From ancient times to the present, in the remote and dangerous places of the mainland, there are often hidden temples that have stood for thousands of years, placed in the clouds, looming, such as the fairyland, they are the farthest from the earth, the closest to heaven, perhaps this is the last piece of pure land of the immortals in the world, today we will take a look at the ten temples built on the cliffs in the mainland:
1. Maijishan, Gansu
Maiji Mountain is a lone peak on the remnants of the western section of the Qinling Mountains, the mountain is 142 meters high, the four walls are steep, the middle section is expanded, and the bottom is slightly smaller, which looks like a stack of wheat stacks from a distance, hence the name. The 221 caves are densely packed like honeyscombs carved into nearly vertical cliffs, connected by a 14-story skywalk. Among the four major grottoes in China, Maijishan is in a rainy area, and the frescoes are not as well preserved as the Mogao Grottoes, but it has left more than 7,000 statues, known as the "Oriental Sculpture Exhibition Hall", and its sculptures are different from the Stone Carvings of longmen Grottoes and Yungang Grottoes.
2. Guizhou Fanjing Mountain
Guizhou Fanjing Mountain is located in Tongren City, in the east of Guizhou Province, at the junction of the second and third steps of the mainland, from the perspective of topographic units, just between the yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to the western hilly mountain transition area of Hunan, the mountain is rugged and dangerous, is the main peak of the Wuling Mountains, with an area of 567 square kilometers and an altitude of 2493 meters. Fanjing Mountain has a forest coverage rate of more than 95%, with four major celestial wonders such as cloud waterfall, Zen fog, phantom and Buddha light, and is known as the first mountain in Guizhou.
3. Zizhu Monastery in Tibet
Located on Mount Zizhu in Dingqing County, Qamdo Region, eastern Tibet, at an altitude of about 4,800 meters, Zizhu Monastery is one of the highest monasteries in Tibet and one of the oldest and most important temples in Yongzhong Bon.
Legend has it that it has a history of nearly 3,000 years, zizhu means six peaks, it is strange and rugged, Zen temples are stacked, different peaks protrude, straight and dangerous. Zizhu Temple is one of the largest temples in the Kham area, with the largest number of believers and the most complete preservation of Bon rituals.
4. Laojun Mountain, Henan
Laojun Mountain is located 3 kilometers east of Luanchuan County, Luoyang City, Henan Province, with a haibo of 2217 meters. Laojun Mountain can be called the northern Zhangjiajie, it is tall and majestic, a green, Cloud Peak Cave Stream, a variety of shapes, has the reputation of "Tianlian Wuyue Quanxiongjin, the ground to Kyushu Weifu Cattle".
According to legend, the Taoist teacher Zu Li'er rode a green bull away from the world and retreated to this place for cultivation.
5. Shaanxi Golden Dome Guanyin Hall
Located in the territory of Chaiping Town, southwest of Zhen'an County, Shaanxi, the main peak of the Golden Peak is 1665.8 meters above sea level, resembling a pagoda. Located on the golden roof, the Guanyin Hall, suspended in the abyss on three sides, can be described as a miraculous and breathtaking work.
The Guanyin Hall on the golden roof, this small temple of less than 6 square meters, the surrounding terrain is very dangerous, three sides are suspended in hundreds of meters of abyss, four stone pillars are inserted into the rock crevices, and then the stone strips are used as the foundation to build the temple, no adhesive is added between the stone strips, only by the craftsmen superimposed on each other, a corner behind is completely suspended, looking far away, it seems that a touch will fall off the 100-meter cliff.
6. Shanxi Hanging Temple
Located in the cliffs of Cuiping Peak on the west side of Jinlong Gorge in Hengshan Mountain, Hunyuan County, Datong City, Shanxi, the Hanging Temple is known as the slang of "Hanging Temple, half a day high, three horsetails hanging in the air", and is known for its steepness like the abyss.
Here the mountain is steep, on both sides are upright more than 100 meters, like an axe cutting cliff, the Hanging Temple is built on this cliff, or like a pasted cliff, there is really a tendency to fly, thrilling and strange, unique.
7. Fujian Baizhangyan
Baizhangyan Scenic Area is located adjacent to Taoyuan Cave in the south. It is an important part of the National Key Scenic Area Taobaizhang Yanyuan Cave. The center of the scenic spot covers an area of 26.60 square kilometers, containing more than 30 scenic spots and historical sites, named after the steep peaks and cliffs here.
The majesty of the peaks of Baizhang Rock, the beauty of the mountains, and the clarity of the rocks and waters of The Streams give people the feeling of "people are enlightened and their bodies are the same, and the realm is floating in the world at the same time".
8. Gansu Horseshoe Temple
Located in The Territory of Sunan Yugur Autonomous County in Gansu Province, at the foot of Qilian Mountain, Horseshoe Temple is a huge grotto temple complex. Legend has it that pegasus stepped on a rock here, leaving hoof prints, hence the name. There are both Chinese Buddhist monasteries and Tibetan Buddhist temples, and the same place has different styles and is very unique.
9. Fujian Lingtong Temple
Lingtong Temple, located in Lingtong Mountain, Daxi Town, Pinghe County, Fujian Province, is known as the first mountain in southern Fujian. Lingtong Mountain has the four characteristics of "dangerous peaks, strange stones, clear springs, floating clouds", formed in the volcanic eruption and crustal movement 113 million years ago, there are huge stones in the sky, there are deep valley springs underneath, steep and majestic, seven peaks straight into the clouds, lions, Wenshu, eagle's mouth, Arhats, pythons and elephant walls and other pictographic stones, such as knives carved like axes and chisels, lifelike, with "321 meters of the world's first natural Buddha head" and "bead curtain rain thousand meter flying waterfall" is the most unique, is a national geological park and a national scenic spot.
10. Fujian Ganluyan Temple
Ganluyan Temple, located on the west bank of the Golden Lake Scenic Area in Taining, Fujian Province. The temple is hidden in a natural cave on the cliffs of Danxia, and the architectural structure is "one pillar inserted into the ground, without tiles", which is a masterpiece in the history of Chinese architecture.
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