The Hanging Temple, also Hanging Monastery or Xuankong Temple (悬空寺) is a temple built into a cliff (75 m or 246 ft above the ground) near Mount Heng in Hunyuan County, Datong City, 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 is the only existing temple with the combination of three Chinese traditional religions: Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. The structure is kept in place with oak crossbeams fitted into holes chiseled into the cliffs. The main supportive structure is hidden inside the bedrock. The monastery is located in the small canyon basin, and the body of the building hangs from the middle of the cliff under the prominent summit, protecting the temple from rain erosion and sunlight. Coupled with the repair of the dynasties, the color tattoo in the temple is relatively well preserved. On December 2010, it was listed in the “Time” magazine as the world’s top ten most odd dangerous buildings.

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Due to the constant rainfall, Hanging Temple, a historic artifact under state protection, is not available for visitors who appreciate it from a distance.

It is reported that the continuing rainfall in recent days has contributed to rock fall on decorative animal sculptures in the drum tower of Hanging Temple on National Holiday in 2015 (the first day of October) of China. For the visitors’ safety, officials of Mt. Heng Scenic Spot Management Commission decide to close it temporarily. Tourists have to buy special tickets to look at the view from the small plaza but cannot go to the temple. The date of reopening will be around 1 May 2016.
Hanging Temple was erected in late North Wei Dynasty standing in the western side of the entrance of Mountain Heng Hunyuan county Shanxi Province. With about 50 meters high above the ground, it is considered the oldest wood-structure building in the world.

We have been there yesterday (13th March 2016 ) and it was covered by scaffold totally . So we think it is not necssary to come here to have a look it anymore .
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The twelfth lunar month 29, steamed Steamed Buns. Before the Spring Festival, every family has Steamed Buns steaming is a custom in Zibo. Now, in the countryside still retains this custom.

The twelfth lunar month 29 the Steamed Buns must be steamed, but this family 'face'.

Childhood home steamed buns are a large cauldron was used, "with a wood burning pot steamed bread exceptionally fragrant, some close to the pot of steamed bread can be burnt. A lift the lid, reeky fragrant smell blowing. Take a steamed bread two or three to eat