Chiang Hsun said, "There is no place like Angkor that leaves me in a daze, as if I have touched the innermost and most essential underbelly of life." Jiang Xun said
Never been there, such a paradoxical country.
It is the realm of the heavens and the hell of the earth. It is beauty that eventually goes to ruin.
Siem Reap is like a lost city.
Suffering and beauty, splendor and loss, coexist. Beauty becomes heartache even when it is shocking. Beauty becomes intolerance.
Unforgettable. Wild macaques in the shadow of the trees. The smell of lemongrass and lemongrass leaves wafting through the eatery. Skinny black boys begging naked. Equatorial winds blowing south of the border ......
Here I have had all five senses open and my heart filled with awe.
The Kingdom of Cambodia.
May I leave a glance at the Cambodian shadow, in the Khmer in the month of February.
? About the itinerary
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⭕️ Schedule section:
The tour of Angkor temples can be divided into three parts, namely the small circle, the large circle and the outer circle. Together with the surrounding attractions, the five-day trip can basically cover the more famous and classic places.
⭕️ Airline tickets section:
Guangzhou - Siem Reap
1, China Southern Airlines (direct, fixed daily more than 2 flights) 2, Hainan Airlines (direct, there are fixed flights, the price is slightly lower than the South China Airlines) 3, Spring and Autumn Airline (direct, cheap) 4, Angkor Airways (cheap, fewer flights)
⭕️ visa:
Electronic Visa / Visa on Arrival / Embassy Visa
1. Visa on arrival: simple, but in peak season, the waiting time will be long.
2、Embassy visa (available on the spot, cash only): with passport + 2-inch white personal photo
Address of the Embassy of Cambodia in Guangzhou: Room 804-808, East Building, Garden Hotel, No. 368 Huanshi East Road, Guangzhou (Taojin Station, Metro Line 5)
3, electronic visa out of the visa very quickly, you can go directly to the official website to do, need to use visa payment. Or, Taobao to find travel agencies to do, also very convenient. Electronic visa link: https://www.evisa.gov.kh
⭕️ phone card/mobile WIFI:
Taobao, direct search Cambodia phone card will have a lot, and then there are different packages, just change the card when you arrive in Cambodia. It is also possible to use mobile WIFI with many people, just search and buy on Taobao!
⭕️ Transportation:
Siem Reap public transportation is not developed, tutu cars can be found everywhere on the street, daily travel can be carried, you can see both sides of the scenery is also cheap. Visiting Angkor attractions suggest a small car/van, because the distance is far apart and the road is bumpy.
(Siem Reap Street)
⭕️ books:
Siem Reap attractions are mostly temple-based, historical knowledge is strong, appropriate reading before traveling, conducive to understanding during the tour, but also will greatly enhance the interest of the travel way.
The Beauty of Angkor - Jiang Xun
May Bloom - Carmen
Lonely Planet: Cambodia - Nick Ray & Jessica Lee
(of an aircraft) take off
DAY 1
(Siem Reap Airport)
DAY 2
# Angkor Museum #
The Angkor National Museum is divided into two floors and has eight exhibition halls, covering everything from Khmer civilization to everyday life. Interpreters (in Chinese, English, French, Japanese and Korean) can be purchased at the ticket counter. The museum has a vivid explanation of the religious beliefs of the Khmer empire, which, combined with the excavated artifacts and statues, will give you a better understanding of the different styles of temples that you will visit next.You can get a general idea of both the physical characteristics of the different deities and the stories that have happened to them.
(Statue of Vishnu)
# Tonle Sap Lake #
Tonle Sap Lake (e.g. Tonle Sap Lake)It means "huge.potable water (water with low salt content)"Lake" or pure"Great Lake". Tonle Sap Lake (e.g. Tonle Sap Lake)beSoutheast Asiagreatestpotable water (water with low salt content)Lake. Also known asPhnom Penh, capital of CambodiaLake. Located in the southeastern part of the Central South Peninsula.CambodianWest. On both sides of the lake there are tons of water homes in blue, orange, and yellow. Houses with strong colorful facades tower over the water and look like they are swimming in a painting under the blue sky and white clouds of staggered trees.
The boat sails at an even pace towards the center of Tonle Sap Lake, taking in the watery scenery along the way as the intensity of the sun's rays diminishes.
As sunset begins to approach the coastline.The divine feeling of being in a fairyland is born as the ink-orchid-colored water of the lake meets the crimson sunset.
Su Shi once wrote: "but the wind on the river, and the bright moon in the mountains, the ear gets and for the sound, the eye meets and becomes color, take the forbidden, inexhaustible, is the endless hide of the Creator is also, and I and the son of the common fit."
