*WS 11 ( re-post ) - 中国山西的悬空寺 The Hanging Temple in Shanxi, China*
这期我要介绍中国的一个悬空建筑－山西的悬空寺。2013年我们曾来此一游。
悬空寺座落在山西大同市北岳恒山，始建于公元491年北魏期间。初建时寺庙是在河床上方90米的悬崖面上。由于峡谷淤积，它现在离河床的高度只有60米。
现存建筑是明清两代修缮的遗物。主要建筑相当狭窄，大约三到五米宽。它们由插入岩石的悬臂木梁支撑。大约三分之二的木梁嵌在岩石内。那些看起来像柱子的细长木杆(如第四张照)其实只是装饰品，不吃力。俚语说“悬空寺，半天高，三根马尾空中吊”。
这里雖称为寺，佛庙和道观共存，殿宇有40间。释迦殿，纯阳宫并立。满天神佛。也是奇观。
The famous Hanging Temple is located in the city of Datong in Shanxi province. It was first built in 491 AD, on a cliff face 90 m above the river bed. Due to the siltation of the canyon, it is now only 60 m above the river bed. We made our visit in 2013.
The existing buildings are dated to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, or 2 to 5 hundred years old. The narrow buildings are supported by cantilever wooden beams with two-thirds of one end embedded into the rock. Those slender wooden poles that look like pillars (4th photo) are actually just cosmetic decorations, not structural members.
Although it is first built as a Buddhist temple, both Buddhist and Taoist halls, about 40 in numbers, have coexisted for centuries, in typical Chinese tradition.
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