Section 1289 Landscape

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I was lucky to go to the ** Plaza de Mexico this time, and I saw the demonstration, which was crowded with people, as if I had returned to 24 years ago. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info go with the tour group that you can see this! It's better to travel freely, surprises are everywhere!. The establishment of the Mexican Museum of Anthropology began with the discovery and preservation of the "Solar Calendar".

The "solar calendar" was a cult object of the Aztecs. When the Spaniards ravaged the Aztec capital in 1520, they buried the cult in the ground. It was not until 1790 that the solar calendar was discovered again. It was excavated from the ground and preserved and studied as a valuable historical and cultural heritage, and the activities of the Mexican Museum began.

The cultural relics here are regarded as treasures among treasures, and many familiar cultural relics have finally seen the real ones. Take a flight in the evening to the Mexican town of Merida.

It was already 11 o'clock in the evening when I arrived in Mérida, and after a good night's sleep, I started to explore the city. The largest city in the Yucatan Peninsula in southeastern Mexico and the capital of the state of Yucatan. It is located at the northern end of the limestone plain of the peninsula at an altitude of 9 meters above sea level. The population is 3.44 million (1980). Dominated by the Indian Maya. It was built in 1542 on the site of the ancient Mayan city of Theo.

One of the world's largest sisal producing regions. There are large sisal plantations around. The industry is mainly made of cables and sacks, and there are food, cement, furniture and other departments. The handicraft industry is well developed. Agricultural and animal products are exported through the outer port of Progreso to the north. Transportation hubs. There are many Mayan monuments nearby, which is a tourist base. Mérida is located at 20 degrees 58 minutes 12 seconds north latitude.

At 89 degrees 37 minutes west longitude, it is the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan. It is located in the northwest of the state, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) from the Gulf of Mexico. In 2003, the city had a population of about 793,000, ranking 11th in all of Mexico. Located in the northern part of the Yucatan, the city of Uxmal is a powerhouse of commerce and politics.

Its main area is 600 meters from east to west and 1,000 meters from north to south. Between the 8th and 10th centuries AD, the Mayan culture reached its peak. The buildings in it are among the masterpieces of the culture. Most of the ancient Mayans built highly civilized temple cities in dense forests. The Uxmal Complex is one of the sites built on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico at the height of the Mayan Empire.

It is surrounded by lush rainforest. It had a population of 25,000 before the 11th century. In the center of the ruins stands the 38-meter-high "Pyramid of the Magi". Legend has it that a witch magically hatched a small figure with an egg, and the villain built the pyramid overnight, hence the name "Pyramid of the Magician".

The staircase on the west side of the tower coincides with the setting sun on the day of the summer solstice each year, reflecting the high level of astronomical knowledge of the Indians at that time. In addition, on the 15-meter-high mound, there is a majestic "Doge's Palace" with a length of 100 meters, a height of 8 meters, and a width of 12 meters, which is known as the most outstanding architectural masterpiece in ancient America, and its exterior wall is still decorated with mosaics.

However, it is believed that the Governor never lived here. And the Witch Pyramid is very interesting. You can hear the birdsong with a pat of your hand, but the ticket is expensive. In the evening, eat at one of the best restaurants in Mérida, but it's too expensive.

One of the Seven Wonders of the World, Chichen Itza of Mexico, is driving from Mérida to Cancun by renting a car, and there is undoubtedly a must-see attraction along the way, which is undoubtedly Chichen Itza, a building known as one of the Seven Wonders of the New World, along with the Great Wall of the Land of Cloudfall. The President and his wife visited here in the middle of the year.

Yunluo also followed in the footsteps of the chairman, and Chichen Itza is the ruins of an ancient Mayan city located in the southern part of the Mexican state of Yucatan. It is 3 kilometers long from north to south and 2 kilometers wide from east to west, with hundreds of buildings, and is the site of ancient Mayan culture and Toltec culture. "Chiqin" means "wellhead". The cenote was the foundation for the construction of the city.

