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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 ...
While periodically destroyed and rebuilt, this temple has an uninterrupted history from Han times to the present day. [1] During times of occupation by non-Han Chinese people, worship to Hengshan was done at the Beiyue Temple in Quyang. Another temple of the area is the famous Hanging Temple, built more than 1,500 years ago into a cliff near ...
The Grand Temple of Mount Heng, or Grand Temple of South Mountain (Chinese: 南岳大庙; pinyin: Nányuè Dàmiào) is located at the foot of Mount Heng, and on the north of ancient town of Mount Heng in Hengshan County of Hunan, China. It is the largest temple on Mount Heng. It is a major component of Mount Heng National Key Tourist Resort ...
Grand Temple of Mount Heng. Hengshan (Chinese: 衡山; pinyin: Héng Shān), also known as Mount Heng, is a mountain in southcentral China's Hunan Province known as the southern mountain (Chinese: 南岳; pinyin: Nányuè) of the Five Great Mountains of China.
Hengshan may refer to the following locations in mainland China or Taiwan: China. Mountains. Mount Heng (Hunan) (衡山) Mount Heng (Shanxi) (恒山)
The structure is modeled after ancient halls and rooms of the Tang dynasty (618–907). The Hsüantsang Hall is the main hall of the temple; it has three floors. Under the eaves is a plaque with the Chinese characters "玄奘殿" (Hsüantsang Hall) hanging on the door lintel and a statue of Hsüantsang on his way to seek Buddhist texts.
The Hanging Temple at Mount Heng, Shanxi is a temple clinging to a precipice and a series of grottoes containing a panoply of Buddhist statuary; Yungang Grottoes, near Datong, Shanxi, a renowned Buddhist site; Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan; Leshan Giant Buddha, Sichuan, the world's largest carved Buddha; Mount Emei, Sichuan; Mount Qingcheng, Sichuan
The Xuandu Temple (simplified Chinese: 玄都观; traditional Chinese: 玄都觀; pinyin: Xuándū Guàn) is a Taoist temple located on the hillside of Mount Heng, in Hengshan County, Hunan, China. [1] [2] It is the site of Hunan Taoist Association.