Tabulong Temple is one of the largest buildings in the Angkor Wat complex, and the Holy Sword Temple also has a similar scene to the Tabulon Temple, where huge trees rise from the building.

Xiao Yang told Zhou Sen about the history of this temple, which was built by Jayavarman VII for his mother and is a Buddhist temple.

"There are also many temples in Thailand, which is very similar to Cambodia and Thailand, where people believe in Buddhism," Zhou said.

"It also has to do with King Aldehyde Yavarman VII, who is now widely regarded as the founder of modern Cambodia and a legendary king," Xiao Yang said. ”

"He had three times in his life to be the king's luck, but the first two times, he gave up, the last time, when he was nearly sixty years old, he saw the invasion of foreign enemies, the fall of the country, the whole country, the lives of the people, for the sake of the country and the great cause of the future, he had to carry the banner of reviving the prosperity of the empire, and finally ascended to the throne. ”

After ascending the throne, he built the Taprohm Temple for his mother, the Holy Sword Temple for his father, the Nirvana Temple for his subjects, and the Bayon Temple for himself, which means that almost all of the temples we just visited have something to do with him. ”

"This king is really good, we went to other countries, and we have seen a lot of historical sites, I was deeply impressed by Peter the Great of Russia, Napoleon of France, Zheng Xin of Thailand, the personality of these kings and his vision and strategy for the country, laid a solid foundation for the country, every king with great achievements has his own personality, perseverance, bravery, decisiveness, good fighting, won a lot of followers, remembered by future generations. ”

Xiao Yang nodded, "Yes, the king of Cambodia before is also very individual, he changed the state religion from the original Hinduism to Mahayana Buddhism, what people see here is no longer the endless struggle and contest of the two forces shown in Hinduism, but the indifference, tranquility, tolerance and eternity in Buddhism, this is his credit, foreign religions should be combined with the social background and culture at that time, combined with the development of local culture." ”

Zhou Sen stood in front of the Tabulon Monastery and nodded, "This king is still very remarkable, he should be a thoughtful and strategic person, the Tabulon Monastery under his auspices not only reflects the spirit of Buddhism, but also makes full use of the Khmer architectural language, conforms to the identity of the master, and is built softly and gorgeously, built for his mother, and also demonstrates his filial piety." ”

The architectural style is the same as that of Bayon, which is lively because of the participation of life, and the whole temple is surrounded by huge trees, and the dense roots of the trees are like giant pythons, tightly entangled with everything they can grasp, and entangled with the ancient temple for thousands of years until they become one.

The huge trees at the entrance cover the sky and the sun, and the exaggerated roots of those trees, the temple that should be very magnificent is now under the feet of the big trees, and perhaps only such a huge natural force can compete with the Buddha.

These roots have spent hundreds of years entwining, slowly wrapping through the stone towers and cloisters that were considered impregnable.

Zhou Sen asked Xiao Yang, "The old trees here are the characteristics of this temple, right?"

Xiao Yang nodded, "Yes, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has included Angkor monuments in the World Cultural Heritage List, and it has also been included in the list of endangered world cultural heritage, and France, Germany, Japan, China and other countries have participated in the rescue and maintenance of Angkor monuments. ”

"Angkor Wat has been restored using analytical reconstruction, countless pieces have been returned to their places, trees and weeds have been removed, and the dangerous edifice is still crumbling with the support of wooden shelves, but the temple has not been restored in any way, and the scene from the beginning of the discovery has been completely preserved. ”

"You see these trees, especially the roots of the trees, which stretch uncontrollably, around the eaves, into the cracks of the stones, and wrap the old temple firmly around the temple, and here the trees are divided into two kinds, the larger is the kapok, which is thicker and hazel, and has many boiled roots, and the smaller one is the strangled banyan, and the roots are gray and thin, but they are tangled and tangled everywhere. ”

Zhou Sen nodded, "Don't you say it, I don't know yet, it turns out that these trees are also exquisite, this kind of tree is only seen in Cambodia, I rarely see it in our country, maybe it's rare here!"

"Yes, the peculiarity of Ta Prohm Monastery, many of its palace walls and gates are entrenched by towering giant trees, the rhizomes of the snake tree, which are known locally as snake trees, and are interwoven between beams, stone cracks, eaves, doors and windows. ”

At the entrance, there is a tall four-faced Buddha standing in front of you, entering the city gate, in fact, you can't see the monuments, it feels like walking into a dense forest, walking along the path to the side of the Ta Prohm Temple, there is a tree body of twenty or thirty meters high, and there is a strange tree with a large piece of charred on the trunk.

It is said that it is a plant called an oil tree by the locals, and the reason why it is burned is to make it drip oil to use as fuel for lighting lamps, and as long as it is not excessive, it can be endless, like a natural gas station.

Zhou Sen stopped to watch, felt that this was really an awe-inspiring spectacle, took pictures, and continued to walk forward.

The various reliefs in the temple are also very impressive, and the temple is dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, which is said to have been sculpted by King Gayahuo Roman VII in the appearance of his mother.

Xiao Yang took Zhou Sen to visit several temples before, and Zhou Sen was deeply impressed by the reliefs in Cambodia.

The image of the goddess of the earth, Pu Devi, holding a hair petal, is lifelike, and tourists have taken pictures to commemorate it.

Ta Prohm Monastery also has a very special building called the Knock Heart Pagoda, which was originally specially set up for the king as a suggestion room, the special vertebral architectural design makes the echo on both sides is large, and the middle echo is small, if you stand in the tower and lean against the wall to look up at the sky, and then beat your chest, the whole tower will emit a loud echo.

"Hey, this one is interesting, and it can make an echo!" Zhou Sen thought it was fresh.

Xiao Yang also smiled, "When my uncle brought me to visit, I also thought it was quite interesting!"

There are many tourists who come here to take pictures, and it is rare to come once, and they always have to take a group photo.

But it also made Zhou Sen sigh, due to the age, the vicissitudes of time, the temple has been dilapidated, a mess of stones, the roots of the tree are huge and conspicuous, the tropical climate makes its growth particularly powerful, the roots of the tree are like an open hand tightly grasping the stone wall, and then deeply rooted in the land.

The centuries-old landscape of trees and stones is no match for human greed, and many things have happened here, and these old events have long since become dust with history, and the stage of joy and glory has become a ruin.

It is climbed, climbed and climbed by tourists, and made into a picture, so as to attract more people, exquisite statues, and the noise of tourists, becoming a microcosm of history, constantly updating, and pushing forward.