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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 ...
Twin Pagoda Temple (Yongzuo Temple) Yongzuo si 永祚寺 37°50′51″N 112°35′48″E / 37.8475°N 112.59666667°E / 37.8475; 112.59666667 Taiyuan 太原市
Cang Jie Temple and tomb Cang Jie mu yu miao 仓颉墓与庙: Baishui County: 5-416 Tai Pagoda: Taita 泰塔: Xunyi County: 5-417 Shandao Pagoda of Xiangji Temple: Xiangji si shandao ta 香积寺善导塔: Xi'an: 5-418 Xi'an City God Temple: Xi'an chenghuang miao 西安城隍庙: Xi'an: 5-419 Baiyunshan Temple: Baiyunshan miao 白云山庙: Jia ...
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 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 ...
Xuanzhong Temple (Chinese: 玄中寺; pinyin: Xuánzhōng Sì) is a Buddhist temple located in Jiaocheng County, Shanxi, China. After Ennin introduced Pure Land Buddhism to Japan , Xuanzhong Temple is regard as one of the cradles of Pure Land Buddhism in both Chinese Buddhism and Japanese Buddhism .
A hotel collapse in China’s Shanxi Province on Saturday, August 28, left 29 people dead and dozens more injured, state media reported.China’s government-run Xinhua news agency said the ...
In 1957, Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple was designated by the Shanxi Provincial People's Government as the first batch of provincial-level key cultural relics protection units in Shanxi Province. [12] In 1988, [13] Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple was listed as a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China. [14]