On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。0 C$ X* n v( V& U
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Gripping: This gravity-defying hanging monastery clings to the side of Mt Huashan in China and is only accessible via steep and dangerous paths + _( h1 [7 N1 V) b7 x. }3 I2 V + b5 z) t' j& z9 W+ @! j8 M4 |# N9 \ 公仔箱論壇8 a7 p7 L3 j9 Y
Closer to their god: The Taktshang Tiger's Nest monastery clings to a cliff 2,300ft above the Paro Valley floor in Bhutan at such a height it looks down on the clouds 4 K3 A- b' ]) l2 n2 K7 W 5 g( h% O& [" S, d tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 u, h5 i1 U5 I" t3 n
Complete isolation: According to legend, the Tiger's Nest takes its name from the 'second Buddha', Precious Guru Padmasambhava, who travelled to the site on a tiger$ g' ^6 g `! c' T& A4 H; x+ K
" U; g# _' S; i7 k0 o5.39.217.76 $ S5 h. b5 e! E公仔箱論壇Between a rock and a hard place: The Holy Trinity is part of the Meteora - which translates as 'suspended in the air' - complex of monasteries in Greece, one of the largest collections of such buildings in the country $ F4 j; S" @* ]/ b" O5.39.217.76 w1 h8 `8 c' D3 @0 n6 R3 }TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 公仔箱論壇& W5 k$ q8 ?' T7 b: o+ Q: B
Vertigo-inducing: The Sumela monastery in Turkey was created 386AD apparently after two priests discovered a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary in a cave on the mountain* V' H4 u; M; L
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Don't look down! The monasteries of Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas (left) and Agia Roussanou (right) in Greece, which form part of the Meteora complex of precariously placed buildings v6 P+ Y h) Q, S w5 RTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 ( G1 d! z1 ?6 u6 c$ G$ }公仔箱論壇 Head for heights: French mountain climber Catherine Destivelle during her ascension of the Rocher Saint Esprit, in the Meteora, with the Monastery of Roussanou located on a parallel summit (right) - b' t, A" M) r- Q# {) f5.39.217.76TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。9 ~1 C% J# C6 F4 `+ \ TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。3 N- x; l; q0 Y) Y% o' Z0 f
Path to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the world : H0 X, |- F" J4 Y ! `3 D: K, ]6 v! b2 } TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。! g2 C7 I; J$ b9 Z/ W' M F
Balancing act: The monastery of Roussanou at the base of a stone tower in Meteora, Greece in a picture taken in 1985 ) n' }& `' t" X, w: ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ( ]: {* Z1 @ U. j! E! q, g* Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 1 H" E7 R5 c* G9 q8 z7 ?5.39.217.76Nerve-wracking: A man is hoisted 250ft in a net, the only way to access the Monastery of St Barlaam (right), which also forms part of the Meteora complex in Greece - Q' |0 ?/ o& B" O. s! f+ ~$ K % e3 x# y/ x) C: }+ q* y vTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。1 l( z( k# _8 q& k4 `
Rich heritage: The ruins of the Sigiriya, or Lion's Rock, in the central Matale District of Sri Lanka, which was used as a monastery from around the 5th Century BCTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。9 S, T( x4 T7 _- \4 H1 I. n' G6 ?
" U s% e: `6 ~ - g& y' E) z8 p2 J) G0 n+ _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIdyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'$ ?. |0 B7 j1 }
5.39.217.76, i l7 _( C2 Z 4 Q; e! g' Y" k6 s% q1 i公仔箱論壇Easy does it: A visitor navigates the stone stairs leading up to the temple and fortress of Sigiriya, but this path is by no means the most perilous compared to those approaching other monasteries$ W |. d+ f! ^6 |! l" T( [
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Beautiful: Sigiriya is framed by symmetrical water gardens which extend to the foot of the rock. It is one of the eight World Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka; `# P1 B- \' M4 @5 h s
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Panoramic: The monastery of St Stephen, part of the Meteora complex in Greece, was built in the middle of 16th and decorated in or around 1545 5 O9 [2 @% l- g& F4 D' {4 z公仔箱論壇5 j$ L5 }% \: t! I; M 公仔箱論壇- j1 q& A& H; Q5 C) o' n
A cut above: Rather than clinging to it, this temple was carved into the rock in the region of Cappadocia in Turkey. Frescoes can be seen around the entrance公仔箱論壇4 S( T6 S+ v/ @* s0 x
公仔箱論壇 r& _8 K4 b2 r' f3 D 5 G0 U! I: L0 W% S公仔箱論壇Up on high: The Holy Holy Monastery of Saint Nicholas Anapausas in Meteora, Greece, which was built in the 16th Century and decorated by the Cretan painter Theophanis Strelitzas in 1527作者: violet0418ki 時間: 2012-5-28 03:06 PM
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