Su Shi once wrote: "but the wind on the river, and the bright moon in the mountains, the ear to get and for the sound, the eye meets and becomes color, take the forbidden, inexhaustible, is the creator of the endless Tibetan also, and I and the son of the common fit." Vast lake and magnificent sunset, the gift of nature makes us stand in awe.
It was getting later and later, and the lights on the shore on the way back were waiting for the return of one of the pillars of the family who had made a living.
This sunset over Tonle Sap Lake is worth it!
DAY 3
# Queen's Court #
The Queen's Palace is small but exceptionally refined, set in the open countryside, with its characteristic rose-colored sandstone, making it particularly enchanting.
The Queen doesn't look at the architecture, she looks at the relief art! The Queen's Palace.The lintels, stone walls and window panes are all meticulously carved. It is amazing to see how the hard stone can be carved into a fine work of art with clear layers and soft lines.And the lintel of the door is engraved according to the Hindu epic poemPart of the RamayanaA classic Hindu tale that is also interesting to read a few moments through a close reading.
(Exterior of the Queen's Palace)
(Lord Shiva dancing the dance of destruction)
# Gobustin #
There will be relatively few tourists in Gobustin because of the 40-minute climb up the mountain. A preferred location for backpackers, secluded + natural oxygen bar + wide variety of flora and fauna along the way.
The locals believe that the carving of these linga and yuni in the upper reaches of the water source symbolizes a blessing and primitive fertility worship and religious beliefs.These blessed waters then bless the clan's birthright.
# crash #
Bumiputra is known as the "Lost City" because it is the only temple in the world that is completely untouched.It remains as it was when it was first discovered by the world.The jungle is dense, with broken pillars, collapsed walls, and large patches of moss. Because of the distance from the city center, the area is open only to the west and north gates, as if it were sleeping in the jungle, and some areas may be infested with wild beasts. Therefore, it adds a touch of mystery to it.
(Interior view of Bengmere)
Bumiputra is almost as large as the Angkor temples, with roughly the same layout and architectural style, and even surrounded by the same wide moat, a second-story hideaway, and a third floor dedicated to the gods.
(Fractured Pillars)
(Hundred-year-old tree)
It's got a unique kind of posthumous beauty, and for some reason, you might prefer the crumbling beauty of ruins to something that's intact.
Because there are also numerous imperfections and regrets in one's life.
Day 4
# Temple of the Holy Sword #
（"Where the swords are kept.)
Built by Chandragupta VII in honor of his father, it is a comprehensive temple with statues of both Hindu deities - Shiva, Vishnu, etc. - and Buddhist elements will also be present.
(East Gate - Numerous Four-Square Stone Pillars)
There are four paths leading to the temple, and at the entrance to the temple stand several gods and asuras with long snakes in their hands stirring the sea of milk.There is a two-story building at the eastern entrance of the Temple of the Holy Sword. It is said that this house was used to store the holy sword of Chanyavarman VII, and thus the temple is called the Temple of the Holy Sword.
((Layers of stone doors)
The most peculiar feature of the Temple of the Holy Sword is the Roman cylindrical building, where the king kept his sword, the only one of its kind in Angkor.A departure from the Greek temples.
# Long Pond #
This place was originally a place for the national master to treat the public, and its role was comparable to that of the current national hospital. Four small pools, connected to the central pool, according to the southeast, northwest and north each corresponding to the carving of the bull (now changed into a human) lion, horse and elephant head, corresponding to the four elements of earth, fire, wind and water, which coincides with the five elements of Chinese medicine and the four elements of the Western astrology, according to legend, the people can be divided into a variety of illnesses into the four sides of the small pools to do the medicinal baths in fact, for the spirit of the treatment, the central tower around the disk of the two Naga is the Dragon Coiled the name of the source of the front, and the goddess of Mercy, the White Horse Royal In front of it, there is the legendary statue of Guanyin, the goddess of Mercy on a white horse, symbolizing that she leads patients out of their misery.
# Temple of General Dasun #
Tasun Temple Ta Som, also known as General Dasun Temple, is a Buddhist temple built by Jayavarman VII. One says it was built in honor of General Tasun; another says it was built in honor of the king's father. The temple is small, but the pagoda gate outside resembles the southern gate of the King's City of Angkor Thom with a Khmer smilefour-faced Buddha.
# East Mebane Temple #
It's said that Dongmaebunsa was a water temple built on top of the East Pond, a cistern, which is now completely dry, and that we can ascend to it directly by land.
