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 , City, Province, China.
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  • Type: Place of worship
  • Description: temple built into a cliff in Shanxi province, China
  • Also known as: “Det hängande templet”, “Hängande templet”, “Hanging Monastery”, “Hanging Temple of Hengshan Mountain”, “Świątynia Zawieszona nad Próżnią”, “Temple suspendu de Xuankong”, “Templo suspenso”, “Templo Xuankong”, “Xuankong si”, “Xuánkong Sì)”, “Xuankong Temple”, “Асылма монастырь”, “Сюанькун”, “المعبدالمعلق”, “शुआन खोंग सः”, “हवा में मठ”, 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”
  • Armenian: “Սյուանկուն Սի”
  • Basque: “Xuanqong tenplu esekia”
  • Chinese: “悬空寺”
  • Chinese: “懸空寺”
  • Dutch: “Hanging Temple”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المعبد المعلق”
  • French: “Xuankongsi”
  • Georgian: “სიუანკუნ-სი”
  • German: “Xuankong Si”
  • Hindi: “हवा में खड़ा मंदिर”
  • 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: “Wisząca Świątynia”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro suspenso”
  • Romanian: “Templul Xuankong”
  • Russian: “Сюанькун-сы”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Viseći hram”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio suspendido”
  • Spanish: “Templos Colgantes”
  • Swedish: “Xuankongsi”
  • Tamil: “தொங்கும் கோயில்”
  • 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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Highlights: Hengshan Shuiku and Mount Heng Scenic Area.

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