When Engineering Meets Art: The Cliffside Temple Story 🤯 #engineering #3danimation #temple

if wooden beams are sequentially embedded into a cliff and covered with planks a pathway can be created for passage however frequent stress on the beams may cause them to break and fall cleverly you decide to add more beams for support making the pathway stronger over time though the beams may loosen and risk falling out of the cliff to address this you dig deeper holes in the cliff enlarging their ends and carve a notch in the beam inserting a wooden wedge

When the beam is placed in the hole, the wedge is compressed, expanding the beam to tightly grip the cliff, preventing it from falling and greatly enhancing the pathway's stability.

However, such a sturdy pathway used only for passage seems wasteful, so you expand it, building three platforms using the same method, supported by columns, with beams, eaves, doors and windows added, and finally topped with a roof.

Congratulations, you've invented the Hanging Temple, with over 1500 years of history it's hailed as a wonder of the world.