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  2. Hanging Temple - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Yungang Grottoes - Wikipedia

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    The Yungang Grottoes (Chinese: 云冈石窟; pinyin: Yúngāng shíkū), formerly the Wuzhoushan Grottoes (Chinese: 武州山 / 武周山; pinyin: Wǔzhōushān), are ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes built during the Northern Wei dynasty near the city of Datong, then called Pingcheng, in the province of Shanxi.

  4. List of Buddhist temples in the People's Republic of China

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    The Hanging Temple, a temple built into a cliff 75 meters (246 ft) above the ground near Mount Heng in Shanxi in 491 AD A hall and courtyard at Huayan Temple in Shanxi. Chongshan Temple (Shanxi) Huayan Temple (Datong) Pagoda of Fogong Temple; Puhua Temple; Qifo Temple; Shuanglin Temple; The Hanging Temple; Xuanzhong Temple; Yanqing Temple ...

  5. Datong - Wikipedia

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    Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China. ... but the Hanging Temple dates to the Northern Wei dynasty (386 ...

  6. List of Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Shanxi

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    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

  7. Category:Buddhist temples in Datong - Wikipedia

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    Hanging Temple; Huayan Temple (Datong) S. Shanhua Temple This page was last edited on 23 December 2019, at 00:22 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  8. The ancient monastery hanging from the side of a cliff - AOL

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    Founded in the 4th century, Sümela is a gravity-defying marvel, hanging nearly 1,000 feet over a wooded valley in Turkey, ... The ancient monastery hanging from the side of a cliff. Joe Yogerst, CNN.

  9. Hunyuan County - Wikipedia

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    The 1,500-year-old Hanging Temple is an important and unique structure within the Datong area. Demography In 2010 the population of the district was 343,486 ...