Angkor Wat is a historical and cultural relic, which once sensationalized the whole world and attracted adventurers and explorers from all over the world. Anything excavated here is very valuable, especially stone carvings and Buddha statues. Let's share with you the discovery history of Angkor Wat.

During the Yuan Dynasty in China, in 1295, a Wenzhou native named Zhou Daguan, together with the delegation of the Yuan Dynasty, was ordered to visit Zhenla. The real wax is Cambodia today.

This Zhou Daguan, without any records in the Yuan history, even left no words in the local chronicles, is a little-known person.

Even why he followed the mission of the Yuan Dynasty to visit Zhenla is inconclusive. It may be because he knows real Spanish and can act as a translator, or it may be that he secretly shoulders the task of investigating the strength of the real Spanish country.

After Zhou Daguan went to Trula, he was unknown all his life, and the Trula he visited was defeated in the war with Siam and moved to Phnom Penh after 143 1 year.

The magnificent Angkor Wat was abandoned, slowly covered by forest, and collapsed in the weeds.

Time flies, this glorious dynasty has been forgotten. The magnificent temples and exquisite statues covered with weeds and giant trees, even if occasionally discovered by local people, are regarded as the remains of gods and gradually become legends.

However, after Zhou Daguan returned to China as an envoy of Zhenla, he wrote a travel book "A Record of Zhenla". This book attracted the attention of western sinologists in the19th century, and was translated into French in1819th year, which caused a sensation in France.

1860, the French discovered the remains of Angkor Wat in the depths of the forest, saying that "the grandeur of the temples here is far better than everything left by ancient Greece and Rome. Walking out of the temple in Sensen Angkor Wat and returning to the world is like falling from a splendid civilization to the wild in an instant. "

In this way, Angkor Wat was rediscovered. 1992, UNESCO listed Angkor Wat as a world cultural heritage.

The importance of The True Wax is not only that it inspires people to look for lost relics and make the world miracle see the light of day again. More importantly, in this book, Zhou Daguan described in detail the life, economy, cultural customs, language, mountains and rivers and products of the Zhenla Dynasty.

And this information is missing in Cambodia's own history. Nowadays, almost all tourists from all over the world who visit Angkor Wat have a copy of The True Wax.