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The base of the moon pyramid is rectangular, 150 meters long from east to west, 120 meters long from north to south, 46 meters high, and divided into 5 layers. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The Info is the second largest building in the Teotihuacan site after the Pyramid of the Sun. It is located in the northern part of the Teotihuacan site and resembles the silhouette of a cerrogordo. The Pyramid of the Moon also contains a structure that is older than the Pyramid of the Sun - it has existed since 200 BC.

The Pyramid of the Moon was built between 450 and 200 BC. On its façade there are steps leading to the path of the dead. At the top of the pyramid is an altar dedicated to chalchiuhtlicue (the goddess of rivers and lakes and the patron saint of fertility). Opposite the altar is the Temple of the Moon.

The multicolored stones that make up the pyramid. The Temple of the Moon is not fully open to visitors to climb. So the clouds fell only to the first layer.

Archaeologists tunneled into the pyramid and found that the people of Teotihuacan were fond of their architectural exploits. Over the centuries, the pyramid has undergone at least six renovations, each time a new building that is larger and covers the site.

Looking at the Sun Pyramid from the Moon Pyramid, it is still tall and magnificent. The Pyramid of the Moon, though small, is finely built, with more than 200 steps with different angles of inclination.

To the south of the Pyramid of the Moon is the Palace of Butterflies, which is the residence of the religious elite and dignitaries, and is the most gorgeous place in the city. The cylinder is engraved with an extremely delicate pattern of butterfly wings, which is still brightly colored today.

Beneath the palace has now been excavated a conch temple decorated with beautiful feathers. The underground drainage system of this monument is criss-crossed and dense like a spider's web.

However, it is believed that there are more mysteries that are hidden beneath these wild grasses and cacti. As mentioned earlier, the city of Teotihuacán welcomed its first settlers around 800 BC. At its peak, the city had 100,000 inhabitants, and its influence spread hundreds of kilometers away, including today's Guatemala. It became the most prosperous city in Central America until the 7th century, when for some reason the ancient city was abandoned, and when people left it, they desperately buried the city. By the time the Aztecs arrived, the city, probably the largest in North America, was desolate.

Woman preparing to climb the pyramid A Mexican vendor selling souvenirs.

After visiting the famous attractions in the ruins. Leaving aside the mysterious and heavy topics of history, Yunluo reminds you to definitely admire the cacti that can be seen everywhere. The cactus is one of the symbols of Mexico. Its height really startled Yunluo.

Who knows how many secrets of prehistoric civilizations are buried under this wild grass and cactus? The various colors of the cactus are very beautiful. I remember that the cacti at home are going to produce beautiful flowers and fruits. The cacti here don't just bear colorful fruits and don't bloom, right?

Souvenirs sold at the Heritage Park. The mysterious pattern in the middle can be found on almost all souvenirs. What does it mean? The next stop of Yunluo will prompt you with the answer. A very enthusiastic peddler. Gladly accept Yunluo's photo.

Finally, there are two commonly used Spanish words that you must use when traveling: the entrance to Entrada. It's a bit similar to the English entry, right? Hehe. The exit is called salida.

Travel tip: After touring the Teotihuacan ruins, take the exit and go straight across the street to wait for the first bus. This 130 will take you back to the city.

Taking a first-class bus back to the city from Teotihuacan, where the Pyramid of the Sun and Moon is located, Yunluo did not sit at the North bus stop, but got off at the Deportivo18 Demarzo stop - the driver might stop. Because many people get off here, this is the interchange station of Metro Line 6 and Line 3, and it is easy to transfer to other places.

Next, Yunluo changed to Line 7 to Audito Rio Station, the word audito Rio looks a lot like the English word auditor, but the literal translation is an auditorium - this is a large venue, as if it were a place for large performances. mm sitting on the stairs in front of the venue reading a book.

The National Museum of Humanity is located nearby - it's not that close, it's more than 10 minutes walk from the subway entrance of Audito Station to the National Museum of Humanity. It is recommended to write down the places you go to, and ask people when you come out. Yunluo spent a lot of time researching the map to get it done.

There are many tall trees on the way to the National Museum. It's almost time to get to the Human Pavilion. There is a huge humanoid structure in the middle of the road. Since it is called the National Museum of Anthropology, it means that it is a collection of human science and culture. This shows the diversity of human civilization that once existed in the less vast land of Mexico.

