The Suspension Temple in the south of Hunyuan county in Shanxi province dates back to the concluding phase of the Northern Wei Dynasty and was reconstructed respectively in Jurcheng, Yuan and Ming. The project is suspended on the hillside, looking upward at the hanging rocks and overlooking the deep valley with a cluster of more than thirty halls chambers, garrets and pavilions"strewn at random"on an evergreen vertical escarpment being watched afar it seems to be a splendid Heavenly jade mansion looming ahead
The Suspension Temple in the south of Hunyuan county in Shanxi province dates back to the concluding phase of the Northern Wei Dynasty and was reconstructed respectively in Jurcheng, Yuan and Ming. The project is suspended on the hillside, looking upward at the hanging rocks and overlooking the deep valley with a cluster of more than thirty halls, chambers, garrets and pavilions “strewn at random” on an evergreen vertical escarpment; being watched afar it seems to be a splendid Heavenly jade mansion looming ahead
The framework therein avails itself of the principle of structural mechanics and has remained unimpaired over hundreds of years in rainy erosion and disastrous earth tremors, denoting the expertise and dexterity involving the architectural technology of the ancient Chinese people
The framework therein avails itself of the principle of structural mechanics and has remained unimpaired over hundreds of years in rainy erosion and disastrous earth tremors, denoting the expertise and dexterity involving the architectural technology of the ancient Chinese people
Yungang Grottoes is located at the southern cliff of mount zhouwu on the western suburb of Datong city, inscribed onto the list of key protection institutions of national cultural relics. It was excavated alongside the 1000 m-long cliff, of which the cardinal grottoes had been accomplished before the transfer of the Northern Wei capital to Luoyang. So far available have been fifty three cubicles inclusive of twenty one large-sized ones rivaled with 51.000 stone statues and statuettes, one of the tripartite highly-valued grottoes in China
Yungang Grottoes is located at the southern cliff of Mount Zhouwu on the western suburb of Datong city, inscribed onto the list of key protection institutions of national cultural relics. It was excavated alongside the 1000 m-long cliff, of which the cardinal grottoes had been accomplished before the transfer of the Northern Wei capital to Luoyang. So far available have been fifty three cubicles inclusive of twenty one large-sized ones rivaled with 51, 000 stone statues and statuettes, one of the tripartite highly-valued grottoes in China
Songyue Temple Pagoda as the earliest brick tower preserved so far was mounted on the southern side of Mount Song, six kilometers northwest of Dengfeng county in Henan province, in Zhengguang 4, the northern Wei Dynasty (523). Originally this Temple served as an imperial sojourn palace and was donated as a Buddhist abbey in Zhengguang 1, the reign of Emperor Xiao Ming. Bearing an initial title Stay-ldle Temple at the outset, it was transferred to Songyue Temple in Renshou 2, the Sui Dynasty. It won prodigy in scale during the period of the Northern Wei
Songyue Temple Pagoda as the earliest brick tower preserved so far was mounted on the southern side of Mount Song, six kilometers northwest of Dengfeng county in Henan province, in Zhengguang 4, the Northern Wei Dynasty (523). Originally this Temple served as an imperial sojourn palace and was donated as a Buddhist abbey in Zhengguang 1, the reign of Emperor Xiao Ming. Bearing an initial title Stay-Idle Temple at the outset, it was transferred to Songyue Temple in Renshou 2, the Sui Dynasty. It won prodigy in scale during the period of the Northern Wei
Songyue Temple Pagoda is framed a dense-eaves brick tower with a 41-m height in a regular 12-side outer contour The central chamber enclosed therein is shaped in regular octagon with 7.6 m in width and 2.45 m in the wall thickness on the ground floor, which is accessible through four entrances in east, west north and south. Among armies of the brick towers handed down to the present day it stands out exclusively as a 12-side miracle
Songyue Temple Pagoda is framed a dense-eaves brick tower with a 41-m height in a regular 12-side outer contour. The central chamber enclosed therein is shaped in regular octagon with 7.6 m in width and 2.45 m in the wall thickness on the ground floor, which is accessible through four entrances in east, west, north and south. Among armies of the brick towers handed down to the present day it stands out exclusively as a 12-side miracle