View Full Version : Ancient Chinese Temple of Dragons | Dashkasan, Iran
Cyrus July 22nd, 2005, 10:56 PM Unique in the whole world, about 200-km north west of the ancient Greek temple of Millionos:
http://www.nigc-mpgc.ir/images/historical/mahallat-1large.jpg
There is a huge ancient Chinese temple with an area of about 120,000 sq-m (400x300), this great temple has been carved in the heart of mountain (something which seems impossible even in modern times). It is in fact the largest temple in Iran and one of the largest one in the world!
http://www.allempires.com/forum/uploads/CyrusShahmiri/2005-07-22_153001_Temple0.JPG
My great respect to Chinese architecture! http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/smilies/master.gif
http://www.allempires.com/forum/uploads/CyrusShahmiri/2005-07-22_153136_Temple1.JPG
http://www.allempires.com/forum/uploads/CyrusShahmiri/2005-07-22_153319_Temple2.JPG
http://www.allempires.com/forum/uploads/CyrusShahmiri/2005-07-22_153424_Temple3.JPG
http://www.allempires.com/forum/uploads/CyrusShahmiri/2005-07-22_153740_Temple4.JPG
I visited this great building just today with my brother! :)
My brother:
http://www.allempires.com/forum/uploads/CyrusShahmiri/2005-07-22_153846_TempleBro.JPG
http://www.allempires.com/forum/uploads/CyrusShahmiri/2005-07-22_153936_TempleBro2.JPG
And me:
http://www.allempires.com/forum/uploads/CyrusShahmiri/2005-07-22_154103_TempleMe.JPG
Henk July 22nd, 2005, 11:47 PM Looks nice. 7.5/10.
Phobos July 23rd, 2005, 04:13 AM 6.5/10
addisonwesley July 23rd, 2005, 09:31 AM What were the chinese doing in iran...!!?!?
MIKI July 24th, 2005, 12:39 PM 9/10
prsn41ife October 11th, 2005, 01:20 AM i'll give it a 10 because i bet that when it was a new building it looked really nice....i hate time sometimes.
Fabio December 12th, 2005, 03:08 AM 7/10
I'm voting by what I see, and it has not much to be saw.
Sinjin P. December 25th, 2005, 02:07 PM 8.5/10 Nice!
forvine March 11th, 2006, 10:23 AM 7.5/10.. is there an overview picture of the area?
b3ta March 11th, 2006, 10:33 AM Temple looks to be Greco-Buddhist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Buddhism) architecture rather than Chinese/ 8 / 10
skipperBill March 11th, 2006, 07:06 PM 8/10.
Mosaic August 7th, 2006, 08:57 AM 5/10
delmaule October 19th, 2006, 02:10 AM 6.5/10
marpa June 7th, 2007, 10:50 PM 6/10
gutooo June 27th, 2007, 12:40 AM 8/10
LMCA1990 July 3rd, 2007, 06:57 AM 7/10
billyandmandy July 4th, 2007, 05:37 PM 7/10
clarky July 5th, 2007, 10:09 PM 9/10
Dreamlıneя July 6th, 2007, 08:38 AM 7/10
Delirium July 6th, 2007, 09:28 PM 7/10
Popiel December 4th, 2007, 08:44 PM 7/10 :)
ZZ-II May 24th, 2008, 01:02 AM 8/10
Nikkodemo May 24th, 2008, 06:53 AM 5/10
_zner_ May 25th, 2008, 07:34 AM 7.5 :D
Fundador May 25th, 2008, 01:14 PM 8/10:)
Astralis June 14th, 2008, 03:09 PM 7/10
Ballota July 9th, 2008, 04:29 PM 7/10 :)
henry hill October 17th, 2008, 02:46 AM 5/10
CreaTurco November 22nd, 2008, 12:34 AM :/
Inconfidente December 12th, 2008, 03:20 AM 8.5
JyeJye January 9th, 2009, 04:02 PM Not much picture shown in this article~ 7~
Arpels January 9th, 2009, 11:37 PM dont you have a general view of the archeological site:?
Imperfect Ending January 18th, 2009, 01:56 AM 7/10
Nice carvings
Black Label February 23rd, 2009, 03:52 PM 7/10
tonyssa June 5th, 2009, 03:20 AM 8/10
c6josh August 21st, 2009, 10:09 AM I voted 7/10 very nice engraving, it tool maybe a life time to carve those stones.
wise_zech September 19th, 2009, 08:39 AM 10/10
Jan Del Castillo September 24th, 2009, 02:34 AM 8. Good. Regards.
Srdjan Adamovic October 25th, 2009, 09:41 AM 7/10
Heroico November 14th, 2009, 07:30 PM Unique in the whole world, about 200-km north west of the ancient Greek temple of Millionos:
http://www.nigc-mpgc.ir/images/historical/mahallat-1large.jpg
There is a huge ancient Chinese temple with an area of about 120,000 sq-m (400x300), this great temple has been carved in the heart of mountain (something which seems impossible even in modern times). It is in fact the largest temple in Iran and one of the largest one in the world!
http://www.allempires.com/forum/uploads/CyrusShahmiri/2005-07-22_153001_Temple0.JPG
My great respect to Chinese architecture! http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/smilies/master.gif
http://www.allempires.com/forum/uploads/CyrusShahmiri/2005-07-22_153136_Temple1.JPG
http://www.allempires.com/forum/uploads/CyrusShahmiri/2005-07-22_153319_Temple2.JPG
http://www.allempires.com/forum/uploads/CyrusShahmiri/2005-07-22_153424_Temple3.JPG
http://www.allempires.com/forum/uploads/CyrusShahmiri/2005-07-22_153740_Temple4.JPG
I visited this great building just today with my brother! :)
My brother:
http://www.allempires.com/forum/uploads/CyrusShahmiri/2005-07-22_153846_TempleBro.JPG
http://www.allempires.com/forum/uploads/CyrusShahmiri/2005-07-22_153936_TempleBro2.JPG
And me:
http://www.allempires.com/forum/uploads/CyrusShahmiri/2005-07-22_154103_TempleMe.JPG
8/10
sieradzanin1 June 26th, 2010, 05:55 PM 8/10
balthazar July 22nd, 2010, 10:55 PM 9/10
romanito August 13th, 2010, 05:03 PM 7/10
yudibali2008 May 28th, 2011, 03:51 PM 8/10
dnh310 June 24th, 2011, 05:21 AM 8/10
Gokufan July 25th, 2011, 01:38 PM Don't see the pictures...
aarhusforever August 12th, 2011, 03:01 AM Well it's not ancient at all. It was built in the early fourteenth century by four Chinese craftsmen, by order of Mongol king Öljaitü.
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