China Adventures - Datong (Part 1) (懸空寺)
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Uploaded by monkeetime on Nov 22, 2007
Weekend trip to Datong, a city in Shanxi Province of China.
The Hanging Temple (simplified Chinese: 悬空寺; traditional Chinese: 懸空寺; pinyin: Xuánkong Sì) is a temple built into a cliff near Mount Heng in the province of Shanxi. This site is located 65 kilometers from Datong.
Along with the Yungang Grottoes, the Hanging Temple is one of the main tourist attractions and historical sites in the Datong area. Built more than 1400 years ago, this temple is unique not only for its location on a sheer precipice but also because it includes Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian elements.
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Wow. I would have been too scared to walk around up there. One wrong move and you get instant death over the edge!
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The hanging temple was not re-constructed. it has been there all along. But the authority did change some of the older beams that were driven deep into the mountain slope and that was when they realised the technique the ancient chinese employed to give the temple a strong foundation despite the earthquakes and elements it exposed to. It's called preservation, like all ancient monuments need to get to keep it strong.
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lol, thank god he gave u permission to continue filming. Other wise you may have had to stop :-/
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I don ´t like the music. Nice video. Thanks for sharing it.
Peace!
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"people tend not to react to it as they think it is a stills-only camera"---This really is a great idea!
But its low light performance is obviously poor:)
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fair enough.
i have expressed that if u hold the care-free attitude that just want share and keep private experiences and memories, keep going on what u did and the style, anyway ur vidz r cool.
peace , enjoy china.
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Are you using a Digital Still Camera to record all these videos? I can hear the sound when the camera switch between different apartures, this wouldn't happen on a Video Camera.
Your video is quite good especially for those text you had added.
pacman1891 3 years ago
Pacman, you are onto it!!!
Yes, its a Fuji Finepix S5100. I love the image quality it captures, it is actually better than my video cam, and people tend not to react to it as they think it is a stills-only camera.
The clicking is somewhat annoying, but I got over it.
Peace!
monkeetime 3 years ago
u must invent some strange device to shoot these strange tight effect shots of ur walking around, i just can't figure it out. a stick?
it's pretty cool, but like i said in another video's comment, it's interesting enough for u and for ppl tortured by homesick like me, it's quiet boring for random viewer after 20 seconds.
shiker99 3 years ago
Sure, but then this isn't National Geographic Channel. I shoot these as a souvenir, and to show to friends and whoever wants to see them. I lack the training and money to make it exciting.
And yes, the camera is mounted on a tripod which I hold in my hands.
monkeetime 3 years ago