Foreigners are more like hosts, and locals have become outsiders in their hometowns.

Today's Cambodia, out of the nightmare of totalitarian rule, and into the dilemma of a globalized economy, trade liberalization has not brought prosperity to the people of this country, but caused a deformity, over-reliance on foreign investment and lack of local real economy will cause consequences, Cambodia is probably the most vivid example.

We live on a very interesting planet: there are places with high incomes and high prices, such as Switzerland, high incomes and low prices, such as some cities in the Midwest of the United States, low incomes and low prices, such as Bangkok, Thailand, and places with low incomes and high prices, that is, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

These gods couldn't take care of it either, and came to the famous Angkor Wat, the Queen's Palace, the women's castle, where Shiva, one of the three great gods of Brahmanism, was enshrined. The extensive use of red sandstone as a building material, full of delicate reliefs, is known as the jewel of Angkor's art.

Smaller in size and size than the other Angkor monuments, it was discovered by the French in 1914. In 1923, French writer Malraux stole four statues of goddesses from the Palais Queen, and the case caused a sensation. Malraux was soon arrested and the stolen statue was returned to Cambodia.

The palace is small in size and ends with a walk, but the temple is carved out of pink stone, which is very different from the other grey and grey temples in the Angkor area, and meet a group of foreigners who are only interested in the three temples in the Angkor area – Little Angkor, Ta Prohm, and then the Queen's Palace. In their eyes, this place is known as the Mona Lisa of the East.

As soon as you enter the palace, you will see pillars on both sides of the aisle, and don't doubt it, you are right, this is the man's thing, here it is called Linga, which is a totem worship in Hinduism and a symbol of good luck.

The moat is the center of the Queen's Palace. As you walk, after passing the rows of Linga, you will see a large pool, and it is super enjoyable to sit by the pool and enjoy the scenery and relax. Surrounded by grassy fields, if you have time, you can sit on the grass and admire the pink temple in silence.

Walking inward from the moat is the central part of the Queen's Palace, where you can see three vermilion bell temples in the middle. The gable stands atop a square door frame. The gables of the Queen's Palace are particularly large and imposing compared to the door frames. For the first time in the history of Khmer architecture, the Queen's Palace carved mythological stories into the pediment.

Some of the reliefs that are worth looking at carefully are the first time I came in and saw a pile of carvings, and the eyes were spent, plus I didn't know much about Hindu mythology at the time, so I only saw a pile of rose-colored rocks.

Each pillar is beautifully carved, some with a story, some just a simple decorative carving, and it is hard to imagine how the craftsmen of the time came up with these patterns.

It was a long time ago, and it was badly damaged, and during the French colonial period, the maintenance team immediately set out to find a way to restore it to its original appearance. The maintenance team removed the stones one by one, numbered them and documented them, each stone was marked with the number on the printed documents, and then placed the stones on the nearby ground for tidying up.

Originally, it was planned to put the pieces back together after finishing the arrangement, but in 1975, when the Khmer Rouge seized power, all restoration work was stopped instantly. In just three years at the Khmer Rouge, the original restored documents disappeared, and the original staff members, many of whom were intellectuals, were captured and slaughtered. So in the end, it became a pile of stones that the group couldn't go back to.

In the Mood for Love, directed by Wong Kar-wai, was probably the first film to be shot in Angkor, and it begins not only with the background of the story, but also with the historical background of Cambodia as a whole: President Charles de Gaulle's visit to Cambodia marked the end of Cambodian colonial rule.

A line says: That era has passed, and everything that belonged to that era does not exist anymore. Combining Mr. Zhou's emotional experience with the background of the times can reveal the precious memories of the past and the ceaselessness.

Today, the Angkor monuments displayed in front of tourists were built during the heyday of the Angkor Dynasty in Cambodia, and were later abandoned for more than 400 years due to war. It was not until 1863 that the French discovered this crystallization of human ingenuity.

Tony Leung once said: In the past, if people had any secrets in their hearts, they would go to the mountains, find a tree, dig a hole in the tree, and then tell all the secrets, and then seal the hole with mud, and the secret would remain in that tree forever, and no one would know.

And this tree hole is hidden in Angkor Wat.

In fact, what Zhou Muyun found was not a tree hole, but a stone cave on a gray sandstone pillar, and weeds grew at the entrance of the stone cave where the secret was buried, so it was mistaken for a "tree hole". In the background shot of Zhou Muyun in the movie, based on the relief joints of the exposed windows, it can be inferred that this scene was filmed in Little Angkor.

It is the largest and best-preserved building in Angkor, known as the Four Wonders of the East along with the Great Wall of China, Borobudur in Indonesia, and the pyramids of Egypt, and consists of four corridors in the southeast, northwest, and five minarets centered on the central minaret of the main hall.

It is said that the temple at the top of the minaret represents heaven, and the steps are so steep and slippery that you can only climb them with your hands and feet. In 1973, when a French tourist fell to her death, her husband donated money to repair the handrail on one side of the stairs, which has since become known as the Staircase of Love.

The stone walls of the promenade have reliefs of the fairy Apsara, revealing an elegant and romantic atmosphere. Almost all of the temple's buildings are covered and surrounded by large trees, and even the branches of the trees have been drilled into the brick cracks, and some have penetrated the limbs of the Buddha statues that have penetrated the building, forming a breathtaking scene of trees and pagodas, and the vitality of nature is so tenacious.

On the north side of the east gate of the city is a victory gate, and the four Buddha statues on the tower are examining everyone who enters the gate with compassionate eyes. The city retains the remains of the ancient capitals established by various dynasties: the Aerial Palace rebuilt by Suryavarman I, the Bapuang Monastery founded by Udayadiyavarman II, the Bayun Monastery founded by Jayavarman VII, the Elephant Quntai and the Qiangwangtai.

The city is connected by bridges, each lined with 27 kneeling stone busts of 2.5 meters high, symbolizing gods on one side and demons on the other. In the movie "Tomb Raider", everything from the royal city of Angkor to Bayon Temple is also seen in the camera.

Legend has it that Yavarman II gave his heir a holy sword, and the holy sword was stored in this temple, hence the name "Temple of the Holy Sword". At the eastern entrance of the Temple of the Sacred Sword, there is a two-storey building with round pillars that resemble the Mediterranean architectural style, and it is said that this is where the sacred sword is stored.

The whole building is in the shape of a cross, with the central sanctuary in the center, and the road leading to the central sanctuary is made up of vaulted corridors, and the walls on both sides of the promenade are decorated with countless goddesses of fairy dancing, Apsara, in a graceful posture.

Experience motocross and see an authentic, beautiful Siem Reap that you can't see on ordinary routes. Riding on country lanes, breathing in the fresh air, and getting in touch with the green nature and yellow earth is not just about speed and excitement, but a close encounter with local life.

Along the way, you'll pass villages, schools, and the homes of locals, who will smile at the standard Khmer style and welcome visitors from afar. At the same time, you will pass by the temple, and if you are lucky, you may even see the sunset.

The people who live here depend on the water for their food and life, and the Tonle Sap Lake is a gift from nature. And July to November is the rainy season in Cambodia, catch up with friends who come to Cambodia at this time, in addition to visiting the Tonle Sap Lake, you can also take a small boat paddling to start a trip to the water forest, at the beginning of the lake is turbid, mixed with a little fishy smell along the way.

It's the feeling of entering the Tonle Sap Lake, but the closer you go, the clear, longing eyes of the children on the water are in full view, which is more amazing than the scenery.