East Mebane belongs to the Brahminical school of architecture. A very important feature of Brahminical architecture is the concept of the Sumeru mountain. The so-called Sumeru is the center point of the world, or the great mountain known as the axis of the world, and the abode of the gods.
There are four elephant sculptures of the same size as the real elephant in each of the four corners of the first and second flights of steps, originating from the ancient Indian myth of the four giant elephants supporting the universe.
The construction of East Mebane is made of three materials that were rarely used in Angkorian temple construction: red brick, brick and rock, so that it looks more layered.
# Tablon Temple #
Ta Prohm is almost a must-see for any traveler to Cambodia, as it was the setting for the movies Tomb Raider & Carnival of Flowers, as well as the recent release of Kingsman 2. It is obvious that this place has an extraordinary significance for movie art lovers.
What's special about Tabron is the symbiosis of trees and temple wallsThe roots of the trees are as dense as pythons, wrapped tightly around everything they can grasp, and entangled with the ancient temple for thousands of years, until they became one. Have to be convinced by theThe tenacity of life in nature!
Known because of the movie, Taburong Temple is actually a Buddhist temple built by Shakyamuni VII for his mother.The carving is also delicate and soft, in which the flying dancer's smile at the corner of her mouth is also very evocative.
Respect for time, for these philosophies and arts, is respect for life.Through the brightly lit and darkly lit interior of the temple, you can see trees rising up into the sky and a clear view of the sky. HereEach one seems to harbor the secrets of time.So what did Tony Leung say at the end of the movie to the hole in the tree?
DAY 5
# Bayon Temple #
The famous Khmer smiles are located on the top floor of the Bayon temple, with 54 pagodas, each with a different expression on all four sides, for a total of 216 different Khmer smiles.
Another memorable one isThe outer part of the temple is carved with images of the Khmer period and the life of the people at that time. Rich and vivid, the inner cloisters are mainly mythological and religious, and the outer cloisters are the daily life of the people. Royal ceremonies, ancient wars, people's life and entertainment, bazaar trade and so on, all the way to understand, as if there is a connection point with the past!
(Weapons of soldiers clearly visible)
# Bafang Temple #
Long before the completion of the city of Thong Wang, Baphuong Temple has stood here, it used to be the center of the old city, but also one of the most spectacular temples in the heyday of the Angkor Dynasty, in the second tier of the foundation of the west side of the construction of a 70-meter-long 9-meter-high reclining Buddha, serenely looking at the time flow of the vicissitudes of the world, it is awe-inspiring. Bafang Temple up the stairs is very steep, the average slope of 75°, so careful climbing is required!
# Angkor Thom King City #
It was also called the Palace of Heaven, where no one but the king could go up, and the wooden buildings up there are of course no longer there.
Passing through the palace gate is the Elephant Terrace, which served as a platform for the king's military parade in ancient times, and is wide open.
# Angkor Wat #
Angkor Wat is a must-see in Siem Reap, the world's largest temple dedicated to Vishnu. Cloisters, walkways and pagodas form the intricate architectural complex of Angkor Wat. The proportions are well proportioned, the design is grand and solemn, and the details of the decoration are magnificent and exquisite.
All buildings are made of sandstone, no mortar or other adhesives between the stones, relying on the regularity of the shape of the surface of the stones and their own weight combined with each other, it is difficult to imagine how people at that time in the absence of machines, to create such a treasure!
Angkor Wat inside the grandeur of the magnificent as well as relief carvings of the vivid and detailed three words can not be described, all the way, the previous days of the temples have their own characteristics, in front of Angkor Wat, but also slightly inferior, this is really a "set of wisdom in the great" building.
(Sunset at Angkor Wat)
a cheat sheet that takes care of everything
1. Taboo:
1) Women should never touch monks;
(2) Cambodians believe that the head is a sacred part of the human body and should not be touched;
3) Cambodians have great respect for their king and do not offend anything related to the royal family.
4) Cigarettes are strictly regulated in Cambodia, do not smoke in the hotel room.
2. Line:
1) Public transportation is not well developed, it is recommended to charter a small car to travel (you can ask the hotel to charter a car)
2) There is no need to strictly follow the rules of small and large circles, you can communicate with the driver about the places you want to go, and the driver can give a reasonable route arrangement.
3) Group travelers less secluded locations - Pangmiri, Lycian Hill, Gobustin; sunset and sunrise viewing points - Tonle Sap Lake, Angkor Wat, Bakken Hill; relief art viewing - the Queen's Palace, Angkor Wat, Bafang Temple.
Siem Reap Night Market
the local population
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