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The Hanging Temple, also Hengshan Hanging Temple, Hanging Monastery or Xuankong Temple (simplified Chinese: 悬空寺; traditional Chinese: 懸空寺; pinyin: Xuánkōng Sì) is a temple built into a cliff (75 m or 246 ft above the ground) near Mount Heng in Hunyuan County, Datong City, Shanxi Province, China. The closest city is Datong, 64 ...
Jinci Temple: Jinci 晋祠: Taiyuan 太原市 1-85 Shanhua Temple: Shanhua si 善化寺: Datong 大同市 1-88 Huayan Temple: Huayan si 华严寺: Datong 大同市 1-91 Yongle Palace: Yongle gong 永乐宫: Ruicheng County 芮城县 1-93 Guangsheng Temple
Yaodong in Lingshi County, Shanxi. Yaodong is a special form of vernacular architecture, commonly found in the Loess Plateau in North China. Yaodong are commonly seen in the mountainous areas of Shanxi, in contrast to the more elaborate aforementioned family compounds, which are usually found in flat plains or basins of Shanxi.
The same statement appears in the Shanxi tongzhi (Record of Shanxi Province) and the Yingzhou xuzhi (Record of Ying Prefecture, Continued). [5] The Yingzhou zhi (Record of Ying Prefecture)—edited by Tian Hui during the reign of the Wanli Emperor (r. 1572–1620) of the Ming dynasty —states that the pagoda was funded and erected in 1056 by a ...
The Jinci or Jin Temple (晉祠) is the most prominent temple complex in Shanxi, China. It is located 16 miles (25 km) southwest of Taiyuan at the foot of Xuanweng Mountain at the Jin Springs. It was founded about 1,400 years ago and expanded during the following centuries, resulting in a diverse collection of more than 100 sculptures ...
Xianshenlou in October 2020. Xianshenlou (simplified Chinese: 祆神楼; traditional Chinese: 祆神樓; lit. 'Zoroaster Tower') is a pavilion-style building located in Jiexiu, Shanxi, China, first built in the Song dynasty as the stage that formed part of larger Zoroastrian temple complex.
The site was heavily featured, as was the rest of Shanxi province, in the settings visited by the character The Destined One from the globally renowned AAA game Black Myth: Wukong. Tourism greatly increased as the grotto went from the least visited of the major three grottoes from the Northern Wei to its most visited within a few weeks of the ...
The most famous cultural relic in Xixian is Xiaoxitian, also known as Little Western Paradise and Qianfo'an, it's a Buddhist Chan temple located atop Fenghuang Mountain, west of Xixian County in Linfen City, Shanxi Province. The temple was founded by the Chan Master Dongming during the second year of the Chongzhen period in the Ming Dynasty (1629).