Taining Danxia: How Red Cliffs Make Room for a Temple
Ganlu Temple’s timber structure fits beneath a rock shelter in Taining, where geology, reservoir history and living worship meet.
Taining lies within Sanming in northwestern Fujian. Its red-bed landscapes include a component of the China Danxia World Heritage property; the wider UNESCO Global Geopark has a different extent. Around Dajin Lake, Ganlu Temple shows how builders used a natural recess as architectural shelter.
Ganlu Temple’s timber structure fits beneath a rock shelter in Taining, where geology, reservoir history and living worship meet.