Thursday, July 26, 2012

Tourist Resort - The unique temple on the side of a steep cliff

 

For those of you who want a tour of adrenalin, you can go to China. But this does not apply to the phobia of heights.

This one temple, located at the foot of the mountain cliffs Heng in Shanxi province, China. Hanging people call the temple or the Hanging Temple, or the Hanging Monastery. It is is one of the rare architectural buildings.

Built 1,500 years ago, the temple is located at an altitude of 75 meters above the ground and stood among the rocks that make up the corridor and its feet are made of wood. There are more than 40 rooms, closets and pavilions in the area of 152.5 square meters are connected to each other, through bridges and narrow walkways.

The rooms have an average height and balanced. You can find dozens of statues of bronze, iron, and clay figurines which has sculptures and carvings from different dynasties.

That said, the original purpose of the construction of this temple is to avoid the terrible floods. Therefore, the people there use the mountain as a protection from rain, snow and sunshine.

Hanging temple is now one of the main attractions and historical sites known to be hunted by the tourists from all over the world. Construction experts from European countries such as Britain, Germany, and Italy, came to see this temple. Many of those who say that it takes to build the temple of mechanics, aesthetics, and Buddhism are very complicated. viva