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Angkor Thom is a square, protected by a city wall and a moat, the city wall is 8 meters high, the whole city has 5 city gates, in addition to the city gate in the east, west, north and south four positive directions, there is also a victory gate on the north side of the east gate, the city gate is a tower-shaped structure, each tower has a four-sided Buddha statue facing the four directions, and everyone who enters the city is examined with compassionate eyes. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Outside the city walls is the moat, and there is a bridge outside the city gate, connecting the inside and outside of the city, each bridge adopts Hindu mythology, and on each side there are 27 kneeling stone busts of 2.5 meters high, which symbolize the gods on one side and demons on the other, and the two sides have a fierce wrestling.

Bayon Temple is divided into three layers, the lower two layers are square, and the outer corridor wall is carved with story reliefs; The top floor is circular and a stupa is erected. The reliefs on the ground floor march clockwise from the east gate and are seen as follows: Expedition to Cham Linga Worship Water Battles Water Life Win Fighting and Chess Playing Chess Army Civil War Big Fish Swallowing Sheep Victory Parade Circus Cham Sack Angkor.

Externally, Bayon is a pyramid-shaped building, with a gold-painted circular pagoda at its top, built on a two-tiered hollow pedestal. According to religious consciousness, this means that the Buddha in heaven is in close contact with people on earth. There are 48 pagodas of different sizes built around, and the stars are like the moon, clustering around the central pagoda.

The prototype of the Erawan Buddha on each pagoda is Jayavarman VII himself, and all the subjects who come here to worship the interior of the scenic spot are amazed to find that the Bodhisattva is the king of the Buddha since ↘ the "Chang" ↘ Feng ↘ "Wen", ↘ .c→fwx.

The cloister frescoes of Bayon Monastery are also very rich, ranging from royal palace conquests to civic life. The structure of the temple is quite complex, and after many reconstructions, alterations and additions, the current building is in fact a superposition of two temples of different eras and shapes, and some have likened it to "a mountain shaped and carved by man's hands".

The appearance of Bayon seems to be similar to that of Angkor Wat, but Bayon is a Buddhist temple. Its overall composition is modeled after Mount Meru, the legendary highest level of Buddhism (Hinduism also has Mount Meru, and although its details are different from those of Buddhism, they can basically correspond to each other).

Similar to Angkor Wat, Bayon was also built on a three-tiered abutment, with the ground abutment measuring 140m x l60m (north and south x east and west) and the second floor measuring 72m x 80m (north and south x east and west). The three-story abutment is a cross-shaped plan, and the center is a carved tower with a circular plan. There is a corridor around the abutment of each floor, and there are 49 towers in the middle of the abutment and on the verandah, forming a group of towers in a forest.

The most famous of Bayon Temple is the huge four-sided statue of Guanyin carved into the body of the pagoda, symbolizing the strength of the Khmer kingdom at that time. The morning air at Bayon Monastery is fresh and the temperature is pleasant, but if you go inside, you must be equipped with artificial lighting tools, because even in the middle of the day. It's pitch black inside, too.

There are many relief murals in this scenic spot and all have different meanings, tourists must listen to the tour guide's detailed explanation, so as not to enter the treasure mountain but return empty-handed. Bayon Temple faces east, most people visit in the morning to watch the sunrise, in the evening there is Bayon Temple is also worth a visit, and it is not bad to watch the sunset in the opposite direction, and. In the morning, Bayon Temple seemed to be crowded.

In the afternoon, you can enjoy the quiet side of Bayon Monastery. When filming Bayon Monastery, you should avoid the noon time. Because the mottled boulders have no layers, the direct shooting team is even less attractive in the sun, and in the evening there are few tourists, the light is soft, which is more suitable for taking pictures, and the wandering monks in the Baqijon Monastery. At sunset, the tourists disperse before they leave, which is a good opportunity to capture the wandering monks.

Bayon Temple is famous for its Buddha face pagoda and cloister murals, because Jayavarmanvii was a dedicated Buddhist monk, and the whole temple was built based on the concept of Mount Meru (the center of the world) of Buddhist teachings. The central top-notch, Lei Lei ring pile is like a tall tower in the shape of corn, representing Mount Meru.

