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The park area of the Tomb of the Father of the Nation of Turkey Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi left Ankara and headed for Cappadocia. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoWhen I entered Ankara in the morning, I saw a very characteristic gate, and everyone wanted to get out of the car and take pictures. In the afternoon, Zhou Xiken asked the driver to park the car here and let everyone take pictures. Goodbye, Ankara!

Ankara city gate Ankara leaves Ankara. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi drove 270 kilometers to the key point of the tour, the Cappadocia Rocks. Passing through this salt lake on the way, Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi's car drove along the shore of the lake for a long time, which is said to be the largest salt lake in Turkey.

Salt Lake Turkey Salt Lake Turkey did not stop at the Salt Lake, Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi's car was parked in this town, and Zhou Xiken mainly let Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi overlook Hassan Snow Mountain. The snow-capped mountains are so close to here that you can clearly see them from the street, but unfortunately there are too many wires and light poles to take a good photo.

When in Ankara, women on the streets, although they wore headscarves, did not always dress in black. It's a remote place, and the women's clothes are mostly black robes. Yunluo greeted the girl in the picture below in English, and she also answered in English, which was very friendly. Turkish Women Turkish Women Turkey arrived in Cappadocia and it was getting late.

In order to satisfy everyone's desire to see the wonders of the stone forest, Zhou Xiken asked the driver to park the car next to the elf chimney and take pictures of the night scene. The nights in Cappadocia were too cold and windy to stay long and drive to the hotel. Elf chimney night view Cappatosia This is the "cave hotel" where Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi lived, and the room was very large.

The bathroom is also big and there is a living room. According to the book and the recommendation of the travel agency, the Ottoman house and the cave inn are recommended attractions, but this can only be regarded as a cave hotel, and the sisters said that the money is not enough, so they can only live like this. However, it is quite comfortable and has a bit of Turkish touch. Today's itinerary was very rich.

To make the itinerary clearer, the narrative is chronologically ordered. 1. Wait for the hot air balloon to take off at 4:30 a.m., and the special car will pick up Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi to go to the take-off location of the hot air balloon. Because the weather is not suitable for takeoff, tourists wait on the spot, and Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi seize the time to see the surrounding stone forest. Cappadocia was selected as one of the top 10 beauties of the earth by National Geographic magazine in the United States.

One of the two best places on earth to take a hot air balloon ride (the other being Kenya). The photo below shows a strangely shaped stone forest taken while waiting for the hot air balloon to take off. It is said that, when viewed from the air, Cappadocia's unique karst landform resembles the surface of the moon and is known as "the most moon-like place on Earth".

The formation of this moon-like landform originated from the eruption of large amounts of magma and ash from three major nearby volcanoes (including the Hassan volcano seen by Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi yesterday) that covered the entire Cappadocia region, and the weathered rock layers formed by the magma after cooling, calcification, and solidification, eventually turning it into a kingdom of volcanic matter.

A terrace is formed 300 meters above the adjacent land. The first volcanic eruptions left behind a layer of soft rock called travertine, and subsequent eruptions left behind harder, black basalt layers. This high-density substance creates a protective surface that slows down the rate of erosion of travertine below.

With the passage of time, under the erosion of sunlight and wind, frost, rain and snow, the soft part is eroded, forming gorges and ravines on the ground and undercurrent caves underground. The more solid parts remain, and the rocks are formed in a variety of shapes, among which there are cliffs with thousands of walls, and there are smooth white stone waves.

More often than not, there are mushrooms, tree stumps, conical stalagmites, stone pillars, and strange stone forests. Cappadocia is very large, about 400 kilometers from east to west, 240 kilometers from north to south, and the stone forest scenery has different wonders in different canyons, so it is generally four days and three nights to visit Cappadocia.

At least two days and one night. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi are about two nights and one and a half days, and the time is very tight. The sun has finally risen, but Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi are still waiting, the climate is still not suitable for flying, and everyone is entertaining themselves in the morning light.

