Place Institution Buddhist traditions
Xuankong Temple
悬空寺 zh 懸空寺 ja 현공사 ko
Temple built into a cliff in Shanxi province, China
- Dated from 491 CE
- Also called Xuankongsi, Hanging Temple of Hengshan Mountain, Xuankong Si
Site history & evidence
What is documented here
Each kind of evidence on its own row, because they do not add up.
| Evidence | On record | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| Site date | Dated from 491 CE On the timeline | A date for the site as recorded — not the start of worship, and not a floor on the tradition here. |
| Location | Recorded to the site On the atlas | A coordinate for the place. It locates the site; it does not draw its extent. |
| Dated activity | None recorded | A pin is a place, not an event. What happened at Xuankong Temple, and when, is a separate claim, and this import holds none: it carries site locations, not dated activity. |
Nearby
Places nearby
The nearest this collection holds, measured between recorded coordinates.
What this means
Computed from coordinates, not stated by any source. Nearness is geometry, not a connection: two sites a kilometre apart may never have shared a worshipper, a tradition or a century. Where either coordinate is recorded only to a district, the distance is rounded and says “about”.
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46 km awayPagoda of Fogong Temple
pagoda in China -
59 km awayShanhua Temple
building in Datong, China -
60 km awayHuayan Temple
building in Datong, China -
72 km awayGuangzong Temple
building in Taihuai, Wutai, Shanxi, China -
73 km awayPusa Ding
mountain in People's Republic of China -
73 km awayYuanzhao Temple
building in Shanxi, China -
73 km awayLuohou Temple
Buddhist temple in Wutai County, China -
73 km awayXiantong Temple
building in Wutai County, China
Sources
Sources and evidence
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