Hanging Temple
The Hanging Temple, also Hengshan Hanging Temple, Hanging Monastery or Xuankong Temple is a temple built into a cliff near Mount Heng in Hunyuan County, Datong City, Shanxi Province, China.- Place of worship
- Description: temple built into a cliff in Shanxi province, China
- Also known as“Hanging Monastery”“Hanging Temple of Hengshan Mountain”“Xuankong Si”“Xuankong Temple”“玄空阁”
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Latitude
39.6597° or 39° 39′ 35″ north
Longitude
113.70799° or 113° 42′ 29″ east
Open location code
8PFMMP55+V5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity = place_of_worship
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historic = heritage
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Hanging Temple” goes by many names.
Tempulli i varurAlbanian
المعبد المعلقArabic
Սյուանկուն ՍիArmenian
Xuanqong tenplu esekiaBasque
悬空寺Chinese
懸空寺Chinese
Hanging TempleDutch
المعبد المعلقEgyptian Arabic
სიუანკუნ-სიGeorgian
शुआन खोंग सःHindi
हवा में खड़ा मंदिरHindi
हवा में मठHindi
FüggőkolostorHungarian
Wihara HangingIndonesian
Tempio sospesoItalian
懸空寺Japanese
현공사Korean
Kuân-khang-sīMin Nan Chinese
XuankongNorwegian
XuankongNorwegian Bokmål
ਹਵਾ ਵਿਚ ਖੜਿਆ ਮੰਦਰPanjabi
ਹਵਾ ਵਿਚ ਖੜ੍ਹਾ ਮੰਦਰPanjabi
Świątynia Zawieszona nad PróżniąPolish
Wisząca ŚwiątyniaPolish
Xuánkong Sì)Polish
Templul XuankongRomanian
СюанькунRussian
Сюанькун-сиRussian
Сюанькун-сыRussian
Viseći hramSerbo-Croatian
Det hängande templetSwedish
Hängande templetSwedish
XuankongsiSwedish
தொங்கும் கோயில்Tamil
Асылма монастырьTatar
Сюанькун-сыTatar
Эленмә кәшишханәTatar
อารามลอยฟ้าThai
Asma TapınakTurkish
Сюанькун-сиUkrainian
معلق مندرUrdu
Huyền Không tựVietnamese
معلق مندرWestern Panjabi
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