The existing highway divides it in half. On the south side, the old Chichen Itza was built in the 7th to 10th centuries AD, with Mayan cultural characteristics, including pyramid temples, pillar halls, stadiums, markets and astronomical observatory, mainly decorated with stone carvings; On the north side, Novelty Itza is a gray building, with Toltec cultural characteristics, including the Pyramid of Kukulkan and the Temple of Warriors.

It is dominated by plain line decoration and Quetzalcoatl stucco carvings. Palenque is a site that reflects the art of Mayan architecture. It is located on a sloping land between the lofty mountains in the state of Chiapa, Mexico, reflecting the characteristics of the Maya people who built the city and settled in the Canglin Mountains. This is evidenced by the Mayan tablet found here with the date.

The history of the city dates back to 642 AD. Among the architectural ensembles of Palenque, the most striking is the "Temple of Inscriptions", built on a pyramid. The pyramid is square. There are 10 floors in total, and they are reduced layer by layer. The lowest level has nine steps, and the rest has seven steps, a total of seventy-two levels.

The "Temple of Inscriptions" was built on the top platform of the pyramid. The flat top, there are five doors, there are murals and reliefs in the corridor, and the four walls of the temple are carved inscriptions. Pity. By the beginning of the 21st century, these Mayan hieroglyphs had not been deciphered, and no one knew the true meaning of these inscriptions.

Buildings here are almost always flat-roofed or platformed. The steps of the pyramid symbolize the staircase to the universe, which is typical of Mayan architecture. The pyramids of Mexico are similar in shape to those of Egypt, but they are different, and the vast majority of the Mexican pyramids found today are altars for the various tribes of the ancient Indians to worship their gods.

And not mausoleums. Palenque's pyramid, however, is an outlier. It is the mausoleum of Bakar, the ruler of Palenque, in the 7th century BC. It is said that the pyramid was built shortly after Bakar's birth. It took decades to build, all made of megaliths, and was only completed when Bakar died at the age of 76.

So people are quite interested in it. To enter this burial chamber, one must climb the steps up the pyramid, enter the temple of inscriptions, and then descend down a spiral stone staircase to the burial chamber. According to the analysis of archaeologists, the mausoleum may still have a main entrance, but because the pyramid is made of huge stones, the excavation did not want to damage the pyramid and gave up the search.

The flat roof of the burial chamber is a false arch, all made of stone strips, seven meters high, nine meters long, and four meters wide at its widest point. A niche is chiseled in the middle of the back wall of the tomb Qichen Itza room, there is a relief samurai statue inside, there are three relief samurai statues on the left and right walls, and there is a sarcophagus in the center of the front end of the tomb, which is about 11 meters high and about 28 meters long. It is about 2 meters wide, and the inner wall of the coffin has relief patterns on all sides.

The lid of the coffin is up to 27 centimeters thick and weighs 5 tons. The lid and surroundings of the coffin are also covered with carved patterns. In the center of the sarcophagus is a stone cave carved downward, the front end of which is oval and painted red. Bakar lies on his back in the cave, wearing a green jade mask. The neck, chest, hands, wrists, and feet are respectively worn with jade necklaces, beads, rings, and small balls.

In front of the left foot side, place green jade, sun god idol, etc. There is a palace in front of the pyramid on the right. In the middle of the palace is a large courtyard, which seems to have been the place where the royal family watched competitions or performances at that time. There are various paintings and reliefs on the walls of the corridor, which have been painted for more than 1,000 years, and their colors are dull but still recognizable, especially in green, and there is a steam room in the northeast corner of the back corridor.

A boulder was first burned with fire, and then water was poured over the stone to emit steam for the royal family to bathe. In front of the palace. There is a square tower with a total of five floors. On all sides of the palace and the tower, there are palace-like buildings. In front of the pyramid is a huge square, which was an important center of activity for the city-state.

Chichen Itza is an extraordinary stone town built in Yucatan, Mexico. Some of the oldest buildings and pyramids date back 1,500 years and were built by the Toltecs and Mayans. Chichen Itza is made up of stone buildings, temples and courtyards. A huge "Human Sacrifice Stadium" is located at one end of the city.

