It is the best-preserved temple among Angkor's historic sites, famous for its magnificent buildings and detailed reliefs, and the largest temple in the world. /kloc-in the 0/2nd century, King Suriye Pomo II of Angkor wanted to build a magnificent cave temple on the flat ground as the capital and national temple of Angkor. So it took the whole country's efforts, and it took about 35 years to build.
In the middle of12nd century, King Suliye Pomo II of Zhenla made Angkor the capital. Suriye Bamo II believed in Vishnu, and Divara, the Brahmin priest who crowned the king, designed this national temple for the king and dedicated it to Vishnu, named it "Vishnu Temple".
In Song Dynasty, Zhao Ru recorded the name of the capital as "Lu". Loko is from Sanskrit nagara, the capital. /kloc-In the 6th century, this temple was called "Temple Capital".
In the second year of Yuan Zhen (1296), General Tie Moore of Cheng Yuan sent Zhou Daguan to Zhenla. The mission took the sea route from Kaiyang, Wenzhou, crossed Danyang (now Tonle Sap Lake), passed through Qizhouyang (outside Xisha Islands), Zhancheng, Zhenpu, Cha 'nan, Halfway Village and Buddha Village (Bodhisattva House) and landed in Angkor Wat. Zhou Daguan and his mission were stationed in Angkor for a year.
After returning home, Zhou Daguan wrote a report on Zhenlai customs, A Record of Zhenlai. The Record of True Wax called Angkor Wat "Luban Tomb" and said that there was a tower buried with the king after his death, which shows that Angkor Wat is the imperial tomb. ?
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Architectural structure of Angkor Wat;
The architecture of Angkor Wat is solemn, symmetrical and harmonious in proportion, and both architectural skills and carving art have reached a high level. Angkor Wat faces east and west, with a rectangular plane and double stone walls. Covering an area of 1000×850 square meters, with trenches outside the external wall. Trench width190m, east-west length1500m, north-south width1300m, and circumference of about 5.6km..
The main entrance of Angkor Wat is in the west, which is connected with the avenue outside the south gate of Dawangkor Wat. There are three towers on the gate, and there is a courtyard inside the gate. There is a 147-meter-long avenue to the east of the courtyard leading to the entrance of the inner wall. There is a library and a pond on both sides of the avenue.
The interior wall is 140m long, and the main building in the wall is built on three steps, with the abutment height of 23m and the bottom area of 2 15× 187m. 1 and the second floor are all rectangular, with four sides on each floor, except the square of 75x75m2 on the third floor.
On the highest platform, there are five spire pagodas symbolizing the house of the gods and the center of the universe. The pagoda in the middle is the tallest, reaching 42 meters, that is, 65.5 meters from the ground. The other four towers are shorter and located at the four corners of the platform.
The four corners of the second platform also have a truncated pagoda. Each platform is surrounded by stone cloisters. There are courtyards, halls, shrines and shrines in the gallery.
Each floor has a stone gate building and stairs connecting the upper and lower floors. There are seven stone pythons on the railing of the stairs, and the two sides of the stairs are decorated with exquisite stone lions. All pagodas and gatehouses are decorated with stone lotus, about 65,438+00000.
Angkor Wat is a large building complex, including abutment, cloister, path and pagoda. All buildings are built of sandstone, and there is no mortar or other adhesive between stones. They are combined by the regularity of their surface shape and their own weight. The details are gorgeous and exquisite. At that time, masons may not have mastered the technology of arch coupons, so there is no main hall in Angkor Wat, and the doorway of the stone room is narrow and dark, and the artistic decoration is mainly concentrated outside the building.
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