The four walls symbolize the Himalayas; A ring ditch clearing between the city wall and the second storey. Represents the sea. At that time, the Khmer people also believed in Hinduism, and the religious images of Bayon were mainly Buddhism, mixed with Hinduism, which was carefully considered by Jayavarmanvii to return the people's hearts to the king's center of power through a lenient religious policy.

Erawan Buddha: The 49 stupas are all huge statues of the Erawan Buddha with a typical Khmer face, said to be the face of the god king Jayavarman VII, who built Bayon Temple. The Buddha statue has a serene smile on its face, which is the "Khmer smile" that has made Angkor Wat famous all over the world.

The clouds fall through the many pagodas, and at any corner, you will find smiling eyes watching the visitors' every move. Reliefs: The cloister murals of Bayon Temple are also very rich, and the 1,200-meter-long relief corridor is amazingly depicted with 11,000 figures.

The inner cloister is mainly composed of mythological and religious stories, while the outer cloister is based on real life, from battlefield battles to production and labor, and market trade. If you have limited time, you can only visit the bottom relief, and the second layer is slightly inferior in scale and technique.

The reliefs of Bayon include two galleries, the inner gallery is depicting Hindu mythology, and the outer gallery is depicting daily life, such as street market scenes, fishing, festival celebrations, cockfights, magic games, etc., and the remaining reliefs are very different from other Angkor monuments.

Yunluo knows that these outer galleries describe the daily life of people at that time, such as gift-giving, production, juggling, architecture, worshipping gods, cooking (there are also Chinese people) and other life stories. There are also historical scenes that describe the course of each battle.

The murals of the Bayon Temple provide a valuable historical clue for future generations of scholars studying the Angkor Dynasty.

The complexity of the architectural form and the strong symbolism of Bayon have made Angkor one of the world's most mysterious and fascinating religious shrines after Angkor's experience with Hindu polytheism and Buddhism. The Bayon, the national temple, has undergone several architectural changes, resulting in the form of the jungle tower seen today.

The four-sided pagoda group in the center originally had 49 gates, plus 5 which were also four-sided pagoda-style gates. It represents the 54 provinces ruled by the Angkor Dynasty at the height of the day. Bayon is located in the heart of Angkorthom, 1,500 metres from each of the four gates.

The front side faces the east, which represents victory and prosperity, and is surrounded by a cloister with a length of 156 and a width of 141 meters, and the walls of the cloister are decorated with reliefs, with the south section of the east side and the east section of the south side being more refined.

The Bayon temple is made entirely of sandstone and is said to have been originally a two-story building. It was used to worship Shiva, but during the construction period, it was changed to a Mahayana Buddhist temple. Therefore, the third floor of the building seems to be added on top of two floors. The reliefs on the inner walls of the second floor are still myths about Hinduism.

The reliefs of Bayon are masterpieces of grandeur when viewed from every angle, and even more so in the midst of grandeur there is balance and harmony. The reliefs at Bayon are historically focused, with a particular focus on scenes from the Khmer war against the Champas. And the Khmer artisan carving has several characteristics.

This includes the fact that there are often several related storylines going on at the same time in one frame, so it is common to read the wrong storyline. Baphuon (also known as Bapuon Monastery) was the reign of King Udayadityavarmanii (10501066 AD) of Chenla in the mid-11th century.

Built in 1060 dedicated to Lord Shiva, the temple was located in the center of the capital at the time, 200 meters northwest of the present-day Bayan Temple, next to the southern wall of the royal palace. Bafang Temple is known as the world's largest and most intricate three-dimensional building.

Bafang Temple is a Mount Meru (mountmeru) temple. Pyramid-shaped. The whole temple has a total of 5 layers of pedestals, and there is a closed cloister on the 1st, 3rd and 5th pestals. There are towers in the center and at the four corners of the cloisters.

On the fifth floor of the pedestal, there is a huge stone pagoda about 50 meters high wrapped in copper skin, which is taller than the golden pagoda in the center of Bayan Temple in the southeast. The highest point of the bronze pagoda symbolizes the center of all things in the universe, and don't forget that the Bafang Temple was located in the center of the capital at that time, and every king wanted his royal city to be the center of the "world", and all the people had to revolve around him.

