Angkor Thom is square, protected by the city wall and moat. The city wall is 8 meters high. There are 5 city gates in the entire city. In addition to the four positive directions of east, west, south, north, and north, there is also a gate of victory open on the north side of the east gate. The city gates are all tower-shaped structures, and each tower has four-sided Buddha statues facing four directions, and everyone entering the city with compassionate eyes.

Outside the city wall is the moat. Outside the city gate, there is a bridge connecting the city and outside the city. Each bridge adopts Hindu mythology. There are 27 2.5-meter-high kneeling stone busts arranged in a row, symbolizing the gods and the demons on both sides. The two sides have fierce struggles.

Bayon Temple is divided into three layers, the lower two layers are square, and the outer corridor wall is carved with story reliefs; the top layer is round, and the pagoda is erected. The bottom layer reliefs start clockwise from the east gate. The following are: going to the expedition of Zhan Po-Linga worship - water battle - water life - win victory - cockfighting and chess - army - civil war - big fish swallowing sheep - victory parade - circus - Champs ransacked Angkor.

From the outside, Bayon Temple is a pyramid-shaped building, with a gold-coated circular pagoda built on two hollow bases. According to religious consciousness, this means that the Buddha in the sky is closely connected with the people on the earth. 48 pagodas of different sizes have been built around, with stars holding the moon surrounding the central pagoda.

The prototype of the four-faced Buddha on each pagoda is Jayavarma VII himself. All subjects who came here to worship the interior of the scenic spot were surprised to find that the Bodhisattva was his king, and such a king must of course be loyal and respected.

The corridor murals of Bayon Temple are also very rich, from the palace wars to the lives of citizens. The architectural structure of the temple is quite complex. After repeated remodeling, reconstruction and addition, the current building is actually made up of two temples of different eras and shapes. Some people have compared it to "a mountain shaped and carved by people with their hands."

The appearance of Bayon Temple seems to be very similar to Angkor Wat, but Bayon Temple is a Buddhist temple. Its overall composition is based on Mount Sumeru, the highest level of Buddhism in legend (Hinduism also has Mount Sumeru, and its details are different from those of Buddhism, but they can basically correspond to each other).

Similar to Angkor Wat, Bayon Temple is also built on a three-story base. The base size of the base is 140mxl60m (north and south x east and west), and the base size of the base is 72mx80m (north and south x east and west). The base of the third-story base is a carving tower with a cross-shaped plane and a circular plane in the center. There are enclosures around each layer of base, and there are 49 towers in the middle of the base and on the surrounding corridor, forming a group of towers.

The most famous of Bayon Temple is the huge four-sided statue of Guanyin carved on the tower, which symbolizes the prosperity of the Khmer Kingdom at that time. The morning air at Bayon Temple is fresh and the temperature is pleasant, but if it enters the interior, it must be equipped with artificial lighting tools, because even at noon, it is pitch black inside.

There are many relief murals in this attraction and all have different meanings. Visitors must listen to the detailed explanation of the tour guide so that they will not enter Baoshan and return empty-handed. Bayon Temple faces east, and most people visit in the morning to watch the sunrise. Bayon Temple is also worth a visit in the evening. It is also good to watch the sunset in the opposite direction, and it is also very popular in the morning.

In the afternoon, you can enjoy the quiet side of Bayon Temple. When taking pictures of Bayon Temple, you should avoid noon time. Because the mottled rocks have no layers, the direct shooting team will have little attention in the sun. In the evening, there are few tourists and the light is soft, which is more suitable for taking pictures. Moreover, the monks wandering in Baqirong Temple will leave one after another after the tourists disperse at sunset. This is a good opportunity to capture the monks.

The Bayon Temple is famous for its Buddha-faced pagoda and corridor murals. Because Jayavarma VII (Jayavarma) is dedicated to Buddhism, the entire temple is built using the concept of Mount Sumeru (center of the world) of Buddhist teachings. The center is top-notch, and the Leilei rings are like a tall tower with a corn-shaped appearance, representing Mount Sumeru.

