The beauty of Angkor (1) - Preah Khan - travel around the world

As many royal buildings in the Angkor ruins, there are many ancestors and to commemorate the building, Preah Khan is a typical representative, here are a sword legend, jewelry inlaid Santa, symbol of the male stone and layers of Shimen, there are trees and temples of symbiotic natural wonders.

The temple was built in the twelfth Century Jayavarman VII period, Located in the north east of Angkor was built, Jayavarman VII in honour of his father, male symbol exists in the Buddhist temple .

Preah Khan grand scale, the rectangular wall 800 meters long, 700 meters wide, the whole building is cross shaped and the center is the central temple, the surrounding is even vaulted corridor north and South and East and West four doors, the door is a long corridor.

To the east straight channel unobstructed line of sight, the line of sight to the main hall, on both sides of the distribution of stone and tens of meters high towering trees, canopy covered the sky, coiled roots on the ground everywhere.

This vertical blunt stone is a symbol of male genitalia, is the father of reverence, also reflects the characteristics of primitive reproduction worship.

It is said that this was a temporary shelter Jayavarman VII, at the time of Angkor is being rebuilt, so the king here come, reading a piece of inscription in the temple, is written by broad Jayavarman VII's son.

In the temple doorway stood a few statues holding a snake, the sea of milk and stir the Shura asura.

The things on both sides of a long column of sand rock wall and lotus lotus, once the Buddha, but in Saivism presided over, these carved was destroyed.

From the temple of Jayavarman II. Heir of the sword legend.

Legend, Jayavarman II created a sword, and sent it to his heirs, the temple is to store a symbol of imperial power and the sword and the construction.

There is a two storey building in the east of the Preah Khan entrance, according to legend, the house was used to store the sword, it is like a circular pillar of Mediterranean architecture style.

Figure for Santa inside the vault, a block of stone piled up.

The middle part of Preah Khan, on behalf of the center of the universe - xumishan. Pictured inside the temple.

In the west of the temple Santa and the back are dedicated to Vishnu and Shiva shrine.

Shimen is a major feature of folds of Preah Khan.

Beautifully carved gable, each side is telling the ancient legend.

Detailed and vivid carving, after thousands of years, still true to life.

The most common is the statue of the Angkor ruins.

The Angkor Dynasty Royal family in fifteenth Century when he abandoned Angkor City, and Preah Khan incense has been very busy. The picture shows the collapse.

This was one of the most important Khmer temple, the most important festival ceremony held here, thousands of people to support and maintain the temple.

The road leading to the central temple by the vaulted corridor, corridor on both sides of the support columns in a square thick, a fan on the edge of Shimen is decorated with statues of the gods, the wall is decorated with countless celestial dance goddess Apsara, graceful posture.

The central sanctuary inside, once enshrined in accordance with the design of the king's face image, a monk night around, smoke, wooden fish sent by day and night, and now is no longer the gods.

Preah Khan has been renovated in 1927 to 1932, after repeatedly rebuilt.

The ongoing renovation of temple tower, take a stand.

A few remnants of small Buddha statue.

Similar to other Angkor ruins, Preah Khan has been forgotten in the jungle was found before, despite the force of nature on the remodeling. Pictured has crushed trees stone building.

Tens of meters high tree growth in the temple, and the magical scene like Ta Prohm.

This is the Angkor ruins forgotten, quiet in the jungle "practice".

After returning, such as "enlightenment monk", tells us the Angkor Dynasty history, is also a "bad" picture of buddhism.