Is Angkor's relief carved in stone or clay? -I believe there are many secrets in this world.

/kloc-in the 0/2nd century, King Suliye Pomo II of Zhenla took Angkor as the capital and believed in Vishnu. Dibharata, a Brahmin priest who crowned the king, designed a national temple dedicated to Vishnu for the king and named it Vishnu Temple. However, some experts and scholars believe that Angkor Wat is the imperial tomb of Suliye Pomo II. There are three reasons: first, Angkor wat faces east, while Angkor wat is just the opposite; According to the research of Dutch archaeologist Bosch, the funeral custom in India and Java is that the cemetery building faces west, while the sacrificial temple faces east. 2. The reliefs of Angkor Wat Gallery are arranged counterclockwise, just in line with the direction of Hindu funeral cemeteries. 3. Suliye Bamo II in Angkor Wat Gallery looks like Vishnu, which means that he will ascend to heaven and become a permanent resident of Vishnu Temple. /kloc-In the 4th century, Angkor Wat was changed into a Buddhist temple.

The circular statue on the abutment of Angkor Wat is heavy and dull, but it is not excellent, but the relief is extremely exquisite and realistic. The inner wall of Angkor Wat cloister and its columns, stone walls, cornerstones, window lintels and railings are covered with reliefs. Its content is mainly about the legend of Vishnu, a great Hindu god, which is based on Indian epics Mahabharata and Ramayana and Hindu myth The Sea of Milk. There are also secular scenes such as wars, royal trips, cooking, handicrafts and agricultural activities. Decorative patterns are based on animals and plants. The cloister around the base of Daxiong Hall 1 floor is called a relief cloister, which is 800 meters long and 2 meters high. These relief techniques are skillful, the scenes are complex, the characters are vivid and vivid, and the overlapping levels show far-reaching space, which can be called masterpieces in the history of world art. Looking out from the cloister, there are many beautiful reliefs on the wall, which are said to symbolize the descent of fairies. With the carving technology thousands of years ago, it is wonderful to portray the fairy so vividly, and each statue has different expressions, manners and clothes.

The temples in Angkor Wat are complex in architecture, grand in layout, symmetrical in shape, simple and solemn in design, and gorgeous and exquisite in details. All buildings are built of sand and gravel, and there is no mortar or other adhesive between the stones, and they are completely combined by smooth surfaces and their own weight. At that time, masons probably didn't master the technology of arch coupons, so there was no big hall in Angkor Wat, the stone doorway was narrow and dark, and the artistic decoration was mainly concentrated outside the building. Angkor's exquisite architecture is amazing, but in the15th century, people suddenly went to this city, and in the following centuries, it was almost completely covered by Lin Mang wasteland.

/kloc-in the 0/9th century, before the French naturalist Muo discovered this relic, even the local residents in Cambodia knew nothing about it. It is said that the culture of any nation has its continuity, not to mention that Angkor is a dynasty that has flourished for 600 years and has a population of more than one million. But its culture was suddenly interrupted and soon disappeared in the long river of history. Many experts and scholars are puzzled by this, which can not help but remind people of Mayan culture and Indian-Ann culture that seem to suddenly disappear.

The Angkor Dynasty was founded by the Zhenla people under the rule of Fu Nan until 800 AD.

Angkor Wat, also known as Xiaowuge Cave, is the best preserved temple building in the whole Angkor site. Another well-preserved Angkor site is Angkor City, also known as the Great Angkor Wat, which is a palace building of the Khmer Empire. Angkor Wat is known as one of the four wonders of the East. The existing monuments of Angkor Wat mainly include Angkor Wat (the Great Angkor Wat) and Angkor Wat (the Little Angkor Wat). Angkor was founded in 802 AD and completed in 120 1 year, which lasted for 400 years. 143 1 After the Siamese army invaded in, Angkor was severely damaged and the dynasty was forced to move its capital to Phnom Penh. There are more than 600 Angkor monuments, which are distributed in forests with an area of 45 square kilometers. The Great Angkor Wat and the Small Angkor Wat are its main components, among which there are many exquisite pagodas and numerous stone carvings, which are very spectacular. These pagodas are all built with huge stones, some of which weigh more than 8 tons. 1992, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee listed the entire Angkor site as a world cultural heritage.