The first rays of the sun in Cappadocia, the dancing plum of Turkey take off first in the morning light. Her long red dress is very beautiful, making her the most eye-catching star today, and many cameras are aimed at her, and some of them ask to take photos with her and exchange WeChat numbers. Actually, she had fewer clothes this time.

I had to wear all the clothes on my body, and the long skirt just supported her beauty. Waiting for the hot air balloon to take offCappadocia waiting for the hot air balloon to take offCappadocia on the left is Yang Yang, who is wearing early winter clothes. This time, only she and her sister had more clothes to protect against the cold of the Cappadocia morning.

It seems that for a trip to Turkey, one should prepare clothes for early winter, spring and early summer (hotter by the sea). Yangyang has studied clothing, and the clothing of this trip is mainly black, which is more consistent with the color of Turkish women's clothes, plus some very delicate accessories, which looks elegant and generous.

I read a post a few days ago, fashionable ladies should study local costumes before going abroad, and the clothes prepared are as close as possible to local women, but they do not lose their self-defeating style, which is really admirable. Of course, this requires economic strength. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi want to fly Cappadocia, and the second on the right is a dancer.

Her movements are in place better than others. Waiting for the hot air balloon to take off, Cappadocia is crazy enough, and Mei Mei has an elegant "curtain call" on behalf of everyone. Waiting for the hot air balloon to take offCappadocia's photographer, who has been capturing her subjects, said that the two men were very personable, taking pictures of them from a distance, and Yunluo followed suit.

People waiting for the balloon to take offThe white movable house in the distance of Cappadocia, where the hot air balloon company provided hot drinks and bread to Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi, people continue to wait around. People waiting for the hot air balloon to take off Cappadocia After a while, cars loaded with hot air balloons drove away.

The organizers announced that in today's climate, hot air balloons can not be lifted into the air. There were six Fujianese beside Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi, who had been waiting for a long time yesterday and were leaving Cappadocia today, and they had no chance to look down on the wonders of Cappadocia from above. The cost of a hot air balloon ride is very expensive, equivalent to more than 1,000 yuan.

But if you take the money, you may not be able to sit down. Today hot air balloons cannot be lifted off Cappadocia 2, cave hotels and carpet shops, cave restaurants and cave hotels are Cappadocia's signatures. Recommended by locals to come to Cappadocia if you haven't stayed in a cave inn and haven't eaten at a cave restaurant.

You will not be able to experience the caveman life of the Cappadocians. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi finally chose the 11-day upgraded itinerary, one of the reasons was that they wanted to stay in a cave hotel. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi returned to the hotel, which was the hotel gate. Cave Hotel Gate Cappadocia Cave Hotel Cappadocia Sisters pose for a photo with Zhou Xiken.

Behind them was the room where Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi were staying. Zhou Xiken and his sisters took a photo Cappadocia Hotel is far from the town, built on a hill along the mountain, except for the higher terrain and the view, it can only be regarded as a cave hotel. Yunluo told Ding Ding Cat that this is not a cave hotel at all, and it does not conform to the introduction of the travel agency.

He reluctantly said that the facilities of the real cave hotel were not as good as this. Friends who want to stay in a cave hotel should make a decision with the travel agency when signing the agreement, and it must be a real cave hotel. Cave Lodge Cappadocia Wine Hotel Overlooking Cappadocia Hotel is a buffet with a better taste than table meals and a wide variety of dishes.

Buffet Cappadocia Cave Lodge with fruit and dessert for every meal. The bowl was filled with dessert, and the white one with honey on top was delicious, a bit like a domestic cold cake. Buffet Cappadocia In the morning, this flock of sheep was out of the circle, no wonder they felt that the smell was wrong last night, and Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi didn't even dare to open the window.

Before visiting the scenic spots, Cappadocia, a sheep out of the circle, passed by the carpet shop, and according to the agreement, they had to go in, and Yunluo said to Ding Ding Cat that Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi were tourists who had no purchasing power. Ding Ding Cat said, it's okay, go in and come out. The history of nomads in Central Asia was the first people in the world to know how to weave carpets.

