HengshaninShanxihunyuanXuankongSiXuanKongsiCounty,65kilometersawayfromDatong,nationalkeyculturalrelicsprotectionunit,istheonlyremainingBuddhist,Taoist,andConfuciantemplesofthreereligionsunique.
HengshanXuanKongsiwasbuiltinmorethan1400yearsago,thelateNorthernWeidynasty,dynastiesareallXuankongSimaderepairs,theNorthernWeidynasty,theTaoistTaoaltarfromPingcheng,thisDatongmovedsouthtothis,theancientartisansundertheTaoist"notheardcrowingBarkVoice,"therequirementsofthebuildingoftheXuanKongsi.
HengshanXuankongSiisabout50metershighfromtheground,XuanKongsidevelopmentofChina'sarchitecturalheritageandarchitecturalstyle,itsconstructioncharacteristicscanbesummarizedas"strange,suspended,Qiao"inthename.
Worthreferredtoas"strange"isthattoconstructatempledesignandsiting,XuanKongsiinthemountainsordeepvalleysinasmallbasin,themiddleofthebodyhungonthecliffs,cliffslikeanumbrellaprominentpartofthepeak,sothattemplefromrainfall.Whenthefootofflooding,butalsofrominundated.Thesurroundingmountainsalsoreducedsunlightexposuretime.LocationisXuankongSicanbepreservedoftheimportantreasons.
"Hanging"isaXuanKongsianotherfeatureofthewholetemplethereDiange40,thesurfacelooksmorethanadozensupportingthemaretherootsizedthickwoodenpillars,infact,somewoodenpostsisnotboundbyforce,sosomepeopleuse"XuanKongsi,half-high,threeMaweiairlift"todescribeXuanKongsi.Buttherealcenterofgravitystaysinthehardrock,theuseofmechanicsandahalfflyingbeam-basedinterpolation.
XuanKongsi's"clever"intheirconstructatemple,whenthelocalconditions,makefulluseofthenaturalstateoftheclifflayoutandconstructionofvariouspartsofthetemplebuilding,willbeinatypicaltemplearchitecturallayoutoftheplane,builtinthree-dimensionalshapesuchasspace,gate,belltower,mainhall,wind-roomandothershavedesignedaveryingenious.Templehasmorethan80Buddhiststatue.
TangKaiyuantwenty-threeyears(735years),LiBai,XuanKongsitourafterthecliffstowriteona"spectacular"word,MingXuanKongsigreattravelerXuXia-kesaidthe"giantworldview."