The Hanging Temple (悬空寺 or Xuánkōng Sì, literally meaning “floating-in-empty temple”) near Datong is magnificent. I’m certain it was one of the inspirations for the Western Air Temple in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Just steps upriver from the temple is a dam and a cavernous bypass channel which debouches into a lake.
All frozen, thank Eru, lest the Watcher in the Water were to try to fuck with me and my mellon. (Pardon my Sindarin.)
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