Zhou Daguan "Zhenla Wind and Soil": The golden pagoda can be one mile to the north, and there is a copper tower. More than the Golden Tower. Looking at it, there are more than a dozen stone houses under it.

In the late 15th century, the temple was converted into a Buddhist monastery, and a reclining Buddha 70 meters long and 9 meters high was built on the west side of the second platform, and the bronze pagoda may have been demolished. Because some archaeologists suspect that some of the materials on the reclining Buddha were taken from the copper pagoda and the enclosed cloister.

Due to the fact that the Bafang Temple was originally built on sandy soil, the foundation was unstable, coupled with the lack of engineering level and the excessive weight of the cloister and tower, part of the entire temple had collapsed when the reclining Buddha was built.

France began to help Cambodia restore the temple in 1960, when archaeologists numbered all the collapsed thousands of stones and placed them in the open space in front of the temple, hoping to piece them together bit by bit. After coming to power, he drove out the French state, massacred the Cambodians who helped the French to restore the monuments, and destroyed all the archives.

Although the French resumed the restoration work in 1995, the lack of technical information made it impossible for the stones to be placed in their original places, and all the restoration work had to be carried out with new stones, which were originally thousands of stones that could only lie forever on the square in front of the temple as a testimony to the glory of the past and the turmoil of modern times.

Bakken Hill is a hill 1.5 kilometers northwest of Angkor Wat, about 70 meters high, and is the only commanding point in the vicinity. To the west of the mountain is the open Westbaray, and in the jungle to the southeast is Angkor Wat, which offers a commanding view of Angkor Wat from the top of Bakken Mountain.

Bakheng Hill is a small hill within the main heritage complex of Angkor, 1.5 km northwest of Angkor Wat, with a height of 67 meters, it is the only vantage point nearby from which you can ride an elephant up the mountain.

On the hill is the remains of a Angkor temple, the first national temple after Yasovarmani began to make the area around Angkor Thom, and laid the foundation for the later architecture of Angkor.

Although the Phnombakheng temple on the top of the hill has long been dilapidated, it was the first temple built by the Khmer Dynasty to move the capital to Angkor, and is known as the "First Angkor".

To the west of the mountain is the open Westbaray, and to the southeast is Angkor Wat. From here, you can see the Thai-Cambodian border to the north. There is a rectangular ditch 650 meters long and 436 meters wide outside the Bakken Temple, which may have been used for the waterproofing of the old capital building of Loros.

Symbolizing the Aral Sea that surrounds Mount Meru, the center of the world in Hindu mythology, Bakken Temple is built on a flat hilltop. Built on the top of Bakken Mountain, Bakken Temple embodies the worship of the Khmer people at that time. The building, which symbolizes the entire universe, is designed with symbols: a seven-story platform: representing the seven heavens, and the topmost tower representing the center of the universe;

108 Towers: In addition to the central tower, there are 108 small towers on the lower six floors, representing the 108 days of the four moon phases; 33 Towers: Looking at Bakken Temple from the central axis of each side, you can only see 33 towers, representing the 33 gods on Mount Meru.

There are three ways to climb Mount Bakken: one is to walk along the slightly steep mountain road for about 1015 minutes, which is not very difficult to walk, but it is also a bit challenging for those who have no climbing experience; the second is to walk along a good path with a gentle slope, but the road is farther; In addition, you can also take the "elephant taxi" at the bottom of the mountain, and the "fare" of $15 is worth it or not.

No matter what the way Wulong used, step by step, from the narrow and steep ranks to the top of the temple, there was no escape. The temple has lost its former glory after the baptism of time, but the platform at the top of the temple can overlook Angkor Wat from a high position.

At dusk and sunset on a sunny day, many tourists come to the mountains to enjoy the sunset over Angkor and reminisce about this lost civilization. Since this is one of the treasures to watch the sunrise and sunset, it is crowded with tourists and vendors every day near evening, and it is like a park.

Getting In: Accessible with a valid Angkor Wat ticket, most people buy it after 4pm the day before and get free entry in the evening and enjoy the sunset over Wat Bakken.

Phnombakheng is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in the Angkor monuments in Cambodia. It was built on Mount Bakken in the 9th century by King Yasvanvarman I of the Angkor Dynasty after he established the capital of Angkor. (To be continued......)

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