Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Hanging Monastery


The Hanging Temple or Hanging Monastery is a temple built into a cliff (75 m or 246 ft above the ground) near Mount Heng in Hunyuan County, Shanxi province, China. The closest city is Datong, 64.23 kilometers to the northwest. Along with the Yungang Grottoes, the Hanging Temple is one of the main tourist attractions and historical sites in the Datong area. Built more than 1,500 years ago, this temple is notable not only for its location on a sheer precipice but also because it includes Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian elements. The structure is kept in place with oak crossbeams fitted into holes chiseled into the cliffs. The main supportive structure was hidden inside the bedrock.

Hanging Monastery

Hanging Monastery

Hanging Monastery

Hanging Monastery

Hanging Monastery

Hanging Monastery

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Reed Flute Cave

The Reed Flute Cave is a landmark and tourist attraction in Guilin, Guangxi, China. It is a natural limestone cave with multicolored lighting and has been one of Guilin’s most interesting attractions for over 1200 years. It is over 180 million years old. The cave got its name from the type of reed growing outside, which can be made into melodious flutes. Reed Flute Cave is filled with a large number of stalactites, stalagmites and rock formations in weird and wonderful shapes. Inside, there are more than 70 inscriptions written in ink, which can be dated back as far as 792 AD in the Tang Dynasty. These aged inscriptions tell us that it has been an attraction in Guilin since ancient times. It was rediscovered in the 1940s by a group of refugees fleeing the Japanese troops.

Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave


Saturday, October 6, 2012

Danxia Landform

The Danxia landform refers to various landscapes found in southeast and southwest China that "consist of a red bed characterized by steep cliffs". It is a unique type of petrographic geomorphology found in China. Danxia landform is formed from red-colored sandstones and conglomerates of largely Cretaceous age.

Danxia Landform

Danxia Landform

Danxia Landform

Danxia Landform

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Tianmen Mountain

Amazing transparent pathway is located 4,700 ft (1,430 m) above sea level on the side of Tianmen mountain in Zhangjiajie, China. Constructed out of 2.5 inch crystal-clear glass, this walkway allows people to enjoy breathtaking views of the mountains.

Tianmen Mountain

Tianmen Mountain



Tianmen Mountain
 
Tianmen Mountain

Tianmen Mountain

Tianmen Mountain

Canton Tower

Canton Tower, formerly Guangzhou TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower, is an observation tower in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou, historically known as Canton or Kwangchow, Guangdong, China. The tower was topped out in 2009 and it became operational on 29 September 2010 for the 2010 Asian Games. The tower briefly held the title of tallest tower in the world, replacing the CN Tower, before being surpassed by the Tokyo Skytree in 2011. It is the tallest structure in China and the fourth-tallest freestanding structure in the world. It is named after the traditional European name of the city.

Canton Tower

Canton Tower

Canton Tower

Canton Tower

Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China. The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW) but is second to Itaipu Dam with regard to the generation of electricity annually.

Three Gorges Dam

Three Gorges Dam

Panjin Red Beach

The Red Beach is located in the Liaohe River Delta, about 30 kilometer southwest of Panjin City in China. The beach gets its name from its appearance, which is caused by a type of sea weed that flourishes in the saline-alkali soil. The weed that start growing during April or May remains green during the summer. In autumn, this weed turns flaming red, and the beach looks as if it was covered by an infinite red carpet that creates a rare red sea landscape. Most of the Red Beach is a nature reserve and closed to the public. Only a small, remote, section is open for tourists.

Panjin Red Beach

Panjin Red Beach

Panjin Red Beach

Panjin Red Beach