The art of carpet weaving in Turkey has a long history and is world-famous, and Marco Polo once admired the art of weaving when he passed through the Anatolian highlands. There are four kinds of carpets here: silk, cotton, wool and linen, and the handiwork is unique. In the showroom of the carpet shop, the carpet weaver shows the carpet weaving process, which is very complicated.

Weaving a carpet is time-consuming, and it is said that a 2 m x 3 m silk carpet can take two and a half years to weave by two female workers. The Cappadocia showroom, a carpet weaver in the carpet shop Cappadocia, displays carpets of various sizes and patterns. This little tapestry on the wall is exquisite.

But the price is more expensive than a large carpet because of its thinner threads. Small TapestryCappadocia Carpet ShopSmall Tapestry (Detail)Cappadocia Carpet ShopThis kind of silk reeling scene also exists in China. Silk Reeling Lady Cappadocia Carpet ShopSmall Tapestry Cappadocia Carpet ShopSmiling Zhou Xiken Cappadocia Shop Entering this hall.

The owner started to sell the product, but did not allow the photograph. The pure wool carpet here is Angora wool that changes color in different directions. Silk carpets are said to have 1 million threads per square meter, and the color of the carpet can also change depending on the direction. The carpet is really good, but the price is amazing. A small hexagonal silk carpet, about 165 square feet.

The asking price is 3,600 lira, which can be discounted by 7%, which is equivalent to about 7,500 yuan. The boss explained very enthusiastically, and invited Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi to drink tea, no one planned to buy it, and it was not easy to go. Or the photographer was smart, she was the first to go to the bathroom, and everyone understood it and followed, and slipped out of the carpet shop one by one.

When I went to the jewelry store in the afternoon (the jewelry in Turkey is much worse than in Thailand), Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi had experience, they didn't drink tea, didn't look at much, didn't ask much, and came out in about 10 minutes, which is a later story. Selling carpets Cappadocia Carpet Shop Cappadocia 3, the iconic elf chimney was too late last night.

Zhou Xiken decided to make up for it and let Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi watch the elf chimney first. He said that Cappadocia has a lot of elven chimneys, but here is the iconic elven chimney. Zhou Xiken said that the stone at the top of the elf chimney is hard, and the rock below is relatively fragile and weathered quickly, after two thousand years or more.

After the erosion of wind and rain, it has become what it is now, and the locals call it the fairy chimney, but it is actually like a mushroom, and everyone has given it many names according to their preferences. Elven Chimney Cappadocia Elven Chimney Cappadocia From this angle, you can see a large three, small four elven chimneys.

It is rumored that the eldest one in the middle is the father, and the three younger ones are his daughters, and the father is guarding the three daughters. The small shop next to the elven chimney Cappadocia elven chimney has many souvenirs, and the prices are very cheap, but unfortunately it is too heavy to carry, so you can only feast your eyes. The small gift shop Cappadocia 4, unveiling the mysterious secrets of Gramme is the focus of today's visit.

It is the Goreme Open Air Museum, with an entrance fee of 20 lira. To enter the Dark Chapel, you need to buy a separate ticket, which costs 10 lira. "Gramme" means "to make you invisible", i.e. to keep the enemy from seeing the Christians hiding in the cave community. The rock in the picture below is the first rock to enter the Goreme Open Air Museum.

There are about 7 tiers of caves, rocks like this one, which abound in Cappadocia. And the magic of Gramme is not just about the cave rock, but about the secrets it hides. For thousands of years, Cappadocia has been carved into this soft volcanic layer, eventually creating a huge underground metropolis.

It is recorded that more than 2,000 years ago, the Hittite people, the ancestors of Turkey, used the soft limestone to dig holes here. After 190 AD, Cappadocia became a province of the Roman Empire, and Rome promoted polytheism and brutally suppressed Christianity, and a large number of Christians came to the dangerous terrain.

