Mount Wudang is home to eight palaces, seventy-two temples in
caves, thirty-nine bridges, thirty-six nunneries, twelve
pavilions, and two temples. During the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1643
AD), Mt. Wudang was known as a grand spectacle of all ages and
is one of the best examples of ancient-religious architecture
anywhere. The Golden Hall, a temple built on Mt. Wudang in the
15th century is the largest copper building in China. The
ninety-ton structure was plated in Gold in Beijing before being
moved to the mountain. 6. Shibaozhai (Precious Stone Fortress)
Near the banks of China’s Yangtze River, a twelve story, five-
hundred year-old Buddhist temple made of wood clings to a cliff
without the support of a single nail. Before the temple was
built, devout Buddhists climbed the cliff risking their lives to
worship the Buddhist statutes on the mountain. The temple was
built to resist high winds and remedy this problem. To protect
and save the temple against rising water due to construction of
China’s Three Gorges Dam, t