seriously damaged in a strong earthquake. The existing tower was built in the 25th year of Jiaqing, Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1820), which basically retained the original modeling style of Xixia, but changed from thirteen floors to eleven floors. Chengtian Temple Pagoda is the only Xixia Pagoda with a construction date recorded in China.

Chengtian Temple Tower is an octagonal brick tower with dense eaves, with a total height of 64.5 meters and a tower body 1 1 floor. Climbing the stone steps, each side of the bottom is 5 meters long, and the east and west sides are about 22 meters long. The tower is built on a square abutment with a width of 26 meters. The whole tower is tall and straight, in pyramid style, simple and simple. You can enter the square tower room through the tower door, and the tower room adopts a "thick-walled hollow" wood floor structure. There are no windows or holes on 1-3 floor; 4- 10 floors, with arched windows and holes alternately arranged on each floor, with even floors in the east-west direction and odd floors in the north-south direction, and large round windows on the top floor. There is a wooden ladder in the tower that can spiral up and climb to the top floor. Looking out from the window, you can see the scenery of the ancient city and the traffic congestion, the towers of Yinchuan, the grain fields in the suburbs, the scattered residential areas and so on.

According to historical records, after the death of Yuan Hao, the founding emperor of Xixia, his son just turned one year old and ascended the throne of the emperor. Empress Dowager Cixi did not hide her family as the "eternal life" of Emperor Bao Yizong, but protected the "eternal life" of Xixia Jiangshan, and built this temple and stupa that was "blessed by heaven and protected for life". Liangzhou (now Wuwei) Chengtian Temple Pagoda, Huguo Temple and Ganzhou (now Zhangye) Sleeping Buddha Temple are all famous Buddhist resorts in Xixia.

Chengtian Temple is east-west and consists of two courtyards. The buildings and halls are large in scale; The front yard is the Five Buddhas Hall and the Chengtian Temple Tower; There are Wei Tuo Hall and Lying Buddha Hall in the backyard, which is also the location of Ningxian Museum. In ancient times, Chengtian Temple had "Celebrities from the East" and "Masters from the West", where incense was flourishing and tourists kept coming. Chengtian Temple Tower is the most striking building in the museum. Although it is not the original tower, it still maintains the basic shape of the original Xixia Pagoda, which has a distinctive artistic style of Xixia architecture, and is also the tallest brick tower among the existing 100 pagodas in Ningxia.

Chengtian Temple is now the seat of Ningxia Museum. The five Buddha halls, stupa, Wei Tuo hall and reclining Buddha hall in the courtyard were rebuilt in the 25th year of Jiaqing (1820), and Chengtian Temple Tower is located behind the five Buddha halls. The ancient trees in the courtyard are towering, and the trees cover the sky. In particular, it is worth mentioning that poplar, a rare tree species in the front yard, is said to be over 400 years old.