Cappadocia, which was suitable for hiding and easy to excavate, began to build churches, establishing the first Christian suburb in Asia Minor. By the 4th century C.E., Christianity had become a powerful political force. Emperor Constantine the Great and his successor, Emperor Theodosius, realized that Christianity could be used to consolidate imperial rule.

As a result, the policy was changed, freedom of religious belief was proclaimed, and Christianity was established as the state religion. At this time, Cappadocia became a center for the dissemination and study of Christian doctrine. Christians built churches, monasteries, and other religious facilities in caves in the rocks, forming loose religious societies. Sectarian strife within Christianity in the early 8th century C.E.

The invasion of the Muslim Arabs in the 9th century made Cappadocia a place of refuge for Christians from foreign and pagan persecution. Hundreds of years ago, the Turkic people who believed in Islam came here and established the Ottoman Empire, and the local population converted to Islam one after another, and almost all the Greeks who insisted on Christianity were evacuated.

Christianity was gradually disappearing in the region. It wasn't until 1907 that the French priest Guillaume de Rephagnon came here and discovered the peculiar churches and convents on the rocks and stone pillars, and the large number of religious frescoes. He surveyed and studied like a demon, and in 1925 he published a monograph entitled "A New Province of Byzantine Art."

The Rock Churches of Cappadocia. Since then, Cappadocia has been valued by Western religious and academic circles, and its rare humanistic value has become a subject of research. From a distance, you can't see anything unusual at all, except for the gray rocks, and the secret lies beneath those inconspicuous rocks.

See the white rock in the middle? There are several churches hidden in just one place. The Goreme Open Air Museum Cappadocia This is the entrance to one of the churches under the white rock. Zhou Xiken gave Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi a detailed introduction to the Albasu Church, the Apple Church, the St. Barbara Church, the St. George's Church, the Right Church, the Snake Church, and the St. Basili Church.

I can remember it at first, but then I have too many to remember. There are more than 150 churches and monasteries in Cappadocia built on rocks, stone pillars and dungeons, and there are only about 30 churches in the Goreme Open Air Museum. Many churches and monasteries have been badly damaged due to erosion by wind and rain and man-made damage.

The cave paintings are also gone. Even the icons that ordinary people dare not desecrate have almost lost their eyeballs. Local friends say that some people believe that grinding the blue eyes of the sage into powder can be used as an aphrodisiac to increase desire. As a result, many of the figures have their eyeballs plucked out. How much is the crystallization of human ingenuity.

Thus they are corrupted into the foolish hands of a few. Some of the surviving frescoes in the cave churches are relatively complete, and these churches are of high artistic value and are the best testimony to the firm faith of Gramme. The cave church, the Greme Open Air Museum, Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi are waiting in line at the entrance to the Apple Church.

The frescoes in the Apple Chapel are among the best-preserved in the Greme Chapel. The church is small, but it has 4 columns, 8 small domes, 1 large dome, 3 semicircular niches, and its frescoes are reddish in color, which matches the name "apple". In order to protect the frescoes, the churches in Gramme are supervised and no photographs are allowed.

No loud talking is allowed, so there are no photos of the inside of the church. Traveling to many places in China, the protection of cultural relics is not so strict, should Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi learn from it? Entrance to the Apple Church Greme Open Air MuseumThis seems to be the first church to enter the Greme Museum, because of the large queue.

Zhou Xiken generally asked Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi to look at the few people first, and then the more people, to save time as much as possible. Cave Church Greme Open Air MuseumCave ChurchThe three rocks opposite the Greme Open Air Museum are also the focus of Greme, with churches and monks' residences.

The Goreme Open Air Museum Cappadocia is very crowded, and there are queues at the entrances of the caves. It is said that hundreds of thousands of Europeans and Americans who believe in Christianity come to Gramme every year to visit and investigate and study the history of the rise and fall of Christianity in those years. Visiting the crowds Cappadocia Road meets a group of cute Turkish teenagers. r1152

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