The base of Angkor Wat also evolved from a flat and simple base in the early stage to an artistic form of Sumeru, which is wide at the top and bottom and slightly narrow in the middle, forming a waist; the waist is decorated with horizontal edges, which is strong and simple. The base also occupies an important position in classical Chinese architecture, and multi-story bases are also a common architectural form.

The biggest difference between the Angkor Wat foundation and the Chinese classical foundation is the buildings around the foundation; the Chinese foundation is often surrounded by looking columns and stone railings about one meter high, while the Angkor Wat foundation is surrounded by 4-5 meters high stone columns. The multi-layer foundation in Angkor Wat is several times higher than the Chinese foundation of the same layer.

The corridor is another prominent architectural artistic feature of Angkor Wat. The corridor of Angkor Wat is composed of three elements, the inner wall and the central wall, the outward row of columns and the roof of the double eaves. In addition to the obvious practical functions, these three elements are indispensable to the contribution of aesthetics.

The long gallery, dozens of columns, lined up in a row, adds a sense of rhythm to the overall appearance of Angkor Wat and the rhythm of the horizontal space. The double eaves of the gallery adds a sense of longitudinal rhythm to the appearance of Angkor Wat.

The corridor first appeared on the top floor of the palace in the sky, and at Angkor Wat, the three-story foundations each had corridors, just like the repetition of the melody of the music, step by step, step by step, and finally came down to the pagoda in the center of the main body.

There are many types of corridors in Angkor Wat, some have stone pillars. Any corridor with stone pillars is either two rows of stone pillars on one side or two rows of stone pillars on both sides, without the format of one side or one row on both sides. Because the arch of the corridor in Angkor Wat has a high vault and the top arch structure is not a real arch made of radial wedge bricks.

Instead, the stone bricks above the two sections of the wall are intermittently level by level, and finally closed on the middle line, and then placed on the stacked arches made of a capping stone. This type of stacked arch has a small span, and if there is only a single row of stone pillars, it is difficult to protect against rain by relying on a tall and narrow arch, so it is necessary to build a side corridor, add half a arch, and widen the total width of the arch to achieve rainproof effect.

Therefore, two rows of stone pillars on the same side, one row supports the main arch and the other row supports the arch. Any long corridor with double columns in Angkor Wat must have a single side corridor, with only one side showing a double eaves; any long corridor with four rows of stone pillars, that is, two rows of stone pillars on each side, has a double eaves on both sides; from either side looking at it, it is a double eaves.

There are two rows of stone pillars on one side and stone walls on the other side. Some of the walls of the Angkor Wat promenade have a whole carved wall with no windows in the middle, and some have bright windows. You can look out, and some have decorative straight gourd lattice fake windows; the walls between the bright windows or between the fake windows are decorated with reliefs of goddesses wearing gold crowns and gold bracelets on their heads.

The entrance and exit passages of the corridor are quite exquisite, and there are two forms: a tower gate with a tower and a corridor without a tower. The gate is like a pavilion, extending outward at a right angle to the corridor. The pavilion at each entry has a vault and two or three opposite columns. On the top of each entry, there are finely carved door lintels and triangular walls.

The layout of the corridor includes three forms: a corridor, a corridor and a cross corridor; the cross corridor usually forms a field corridor with a corridor. The form of the corridor from the outer wall to the top floor is as follows: the outer wall: a corridor with straight gourd lattice and double columns and double eaves.

The base-level enclosure: carved screen double column double-eaves corridor, middle-level enclosure: straight gourd lattice single-eaves corridor, top-level enclosure: bright window double-eaves corridor, top-level enclosure: four-column cross double-eaves corridor. The architects of Angkor Wat cleverly used the space, used the long avenue to show the depth of the space, and used the horizontal expansion of the corridor to construct the wideness of the building.

The perspective overlap of corridors on different levels creates the height and steepness of the building; although Angkor Wat does not have a large central building, its appearance can be comparable to a huge central building. The densely-eaves stone tower at the upper circle and below the upper circle of Angkor Wat is solid and stacked with arches. The lower level and the long corridor are organically combined to form a tower gate, and a magical curtain is set up in the tower.

The outline of the circular pagoda is parabolic, surrounding the beautiful lotus eaves of the top layer. The stone pagoda in Angkor has gone through several stages of development. At the beginning of the 9th century, the pagoda in Angkor was an independent dense-eaves. In the 10th century, the pagodas arranged on the platform appeared, such as the Twin Towers of Cardamom Temple (921) and the Twin Towers of East Mercedes-Benz (951).

The central tower of the sky palace stands on the altar with a corridor. The Chajiao Temple in the early 11th century (1001) is a typical ancient Indian Vajra Throne Tower, with five pagodas on the third-level throne. The pagoda and corridor of Tabulong Temple (1191) are combined into the pagoda gate corridor, where you can see the prototype of the outer corridor of Angkor Wat.

The reason why Angkor Wat is called the pinnacle of Khmer architectural art is because it organically integrates pagodas, corridors, corridors, altars and other elements in early architectural art: pagodas and corridors merge into tower gate corridors, and tower gate corridors are integrated with the altars, and the stacks become an altar with multiple layers of tower gate corridors.