Admission to the Pavilion of Humanity is also N$48. There are several pavilions inside. The first one is called culturasdeoccidente, which translates to the Western Cultural Center. Probably referring to humans living in western Mexico. This pose is typical of excavated artifacts in Mexico and will be seen later.

These two cutely deformed dolls will be very popular even if they are put on the market today. It's amazing that prehistoric Mexicans could have made such lovely things. It's a bit abstract, but it's definitely a Mexican mural.

The Mayan civilization was an ancient civilization located in the regions of Central and South America such as southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, and the Yukatun Peninsula. Contrary to legend, the Mayans never disappeared; Three million Maya still live in the Yucatan Peninsula area. Many people still speak Mayan languages today. The Maya region was divided into hundreds of city-states, but the Mayan states belonged to the same cultural circle in terms of language, religious beliefs, and customs and traditions.

Use of unique hieroglyphs: Mayan writingThe Mayan civilization belonged to the Stone Civilization, and the Maya did not invent the use of bronze, let alone iron.

Most of the Mayan city-states of the Classical period placed great emphasis on documenting history. Most city-states erect monuments at regular intervals, and it is through these monuments that today's archaeologists can learn about the history of the Mayan civilization, and because the Mayan calendar is so precise, today's historians can even know the exact dates of many events. For example, King Copán was beheaded on May 3, 738 after the defeat of the Eighteen Rabbits, and King Bagar, who was born on March 6, 603 AD, became king on July 19, 615 AD, when he was twelve years old, became king, and died on August 30, 684 AD. Such an accurate historical record is unmatched by other ancient and vanished civilizations in the world.

The Mayan civilization created a high degree of urban civilization, using the decimal system of mathematics, discovering and using the concept of "zero" (another theory was taught by the Olmecs).

The largest Mayan city-state in the Classical period, "Tikal", covers an area of more than 65 square kilometers, with more than 3,000 pyramids, altars, stone monuments and other relics; The area affected is 500 square kilometers, and in its central area alone, there are more than a dozen large pyramids and more than 50 small temples. The amazing design of the Pyramid of Tikal with a slope of 70° is as steep as the Gothic churches of Europe, so some people call it the "Jungle Cathedral". In that era when there were no advanced tools, it was a miracle how huge stones were cut and chiseled, transported to the depths of the jungle, and then piled up to a height of 70 meters.

Since many of the buildings were used for religious ceremonies such as sacrifices, Mayan architecture was full of numbers about the movement of the celestial bodies. For example, the pyramid of Kukulkan is about 30 meters high and is surrounded by 91 steps on each side, adding up to 364 steps, plus the Temple of Quetzalcoatl at the top of the tower, which has a total of 365 steps, symbolizing the 365 days of a solar year. In addition to the number of steps, the pyramid has 52 quadrangular reliefs on each of the four sides, indicating the 52nd year of the first century of the Maya.

The sudden simultaneous decline of the city-states of the classical Maya civilization from the ninth century AD onwards is somewhat surprising, and the reasons for this are still the subject of study by historians. By the 10th century, the once thriving Mayan cities were abandoned in the jungle.

As mentioned earlier, the history of Mexico is fractured. Although it has a museum of anthropological history, it cannot hide the fragmentary and incomplete nightmare of Mexican memory.

The Mayan civilization, the western civilization of Mexico, and the Teotihuacan civilization, which built the pyramids of the sun and moon, are all prehistoric civilizations in Mexico. None of them are directly related to modern-day Mexicans, but have survived on their own. This is the most different thing from China. The history and culture of the Chinese nation have a strong coherence and continuity, and have been growing endlessly for thousands of years.

Walking into this exhibition hall - theexica, it is only when you get in touch with the ancestors of the present-day Mexicans, the Aztecs. (Spanish: aztēcah, English aztec)

The Aztecs called themselves the Mexica or Tenochca. According to legend, the ancestors of the Aztecs came from a place called Aztlan in the north, and they traveled south to Lake Texcoco in the Anahuac Valley on the instructions of the sun god Wizilopochtri; When they came to the island in the middle of the lake, they saw an eagle with a snake in its mouth perched on a cactus, an image that told them that they should build a city here. (To be continued.)

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