The four walls symbolize the Himalayas; the trench and clearing between the city wall and the second floor building represents the sea. The Khmer people at that time also believed in Hinduism. The religious images of the Bayon Temple were mainly Buddhism and integrated with Hinduism. It was the meticulous consideration of Jayavarma's wife, through their leniency of religious policies, which allowed the people to return to the center of the king's power.

Four-faced Buddha: The 49 pagodas are huge four-faced Buddha statues. The Buddha statues are typical Khmer people's faces. They are said to be the faces of Jayavarman VII, the god who built Bayon Temple. The Buddha statues have a peaceful smile on their faces, which is the "Khmer smile" that made Angkor Wat famous all over the world.

Yunluo walks through many pagodas. When you are in any corner, you will find smiling eyes watching tourists' every move. Relief: The corridor murals of Bayon Temple are also very rich. The 1,200-meter-long relief gallery is amazingly portraying 11,000 characters.

The inner cloister is mainly mythology and religious stories, while the outer cloister is based on real life, from battlefield fighting to production labor, and life pictures of market trade. Such secular sculpture themes are very rare in the Angkor complex. If time is limited, you can only visit the lower cloister relief, and the scale and technique of the second cloister are slightly inferior.

The reliefs at Bayon Temple include two galleries. The inner gallery carved Indian mythology, while the outer gallery carved daily life, such as street scenes, fishing, festival celebrations, cockfighting, magic playing, etc. The remaining reliefs now are very different from other Angkor monuments.

Yunluo knew that these foreign galleries described the daily lives of people at that time, such as gifts, production, juggling, construction, worshiping gods, cooking (and some Chinese people). There were also historical scenes, describing the process of each battle.

The written records left by the Angkor dynasty are quite rare and difficult to identify. Understand that the murals of the Bayon Temple (Bayon) provide a valuable historical clue for future generations of scholars who studied the Angkor dynasty. The reliefs of the Bayon Temple corridor describe the market and hunting scenes at that time are valuable information for understanding the lives of the common people.

The complexity and strong symbolic meaning of the architectural form of the Bayon Temple was the most mysterious and charming religious holy places in the world after Angkor experienced the Hindu polytheistic belief and Buddhism. As a national temple, Bayon Temple (Bayon), has undergone many architectural changes, resulting in the form of the jungle tower you see today.

The four-sided stupa group located in the center originally had 49, and 5 were also four-sided stupa-like gates. It represented the 54 provinces ruled by the Angkor Dynasty at that time. The Bayon Temple is located in the heart of Angkor Thom, and is 1,500 meters away from the four gates.

The front face represents the victory and prosperity of the East. The outside is surrounded by corridors with a length of 156 and 141 meters and each width is decorated with reliefs. The walls of the corridors are more exquisite in the south section on the east side and the east section on the south side.

The building materials of the Bayon Temple are all sandstone. It is said that it was originally a two-story building. It was used to worship Shiva, but during the construction period, it was changed to a Mahayana Buddhist temple. Therefore, the third floor building seems to be added to two floors. The relief on the inner wall of the second floor is still a Hindu myth.

Viewing the reliefs of the Bayon Temple from every angle are magnificent masterpieces, and it is even more rare to show balance and harmony in the magnificence. The reliefs of the Bayon Temple are based on history, especially focusing on the war scenes between Khmer and Champa. The Khmer artisan carvings have several characteristics.

This includes that in one picture, there are often several related story lines being carried out at the same time, so you often misread the story lines. Bafang Temple (also known as Bapuan Temple) was a king of Zhenla in the middle of the 11th century, Udayadity Avarmanii (reigned from 1050 to 1066 AD.

The National Temple dedicated to Shiva was built in 1060. It is located in the center of the capital at that time. It is now 200 meters northwest of the Bayang Temple and is close to the southern wall of the Royal Palace. The Bafang Temple is known as the largest and most complex three-dimensional building in the world.

Bafang Temple is a Mount Sumeru (安安安) temple. It is in the shape of a pyramid. The entire temple has 5 floors of foundations, and there is a closed corridor on the 1st, 3rd and 5th floors of foundations. There are towers on the center and four corners of the corridor.

On the 5th floor, there is a stone tower wrapped in copper skin about 50 meters high. It is higher than the golden pagoda in the center of Bayang Temple in the southeast. The highest point of the copper pagoda symbolizes the center of all things in the universe. Don’t forget that Bafang Temple is located in the center of the capital at that time. All kings hope that their royal city is the center of the "world" point, and everyone must circle around him.

