Temple in cave 
One pass through the cave chambers of Sam Poh Temple, you will reach this open-area-kind-of internal courtyard with limestones mountain surrounding it like a crater....
Here, is a new temple building and a huge tortoise pond opposite it.
For chinese, tortoise is a symbol of longevity.
One pass through the cave chambers of Sam Poh Temple, you will reach this open-area-kind-of internal courtyard with limestones mountain surrounding it like a crater....
Here, is a new temple building and a huge tortoise pond opposite it.
For chinese, tortoise is a symbol of longevity.
4 Comments:
There is something so magnificent about how steeply the mountains climb right behind the building. Beautiful!
I just love the asiatic architecture!
And I didn't know tortoise were a symbol of longevity... but thinking twice... that surely doesn't amaze me... those huge and incredibly old tortoises in Galapagos Island are a great symbol of longevity! :)
k-> actually this is a kind of opening area surrounded by mountains... this place is not big... perhaps...2 football field... the only way to access here is through the cave temple...and to build this... all materials are to be carried through the caves to reach this opening area
metallyptica-> in chinese believes...tortoise grew to 1000 years old.... but the facts... tortoises like galapagos.... are about 200-300 years old... again which is very very old if to compare with human..
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