China Travel Navigator & Toolkit
All-in-one resources: Essential tools, curated destinations, & local insights for your China journey.
All-in-one resources: Essential tools, curated destinations, & local insights for your China journey.
The Hanging Temple (Xuankong Si), built into a cliff on Mount Hengshan in Shanxi Province, is a 1,500-year-old architectural marvel. It uniquely combines Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism, supported by wooden beams embedded in rock. Named one of the "World’s Top 10 Most Dangerous Structures" by _TIME_, it defies gravity 58 meters above ground.
The Yungang Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001, are a monumental complex of 5th-century Buddhist cave art near Datong, Shanxi. With over 51,000 statues across 45 major caves, they showcase a fusion of Indian, Greek, and Chinese styles, epitomizing the "Yungang model" of early Chinese Buddhist sculpture.