Hanging Temple

The Hanging Temple, also Hengshan Hanging Temple, Hanging Monastery or Xuankong Temple is a built into a cliff near Mount Heng in , City, Province, China.
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  • Type: 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”, “Xuankongsi”, and “玄空阁”

Hanging Temple

Latitude
39.6597° or 39° 39′ 35″ north
Longitude
113.70799° or 113° 42′ 29″ east
Open location code
8PFMMP55+V5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1946786157
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1276887
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Hanging Temple” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Tempulli i varur”
  • Arabic: “المعبد المعلق”
  • Arabic: “المعبدالمعلق”
  • Armenian: “Սյուանկուն Սի”
  • Chinese: “悬空寺”
  • Chinese: “懸空寺”
  • Dutch: “Hanging Temple”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المعبد المعلق”
  • French: “Temple suspendu de Xuankong”
  • French: “Xuankongsi”
  • Georgian: “სიუანკუნ-სი”
  • German: “Xuankong si”
  • German: “Xuankong Si”
  • German: “Xuankongsi”
  • Hindi: “शुआन खोंग सः”
  • Hindi: “हवा में खड़ा मंदिर”
  • Hindi: “हवा में मठ”
  • Hungarian: “Függőkolostor”
  • Indonesian: “Wihara Hanging”
  • Italian: “Tempio sospeso”
  • Japanese: “懸空寺”
  • Korean: “현공사”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kuân-khang-sī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Xuankong”
  • Norwegian: “Xuankong”
  • Panjabi: “ਹਵਾ ਵਿਚ ਖੜਿਆ ਮੰਦਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਹਵਾ ਵਿਚ ਖੜ੍ਹਾ ਮੰਦਰ”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Zawieszona nad Próżnią”
  • Polish: “Wisząca Świątynia”
  • Polish: “Xuánkong Sì)”
  • Polish: “Xuankong Si”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro suspenso”
  • Portuguese: “Templo suspenso”
  • Portuguese: “Templo Xuankong”
  • Portuguese: “Xuankongsi”
  • Romanian: “Templul Xuankong”
  • Russian: “Сюанькун-си”
  • Russian: “Сюанькун-сы”
  • Russian: “Сюанькун”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Viseći hram”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio suspendido”
  • Spanish: “Templos Colgantes”
  • Swedish: “Det hängande templet”
  • Swedish: “Hängande templet”
  • Swedish: “Xuankongsi”
  • Tamil: “தொங்கும் கோயில்”
  • Tatar: “Асылма монастырь”
  • Tatar: “Сюанькун-сы”
  • Tatar: “Эленмә кәшишханә”
  • Thai: “อารามลอยฟ้า”
  • Turkish: “Asma Tapınak”
  • Ukrainian: “Сюанькун-си”
  • Urdu: “معلق مندر”
  • Vietnamese: “Huyền Không tự”
  • Western Panjabi: “معلق مندر”

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