(The Human Sacrifice Ball Game is a very special game in which two teams try to kick the ball through hoops at opposite ends of the field.) After that, the captain of the winning team will be beheaded as a sacrifice to the gods. Although the city has historically been devastated by time and marauders. There are still quite a few beautiful stone statues remaining.

In the middle of the city stands the magnificent pyramid of Kukulcan, which the Spaniards called "The Castle". It was built in the 13th century. The footprint is approximately 180 square feet and rises to a height of 78 feet. According to Mayan custom, Kukulkan was built on top of a much older and slightly smaller pyramid.

Until the 13th century, Chichen Itza was a thriving city. After that, a Mayan rebellion and civil war broke out, which led to the rapid decline of the city. And never recovered. By the time the Spanish conquered Yucatan in the 16th century, the city center had been largely abandoned and in ruins.

The most beautiful sea in Mexico, Cancun, Tulum - Cancun, drive from Mérida, pass through Chichen Itza, and after visiting the Seven Wonders, continue on the road and head straight to the coastal city of Cancun. It was already late afternoon when we arrived in Cancun. I couldn't wait to run to the beach early in the morning. The clouds of the Caribbean are falling!

In the afternoon, I drove to the ruins of Tulum, entered at half past four and closed at five o'clock, and was blasted out by the security guards before I could stroll. It's infuriating, too. Tulum (Yucatan: Tuluum) was a pre-Columbian Mayan city that was the main port on the way to the important town of Coba.

The site sits on a 39-foot (12-meter) cliff on the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, bordering the Caribbean Sea. Tulum reached its peak between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries and was fortunate enough to exist until seventy years after Mexico was conquered by the Spaniards (about the beginning of the seventeenth century), but eventually died out.

The diseases brought by the Spanish colonists from the Old World seem to be the only reason for Tulum's demise. Lobster dinner at noon.

It was possible to enter Cuba without a stamp, but Yunluo asked the customs officer to stamp Yunluo as a souvenir, and the Cuban customs clicked and stamped Yunluo with a big seal. Later, I don't know if it was related to this seal, but when the clouds fell back to the United States, the cigars were confiscated, and the unstamped travelers were intact.

Out of the customs, the international student Xiao Cai greeted Yunluo and An for the first time, you can add Yunluo if you want to travel to Cuba, Yunluo will help you contact Xiao Cai. Because Cuba is a Spanish-speaking country, English is very closed, it is more necessary to ask a foreign student to be a tour guide, the price is 80u a day in Havana and Varadero, and 100u a day in other Cuban areas.

Since we talked about U Yunluo to tell you what U is, U is a special currency of Cuba, Cuba is divided into up and U two currencies, one up is used by local people, and U is used by foreigners, which is equivalent to the foreign exchange volume of Yunluo country in the past, up is commonly known as earth currency, and u is commonly known as red currency.

U is also due to their "good neighbor" the United States, the United States sanctions have made Cuba difficult, and the restrictions on the dollar have caused Cuban society to be relatively poor, with a per capita wage of only 25u. The exchange rate between the US dollar and the U is about 1:07, and the value of the U is higher than the U dollar, so it is more appropriate to exchange the euro and the Canadian dollar for U.

Changing dollars for dollars is quite a loss! Entry list Cubana de Aviación street scene hero street scene under the street lights Cuban customs early the next morning Yunluo and Ann first met to the old district of Havana, where it feels like time travel The general itinerary is: Grand Theater of Havana. Central Park, Cathedral Square, Penny Tavern (the tavern Hemingway frequented).

Place d'Armas, Doge's Palace, Chocolate Museum, Old Square. Dark camera, Plaza de San Francisco, Plaza de la Revolución, University of Havana. Revolution Square, Camillo Chequevara Revolution Monument Hotel Revolution Square National HotelOn the cliff face at the entrance to the port of Havana, there is another majestic castle, the Castle of Morro.

The castle was built in 1579 and later built as a lighthouse in 1844, which became a guiding light on the Caribbean Sea.

Coming out of Havana and sailing all the way to Varadero, Xiao Cai said to eat some fresh crocodile meat today! If you're lucky, you'll be able to eat turtles, giant rats, and more. But Yunluo and An had bad luck when they first met, and they didn't eat it. Crocodile meat that can be eaten in China is just that the taste of crocodile meat is rough and thick, not very tasty, a bit similar to the taste of chicken.

