Located at the foot of Hengshan Mountain in Shanxi Province. It perched precariously on a near-vertical cliff surface of the Golden Dragon Gorge, Hanging Temple (or the Temple in Midair) has been ranked as the first wonder of Hengshan Mountain.

The temple was first built in the Northern Wei Dynasty (about 471-523) over 1,400 years ago, and later renovated in the Tang, Jin, Ming and Qing Dynasties. What can be seen now are the remains of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Facing east, it looks like a unique and exquisite jade carving hung on a huge screen.

The temple features 40 pavilions and halls. Amazingly built on pillars that were thrust into natural or man-made holes in the rocks behind, it is approached over a bridge and up a stone staircase that has been the chiseled from the rocks surface. Its 6 main halls are intricately and ingeniously linked by winding corridors, bridges, and boardwalks, where you may have a good secure and insecure glimpse of the view below, seized with a sense of danger that you cant have elsewhere.