Zhou Daguan's "Tianla Temporal Records": The golden pagoda can reach about one mile north, and there is a copper pagoda. It is higher than the golden pagoda. It looks so gloomy that there are more than a dozen stone houses under it.

In the late 15th century, Bafang Temple was converted into a Buddhist temple, and a 70-meter-long and 9-meter-high reclining Buddha was built to the west of the second floor, and the copper pagoda might have been demolished because some archaeologists suspected that some of the materials on the reclining Buddha were taken from copper pagodas and closed corridors.

Because Bafang Temple was originally built on sandy land, the foundation was unstable, coupled with the lack of engineering level and corridors, the weight of the tower was too large, and some buildings in the entire temple collapsed when the reclining Buddha was built.

France began to help Cambodia restore Bafang Temple in 1960. At that time, archaeologists numbered all the thousands of collapsed stones and placed them on the open space in front of the temple, hoping to piece them together little by little. After taking office, they drove away French families, massacred Cambodians who helped the French restore ancient sites, and destroyed all archives.

Although the French started the restoration work again in 1995, due to the lack of technical information, these stones could no longer be placed in the original place. All restoration work had to use new stones. It turned out that these thousands of stones could only lie in the square in front of the temple forever, as a witness to the glory of the past and the turmoil of modern times.

Bakken Hill is a small hill 1.5 kilometers northwest of Angkor Wat, about 70 meters high and is the only commanding height nearby. To the west of the mountain is the open westbaray, and in the jungle to the southeast is Angkor Wat. From the top of Bakken Hill, you can overlook Angkor Wat from a high place.

Bakheng is a small hill in the main ruins of Angkor. It is 1.5 kilometers northwest of Angkor Wat and is 67 meters high. It is the only commanding height nearby. You can ride an elephant up the mountain.

There is a ruin of Angkor temple on the hill. It is the first national temple after Yasovarmani began to use the area near Great Angkor Thom as its capital, and it also laid the foundation for later Angkor architecture.

Although the mountain bakheng has long been dilapidated, it was the first temple built by the Khmer dynasty and is called the "first Angkor".

To the west of the mountain is the open westbaray, and in the jungle to the southeast is Angkor Wat. From here you can see the Thai-Cambodia border. Outside Bakken Temple, there are rectangular trenches that are 650 meters long and 436 meters wide. It may be the waterproofing project of the old capital of Rolos for the new building.

Symbolizes the Aral Sea surrounding Mount Sumeru, the center of the world in Indian mythology. Bakken Temple is built on a flat top. Built on the top of Bakken Mountain, it reflects the worship of the Khmers at that time. This building symbolizes the entire universe is designed with symbolic symbols: 7-story platform: represents the seventh heaven, and the uppermost tower represents the center of the universe;

108 Tower: In addition to the central high tower, there are 108 small towers on the six floors below, representing 108 days of four moon phases; 33 Tower: From the central axis of each side, you can only see 33 towers, representing the 33 gods on Mount Sumeru.

There are three ways to climb Bakken Mountain: one is to walk along a slightly steep mountain road for about 10-15 minutes. Although the mountain road is not very difficult to walk, it is also a bit challenging for those who have no experience in climbing; the other is to walk along a good path with a gentle slope, but the journey is relatively long; in addition, you can also take the "elephant taxi" at the foot of the mountain. It depends on your opinion on whether the $15 "car fare" is worth it.

No matter what path is used, you can't escape the fact that you climb from narrow and steep classes to the top of the temple step by step. After years of baptism, the temple no longer has its former style, but the platform at the top of the temple can overlook Angkor Wat from a high place.

Every sunny evening at sunset, many tourists will come to the mountains to admire the Angkor sunset and recall this lost civilization. Since this is one of the treasures to watch the sunrise and sunset, every day, it is crowded with tourists and vendors, making it lively like a park.

Tickets: Use valid tickets from Angkor Wat to go. Most people buy them after 4 pm the day before. They can enter for free in the evening of the same day and enjoy the sunset of Bakken Temple.

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