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This is the Hanging Monastery of Xuankong Si, China built in
the Tuoba Wei Dynasty around 471-523 AD, some 1,400 years ago
and still clinging on tight to the foot of Mt. Hengshan. The
monastery has been renovated over the centuries but the
original structure remains intact. The monastery has held on
so well because of it's deliberate over engineered solution.
Horizontal shafts cut into the side of the mountain carry strong lengths of hard wood cut from single trees.
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