Not far away there is a place to feed the fish and then arrive in Varadero, which is slightly better than Cancun. First of all, Yunluo will introduce Chekvara: in fact, Yunluo and An are no strangers to him when they first met.

Guevara participated in Castro's leadership in 1959 to overthrow the pro-American Batista dictatorship. After holding a number of key positions in the new Cuban government, Guevara left Cuba in 1965 and continued the communist revolution in other countries. The first is the Congo. Then there is Bolivia.

In Bolivia, he was arrested during a military operation planned by the CIA. And in October 1967, Yunluo and An Chuyu drove more than 3 hours from Varadero to Santa Clara to a heroic style, and after a short stay of 10 minutes, they felt the scenery of the hero's soul along the way.

Isnaga was the founder of a powerful family that eventually settled in Trinidad. His descendants fought for the ** of Cuba, which was annexed by the United States from 1820 to 1900. This is one of the best-preserved cities in the Caribbean, when the sugar trade was the main economic pillar of the region. Sugar mills. Legend has it that the two brothers were taller than whom, and as a result, one of the brothers arrived at the tower.

And the tower that won holds to this day. On the twenty-second day, Nassau, the back garden of the United States, arrived in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, from Cuba. Located on the north shore of New Providence Island.

It is only 290 kilometers away from the city of Miami in the United States. Nassau was an English settlement in the thirties of the 17th century, and in 1660 it developed into a larger town, then called 'Charlestown'. It was named after Prince Nassau of England in 1690. The city was officially established in 1729 and continues to bear the name 'Nassau' to this day. Actually, Nassau is not sassy at all.

It's a very beautiful place, a lot of cruise ships stop here. The small governor's palace is 108,000 miles away from the residence of the head of state of a large country. The entire island belongs to Atlantis, and this famous hotel is located on this island, and it is very refreshing to swim through the shark pool. There's also Atlantis' Oceanarium.

I felt like another world. It's finally time to dive, my diving ears hurt, and the shallow float is not bad~ Hehe, the next morning, the clouds fell early in the morning, and before the young people got up, they took their cameras and went out for a walk to find beautiful scenery. Surrounded by mountains, this town is a typical mountain town. The mountains here are so colorful.

Compared with the plateau mountain city of Madashan, where Yunluo lived in Nanyang in his childhood, there is another flavor. In addition, the town is purely a tourist town, free of factory pollution, and there are many hostels and houses with chic shapes and beautiful colors. The tranquil mountain town is the most suitable place to settle down and have a dream.

Head to Johnston Gorge. Take the cable car up the mountain, and then climb up the high place along the sightseeing boardwalk, but see the magnificent scenery of thousands of peaks and ravines; The Bow River flows silently and winds its way around the town of Banfu. Yunshan Qinghu is also charming on August 7th, and the attractions to be visited are frequent.

After leaving Johnston Gorge, before heading to the main viewing destination, arrive at Johnston Canyon and stop by to see Tojaklake, a small twin jack lake 11 kilometers from Banfu Town. As soon as you arrive at the lakeside near the roadside, you will feel the water and the atmosphere is quiet. As a lakeside backdrop, the ethereal distant mountain of Lendal Mountain MT Milk ndle in the south.

The clouds cover the smoke lock, and the pipa is half covered by the pipa, and it is impossible to see its true face for a while. I didn't want to spend more time at the small lake, but in order to take a closer look and take pictures of the beauty of the mountain, I had to wait patiently. In the fresh air in the morning, while wandering on the lakeside, while spitting out the old and accepting the new, it was a pleasant and refreshing feeling.

During this period, I continued to take photos of the changing clouds and mountains and the blue lake behind the lakeside forest. After watching for about ten minutes, I finally looked forward to the wind and clouds, the neon fog dissipated, and the Lendal Mountain in the distance gradually revealed its true face. I wanted to see the small lake, but unexpectedly, the distant mountains were mainly anti-guests, and they became the object of attention of the clouds. (To be continued......)

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