| ............................................................................................................................................................................. Mt. Hengshan ............................................................................................................................................................................. |
| 60
km south of Datong, Mt Hengshan, lies one of the five most famous mountains
in China the honored Bei Yue (Northern Mountain)' famous for its beautiful
scenery and precarious cliffs. The mountain is also a holy mountain for
Taoists. It is said that Zhang Guolao, one of the Eight Immortals in Tao,
practiced on the mountain and reached immortality. |
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| ............................................................................................................................................................................. Hanging Monastery ............................................................................................................................................................................. |
| About
80 km from Datong and 5 km from Hunyuan County, the gravity defying Hanging
Monastery is built on extremely sheer cliffs of Mt. Hengshan above Jinlong
Canyon. Construction of the monastery dates back 1400 years to the Northern
Wei Dynasty. Most of the architecture was reconstructed during the Ming
and Qing dynasties. Bridges and corridors connect those pavilions and caves
in which dozens of bronze, iron, stone and clay statues are enshrined.
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