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。: o1 {8 b% N; |# B
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8 y3 t# \3 V* U8 _' H' jTVBNOW 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。Gripping: This gravity-defying hanging monastery clings to the side of Mt Huashan in China and is only accessible via steep and dangerous paths公仔箱論壇, u: ?. U$ r% n* Q5 J7 ?3 Q
1 Z8 `& {% j% a" ?( D . R/ h2 i" r0 R# mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbCloser 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 ! I) J( \% i+ Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' o) h3 j& P7 {$ v5 X9 N7 {5 P
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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 : D P; H( ^# J6 X y公仔箱論壇6 R! v# S' I" s5 O7 l
8 x) j: b+ Y1 v1 x. u5 D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 countryTVBNOW 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。4 z: Q1 P# Z. ^$ }, g
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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 5 ^+ V) |" H4 t* ?0 y2 |& N 5 D' J# ~4 N- @6 Y: O3 w " q/ ^3 M0 w4 E+ M! }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 buildingstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- a' V+ H/ F1 L/ p1 @" T
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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) ; F5 M. _: @8 G2 ]$ O# rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ C) w/ |$ M, y7 _: Z8 v7 v" y
4 X! C, b' s2 [% xtvb 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 M! b8 s" y2 E* s2 x" ^5 R* \
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Balancing act: The monastery of Roussanou at the base of a stone tower in Meteora, Greece in a picture taken in 1985 & @( w" _7 B0 a0 s0 z5 Z . h# h; v0 Y9 E& B 公仔箱論壇: v. C) ]( {( r- M
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 Greece9 w7 I4 J" f" Z# \5 Z2 X
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g; i9 G3 E, d2 [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRich 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 BC0 E# B& a0 d+ H, B
9 s/ }6 w) v0 [公仔箱論壇 k7 R+ d7 V0 @$ ]9 n5.39.217.77Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug' + H! F& Y6 e N8 D7 a+ I3 L4 g% Q' c* E% H
6 _ o s) L" G2 |2 X/ AEasy 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 , S: n) g( ?: L1 M0 p& Y3 ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' O8 u8 i) O9 V4 s3 h" X! ?
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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 - K2 w# C; i! p% x& HTVBNOW 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。. f' \% `6 z- v+ o7 S0 u& D8 [
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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 6 C5 v0 U+ a- @3 g, A& z% h* A9 {公仔箱論壇6 {6 e+ d! B* @
2 a- d4 }' k4 n& _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。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" y- f- G& Y K
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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
Where is it & m3 |( \! w( N/ v9 Z% [So beautiful - y+ {6 n2 v$ r j7 Y/ n' Q+ DI want to live here too~作者: goeyt 時間: 2012-5-28 04:22 PM
大自然與人類-果然鬼斧神工作者: k23bb 時間: 2012-5-29 02:33 AM
大自然加上一些人工嘅建築掂晒作者: high10915 時間: 2012-6-10 09:28 AM