Húnyuán

Hunyuan lies beneath Mount Heng, one of China’s sacred northern mountains. In a gorge south of the town, the Hanging Temple clings to a sheer cliff, its halls joined by narrow galleries and supported on beams set into the rock. Founded in the Northern Wei period, the temple was repaired under the Jin, Ming and Qing. Its precarious setting made it one of the mountain’s most celebrated sights.