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The Golden Temple Park, or Jindian Park (simplified Chinese: 金殿公园; traditional Chinese: 金殿公園; pinyin: Jīndiàn Gōngyuán), is a Taoist bronze-tiled temple in Yunnan, China, and is the largest bronze temple in the country. [1]
Golden Stupa, gilded carved wood above main door. Wat Xieng Thong (Lao: ວັດຊຽງທອງ, pronounced [wāt síaŋ.tʰɔ́ːŋ]; "Temple of the Golden City") is a Buddhist temple (vat or wat) on the northern tip of the peninsula of Luang Prabang, Laos.
The Hanging Temple, a temple built into a cliff 75 meters (246 ft) above the ground near Mount Heng in Shanxi in 491 AD A hall and courtyard at Huayan Temple in Shanxi. Chongshan Temple (Shanxi) Huayan Temple (Datong) Pagoda of Fogong Temple; Puhua Temple; Qifo Temple; Shuanglin Temple; The Hanging Temple; Xuanzhong Temple; Yanqing Temple ...
Temples of City God (城隍廟), which worships the patron God of a village, town or a city. Smaller household shrines or votive niche, such as the worship of Zaoshen and Caishen . Gōng ( 宮 ), meaning " palace " is a term used for a templar complex of multiple buildings, while yuàn ( 院 ), meaning "institution," is a generic term meaning ...
The Temple grounds cover 2.73 km 2 (1.05 sq mi) of parkland and comprises three main groups of constructions, all built according to strict philosophical requirements: The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests (祈年殿) is a magnificent triple-gabled circular building, 36 m (118 ft) in diameter and 38 m (125 ft) tall, [ 4 ] built on three levels ...
The Golden temple complex map The ceiling of Harminder Sahib is made with gold and precious stones. The Darshani Deorhi Arch, entrance to the Harmandir Sahib complex. The Golden Temple's architecture reflects different architectural practices prevalent in the Indian subcontinent, as various iterations of temple were rebuilt and restored. [42]
This is the location of the first Buddhist temple built in China in the 1st century CE. [5] The site has seventy-six Buddhist monasteries of the Ming and Qing dynasties, most of them located near the mountain top. The monasteries demonstrate a flexible architectural style that adapts to the landscape.
Modern maps show the elevation of the highest of the peaks in the Wudang Shan "proper" as 1612 meters; [3] [4] however, the entire Wudangshan range has somewhat higher elevations elsewhere. [ 3 ] Some consider the Wudang Mountains to be a "branch" of the Daba Mountains range, [ 4 ] which is a major mountain system in western Hubei, Shaanxi ...