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These Chinese temples were built into sandstone cliffs around 460 AD.
They hang over 150 feet off the canyon floor »Not all Chinese monks spent their days sitting quietly before statues of the Buddha.
Watch how the Shaolin monks passed the time »You don't have to retreat to a temple carved into a cliff face to meditate your way to inner peace.
Meditation can happen anywhere »The Hanging Monastery is just a few miles from the former capital of the Wei dynasty.
It's just outside Datong »