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Angkor Relics

Angkor Wat

Angkor Relics (Angkor) is located in Siem Reap Province, about 240 kilometers away from the capital Phnom Penh. It is the national treasure of Cambodia. Symbol, known as one of the four wonders of the East. The existing Angkor monuments mainly include Angkor Thom (Greater Angkor) and Angkor Wat (Little Angkor). From the 9th to the 15th century AD, Angkor was the royal capital of Cambodia. Angkor was built in 802 AD and completed in 1201, which took 400 years. After the Siamese army invaded in 1431, Angkor was severely damaged and the dynasty was forced to move its capital to Phnom Penh. After that, Angkor was abandoned and gradually submerged in the jungle, until a French naturalist named Henri Mouhot discovered the Angkor ruins in the 1860s. There are more than 600 Angkor monuments in existence, distributed in a forest covering an area of ??45 square kilometers. Big Angkor and Little Angkor are its main components. There are many exquisite pagodas and numerous stone reliefs, which are spectacular. These pagodas are all built with huge stones, some of which weigh more than 8 tons. The pagoda is engraved with various forms of statues, some of which are several meters high and lifelike. In 1992, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee listed the entire Angkor monuments as a World Cultural Heritage.

Phnom Penh Royal Palace

Phnom Penh Royal Palace

Phnom Penh Royal Palace (Royal Palace) is also called the Four Arms Bay Grand Palace because it is located on the Upper Mekong River, Tonle Sap River, and Lower Mekong River. Named after the confluence with the Bassa River, it was built by King Norodom from 1866 to 1870. The palace is rectangular, 435 meters long and 402 meters wide, with a city wall outside. The architecture of the palace has traditional Khmer architectural style and religious color. The palaces all have spiers, which represent prosperity; the palace is painted in yellow and white, with yellow representing Buddhism and white representing Brahmanism. The palace was originally a wooden structure and was later rebuilt into a cement structure, but it maintained its original appearance. The main buildings in the palace are:

SilverPagoda, located in the wall on the left side of the palace entrance, is a Buddhist temple building covered with 5,000 silver tiles, each weighing 1 kilogram; inside The floor is also made of pure silver, hence the name Silver Pavilion. It was built in 1892 by King Nordom and later rebuilt in 1962. The treasures in the temple include a golden Buddha set with 9584 diamonds, weighing 90 kilograms, of which the heaviest diamond weighs 25 carats. There is a small pagoda on the right front of Silver Pavilion. On the platform inside is the footprints of Buddha brought from India. A white jade Buddha is enshrined in the pagoda on the hill behind the Silver Pavilion.

The Golden Palace is the place where kings are crowned, meet with state guests, hold religious ceremonies and accept letters of credence from foreign envoys. Members of the Senate, Congress and government also take the oath of office here.

The Bojani Pavilion, also known as the Royal Banquet Hall, is the main place for performing palace ballet. The king also held dinners and received public representatives here.

Kemaling Palace is the later residence of King Sihanouk and Monineath Monineath, and is also used to receive foreign heads of state who come to Cambodia for official visits.

The Moonlight Tower is located on the main gate tower of the palace. It is named because there are no walls around it and the moonlight pours into the hall at night. It is used for the king's enthronement, major celebrations and state banquets.

Independence Monument

The Independence Monument is located at the intersection of Norodom Avenue and Sihanouk Avenue. It was built to commemorate Cambodia's independence from French colonial rule on November 9, 1953. establish. Completed in March 1958, it is 37 meters high and has 7 floors. There are 100 snake gods (symbols of Cambodian culture) on it. Every year on Independence Day, the Cambodian king or his representative will hold a grand celebration here. Many visiting foreign heads of state also come here to lay wreaths.

Tashan

Tashan is also called Ta Tsai Mountain. It is a small mountain and is the birthplace of Phnom Penh. According to legend, in ancient times, a woman named "Ben" drifted here along the Mekong River due to floods. She picked up a Buddha statue and enshrined it on a hill. Later, she built a temple here, filled with believers and pilgrims, and gradually developed into a prosperous town, so it was named It is "Bai Nang Ben", which means "Ben Madam's Mountain", and local overseas Chinese translate it as "Phnom Penh". The pagoda is about 100 meters high. There is a statue of Mrs. Ben on the top of the pagoda. The incense is burning all day long. It is one of the symbols of Phnom Penh.