The round sculptures of Angkor Wat are not outstanding. The round sculptures on the base are heavy and dull, but the reliefs are extremely exquisite and realistic. There are reliefs on the inner walls of the corridor, columns, stone walls, cornerstones, window lintels, and railings.

The content is mainly about the legend of the Hindu great Vishnu. It is based on the Indian epics "Mahabharata" and "Ramayana" and the Hindu myth "Mulberry Sea". It also has secular scenes such as war, royal travel, cooking, crafts, and agricultural activities. The decorative patterns are themed on animals and plants.

Among them, the corridor surrounding the first floor of the main hall is called the "relief corridor". It is 800 meters long, with a wall of more than 2 meters high, and the wall is covered with reliefs. The picture of the tummy sea storm on the east wall, the picture of the battle between Vishnu and the demons on the north wall, and the picture of the Monkey God Assisting Rama on the west wall, etc., all depict mythological stories; while the picture of the horseman's elephant II riding on the west wall, the picture of the secular theme.

These relief techniques are skillful, the scenes are complex, the characters are vivid and realistic in their poses, and they have used overlapping levels to show the profound space. They are masterpieces in the history of world art. Looking out from the inside, they suddenly found that there are many graceful reliefs of portraits on the wall, which are said to symbolize the fairy descending to earth.

Judging from the sculpture technology thousands of years ago, it was able to portray fairies so vividly. The expressions, appearances and clothes of each one were completely different, which was really a magical work. This group of beautiful fairies dancing with hands and feet was called Apashara, and was also known as the Mona Lisa of the East. It is said that they were transformed from waves.

The magnificent Angkor Wat is surrounded by these pretty fairies, and the whole body becomes vivid. In addition to the fairies outside the wall, the beautiful and delicate portrayals can be seen everywhere when walking in the temple, sometimes on pillars, sometimes on corners of the wall. There are protruding, some concave, and even works that alternate between the two are not difficult to find.

Even the windows in the corridor are fenced with small stone pillars. When the sun shines through the windows into the corridor, it integrates a sense of beauty that intertwines humanities and nature.

Angkor Wat was built by a Southeast Asian nation called Jimmy (now called Khmer). It was about 802 AD. At that time, Koyavarmo II established the glorious Khmer Empire, which flourished for 600 years.

In the 12th century, Angkor architecture reached an artistic level. All the walls of the Angkor Temple were carved with exquisite reliefs, and each platform had a veranda facing each other, connecting temples, horn towers and stairs. Even the walls of the corridor were carved with reliefs describing ancient Indian mythology.

Not only is the Angkor Temple itself extremely large, there is also an embankment road that is nearly 10 meters wide outside the temple. It leads directly to the temple gate, and there are huge and majestic statues of Naga snake gods on both sides of the embankment road. Generally speaking, all temples in countries around the world face east, while the only gate of the Angkor Temple faces west, which puzzled the archaeologists who later studied ancient Khmer.

Since then, the city-building work of kings of the Angkor Dynasty has been passed down from generation to generation.

The exquisite architecture of the Angkor civilization is so exciting that it is breathtaking, but it suddenly disappeared in the early 15th century. In the following centuries, the Angkor area became a forest and a wasteland with trees and weeds, with only the once glorious ancient city hidden in it. Until Muo discovered this ruin in the 19th century, even the local residents of Cambodia knew nothing about it.

In theory, the culture of any nation should have its continuity. Moreover, Angkor is a dynasty that once flourished for 600 years, but its culture suddenly broke down and suddenly disappeared into the long river of history. Some people attribute this to the invasion of foreign enemies, but the invasion of foreign enemies may lead to the change of dynasties, but the people of each nation cannot disappear.

According to investigations, there were more than one million people living in the Angkor area in the past. Where did this nation and these people go? This is really an indelible one.

Tickets: Angkor tickets are divided into three types: $20 a day, $40 a day, and $60 a day in seven days. The next day tickets will be sold starting at 5 p.m., and you can go in and visit after buying the ticket (the general choice is to go to Bakken Hill to watch the sunset).

However, at 5:30, tourists will not be allowed to go up the mountain. Only by going down the mountain alone can one person be sent up the mountain. There are many people queuing up, so it is best to go up the mountain at 4:30 to watch the sunset.

Nowadays, Angkor tickets do not need to take photos to handle. All of them are made of photos taken by cameras on the spot, and they have been replaced with printed paper tickets. Please keep them properly for three-day or seven-day tickets.

Before the ticket is made and sent to you, the ticket seller will read out the relevant rules in English. There will be managers in the scenic area to check tickets at any time. If anyone finds that there is no ticket, they will be fined US$80.

2. Safety: Many buildings in Angkor are very high, and the stairs are steep, narrow and slippery (with a lot of sand). Be careful and don’t show off. A pair of anti-slip shoes that fit the feet are necessary.

3. Prevention of heat: Angkor is very hot at noon, so it is best to rest in a cool temple or in a hotel. If you want to buy time, you can visit some jungle attractions, such as taprohm, preahkhan, tasom, etc. Of course, you need to bring enough water and food.

4. Anti-mosquito bites: There are many local mosquitoes and other tropical insects. You can buy anti-mosquito lotion in Boots pharmacies. Although the price is a bit expensive, it is indeed useful.
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