We took a night train at 2330 hour from Beijing to Dadong, a city of Shanxi on the 30th Mar 07, to visit the Hanging Temple (悬空峙) and the famous grotto (云冈石窟). Dadong has around 3 million population with a area 20 times bigger than Singapore. It has gone through the Liao (辽), Jin(晋) and Yuan(元) periods and left with very rich cultural and religious heritages. The Hanging Temple was built 1,500 years ago on the middle of the mountain (恒山) cliff. It is hanging half way the cliff and only supported by wooden pillars and stilts, long and short. It’s spectacular how the construction and architecture is done to support the weight and withstand the “wear-and-tear” and more amazingly, it lasts for thousand years !! We actually climbed up and tried our weight on in, but "Bo-Laksa" (no problem).
Monday, April 02, 2007
A weekend visit to Shanxi, 山西 (悬空峙)
We took a night train at 2330 hour from Beijing to Dadong, a city of Shanxi on the 30th Mar 07, to visit the Hanging Temple (悬空峙) and the famous grotto (云冈石窟). Dadong has around 3 million population with a area 20 times bigger than Singapore. It has gone through the Liao (辽), Jin(晋) and Yuan(元) periods and left with very rich cultural and religious heritages. The Hanging Temple was built 1,500 years ago on the middle of the mountain (恒山) cliff. It is hanging half way the cliff and only supported by wooden pillars and stilts, long and short. It’s spectacular how the construction and architecture is done to support the weight and withstand the “wear-and-tear” and more amazingly, it lasts for thousand years !! We actually climbed up and tried our weight on in, but "Bo-Laksa" (no problem).
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