Shanxi Monastery : hanging in the sky castles in the air .

China has six Monastery, there are four north, the south has two.

four were north Shanxi Hengshan Monastery, Hebei Cangyan Monastery, Monastery sun Qi County, Henan Province, Xining Monastery; South The two were Western Hills Monastery, Yunnan, Zhejiang Jiande Daci Rock Monastery.

Shanxi Hengshan Monastery, also known as Xuan Kong Temple, located in Shanxi Hunyuan County, sixty-five kilometers away from Datong, China is the only existing Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism three religions of the unique temple. It is built on the cliffs, was built in the late Northern Wei Dynasty, so far 1500 years of history.

vacant the face of Hengshan Temple, perched Ping, upload crag, overlooking the deep valley, pavilion vacant, the structure Qiao Qi, Qiao care beam up and down through the rock dark one, Gallery bar so connected, surprising twists and turns, virtual and real.

Monastery of about 50 meters high from the ground, the development of China's architectural heritage and architectural style, its architectural features can be summarized as" odd, hanging, clever" words.

data above, the Monastery of the overall layout of the temple, Buddhist temple, the temple, three Buddha, Tai Temple, Temple, Drum Tower, Bell Tower, Garan Temple, Guanyin has ever been Hall, Hall of Earth Store Bodhisattva, the Buddhist goddess concept between the Temple, Buddha Temple, Lei Yin Temple, the three palace, Chun-yang palace, Plank Road, Hall of the three religions, five Buddhist temple and so on. Hall floor there is a change in the distribution are symmetric, scattered in contact, winding loop, virtual and real, small, space is rich and varied levels, small in the large, feel a small place. Compact, scattered dependencies, its layout is different from the plain temple of the axis prominent, symmetrical; also different from the mountain temples escalating pattern of the mountain, are following the cliff bump, the trial shape degree of potential, go with the flow , volley and structure, it seems, cascading scattered, subtle changes, so that a combination of physical space compared to the orderly and artistic effect.

text/photo: Yang Sina bloggers