On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs - O6 M8 V6 f# h. H: r
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。: l1 J$ t( L* P8 b# }2 ?1 s' F 2 q1 ~& l6 r: R* W7 fGripping: This gravity-defying hanging monastery clings to the side of Mt Huashan in China and is only accessible via steep and dangerous paths- p( `2 V! _) D: [2 }3 n% c# I
公仔箱論壇& i, i# j2 H. A' ^/ A1 Y + [+ y7 _9 G; C: Z4 MCloser 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 cloudsTVBNOW 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 z( F' a4 ~: N7 V
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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 & r M' j6 a+ l; e9 ]3 l 3 k V- d: W! s/ _" Q' V0 h 公仔箱論壇& F( \0 U0 U9 K* j
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 $ V& s' u8 }7 d: _: d2 q - m. G% U6 s0 e e* I9 T' I# | d www3.tvboxnow.com# m, r7 B( e% y2 B6 ]: W
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/ o8 |/ g1 K0 I) I4 F8 x) R
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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 6 |, u6 U& I/ p D1 L : i% i: A$ t; P; E- H 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) * R& j& x. D+ e ( V t X7 M" h5 twww3.tvboxnow.com 8 g; a& i( Q) i9 Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPath to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the world " H+ v$ i, s$ `+ J \" c9 o5 K' H' b( t% b% Q6 D 4 {9 `9 z/ t2 X: ]7 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBalancing act: The monastery of Roussanou at the base of a stone tower in Meteora, Greece in a picture taken in 19856 `5 s( h. B$ \% ~- v1 t* C, g
( ^0 m H0 v. f+ O% F: T L" mTVBNOW 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。 ( z( s7 M" q9 q8 w' CTVBNOW 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。Nerve-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 ' h2 k& [9 T8 c& h" V公仔箱論壇 - E9 `; h$ @$ `. P l" ~& p; Owww3.tvboxnow.com : U+ ~# h/ M: QRich 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 BC / z& k& S8 |" a( g) y5 M公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇 Z' A) o8 r! J9 r4 U0 }" X www3.tvboxnow.com% F( t% m" U: o, X" W# s8 h3 E
Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug' ) _; L m, p9 `7 }公仔箱論壇 " H% }( t3 G" p* a6 g; gwww3.tvboxnow.com 4 ]5 p# a+ D. A& i( Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEasy 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公仔箱論壇+ E! c o0 A* k! Q4 r9 T
$ P% @7 W; m g; P4 Swww3.tvboxnow.com & l9 T/ r( y9 x& e公仔箱論壇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' d6 J9 z/ Z- w0 A' J
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* _3 B t: u. D5 p A: ?% ~' [4 v# S % c* h9 m/ U# K$ ]: V& LPanoramic: 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 ! V! ?# u5 ~9 f8 X公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇; Y* V& u# y1 j1 b- |3 C - x) X! j' I( z
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1 r0 N3 e$ R0 I; K& e3 E! P
www3.tvboxnow.com; r: w) d( V9 f/ z. w/ A 9 L6 D6 L: T* D5 L& \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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