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To help one of my Amenrican friends to prepare the coming presentation about Chinese temple,I searched a lot articles and photos of temples from different places with different history and background.And then I found it's very interesting to compare the varies of Chinese temples.



The one is Xuankong Si,in Datong city,Shanxi province.The temple is also named Hanging Monastery for it is hung on the cliff of the gorge more than 50 meters above the ground.How breathtaking!Why was it hung on the cliff?It's said that in the past there were many many floods because of frequent storm,and in order to avoid being destroyed by floods,the temple was built hung on the cliff based on the wisdom of Chinese artisans.The temple was built in 491,survived more than 1500 years.How old-line!!(for more about XuankongSi- Articles,Photos )



And the other is the Potala Palace,as we all know which is the symbol of Tibet.Potala Palace serves as a famous temple,as well as the political center of Tibet.The temple is 117 meters high and 360 meters wide,covering an area of more than 130,00 square meters,which consists of two parts——the White Palace for administrate and the Red Palace for religion.The temple looks like a castle.why?After baiduing I got the reason its castle style enable the temple with Military Defensive function,maybe because of the social background,I guess.(for more about XuankongSi-Articles,Photos)

These two temples both have their specialties,which are different from the ordinary buddhist building and completely new for me,how interesting!Although I ever had classes on Chinese temple,I got few.For China has a long history with abundant culture, and wide land with different geography condition,the buildings from different place are various very much,both public and private.I made a plan to study the Chinese building deeply once I have time.I'm looking forward to finding more,I will!

By the way,I found a website about cities and sight spot of China,which is really a good travel guide!The address is here(URL).