A UN official once said that he was worried that Angkor would be taken back by nature again and retreated into the jungle. This kind of worry is not unreasonable. The lush tropical rain forest is slowly tearing apart Angkor buildings.

The above words are basically based on the existing information, and some paragraphs may give people a guess: the circular statue on the abutment of Angkor Wat is heavy and dull, but it is not excellent, but the relief is extremely exquisite and realistic.

-Are they in different manufacturing processes, such as mold turnover or clay sculpture? ? Taking the carving technology thousands of years ago as an example, it is amazing to portray the fairy so vividly that each statue has different expressions, demeanor and clothes.

-From an archaeological point of view, compared with the products of the late Cambodian civilization, are there any traces of fracture or continuation? ? All buildings are built of sand and gravel, and there is no mortar or other adhesive between the stones, and they are completely combined by smooth surfaces and their own weight. At that time, masons may not have mastered the technology of arch coupons, so there is no big hall in Angkor Wat Temple, the stone doorway is narrow and dark, and the artistic decoration is mainly concentrated outside the building.

-can it be said that the level of architectural technology and the level of culture and art at that time were still at different levels? ? Angkor's exquisite architecture is impressive, but in the15th century, people suddenly went to this city, and in the following centuries, it was almost completely covered by Lin Mang wasteland.

-this can't help but remind people of Mayan culture and Indian culture that seem to suddenly disappear.

Eight years ago, I wrote a large TV documentary "Lancang Mekong River" for CCTV. Although it was not adopted, I left these words and wanted to know about Angkor civilization:

Bird's-eye view of the rainforest from the air, a thick green covers the earth, and the hot air overturns the forest. Lin Tao's ups and downs are like the deep breath of the earth. The majestic Angkor Wat is looming, blending with the dense rainforest, which is more dignified and mysterious; This is the only ancient civilization relic built in the depths of the rainforest in the world. Climbing hundreds of steps in Angkor Wat can always reach the top of the tower. After thousands of years of ups and downs, the steps are still solid and flat; Standing at the top of the tower, you can see the size and shape of the whole Angkor; It's hard to imagine how the real wax man in ancient times created such a great miracle in the inaccessible rainforest. For a long time, experts have always believed that the main material for the construction of Angkor is stone, just like the ancient pyramids in Egypt and the Sun Temple in Maya, although they are confused about not finding an ancient quarry. However, the latest findings are surprising. It turns out that the main material for the construction of Angkor is bauxite, not stone. This is the first time that bauxite has been used as a permanent building material. Bauxite ore, as a natural geological component, is widely distributed all over the world. After smelting or replacement, few metal materials or chemical raw materials are extracted and directly used as building materials. Then the bauxite used in Angkor's construction must be made of special materials, so where is this bauxite produced? Experts have confirmed that there is no such bauxite in Cambodia and it can only come from other places; After several searches, I finally found the origin of bauxite, in Maitreya County, Xishuangbanna, China; The bauxite here was soft as mud when it was first dug out, and its plasticity was very good. Can be made into different volume specifications and shapes. After a certain period of oxidation, it will become as hard as rock, which is an ideal raw soil building material. The exquisite carving of Angkor architecture is a vivid expression of Buddhist stories by Brahman art, from which we can see that both religious cultures have far-reaching influence on Cambodia; Angkor art and modern art have many similarities and differences, and at that time, the European Renaissance had not yet begun; It is also amazing that after six or seven hundred years of ups and downs, many sculptures are still intact, which fully proves the excellent performance of bauxite building materials in corrosion resistance and weathering resistance, compared with the severely weathered stone Buddha statues in Maijishan Grottoes; And how did the real wax man in the Cambodian rainforest know about this bauxite building material? The huge water conservancy project around Angkor Wat can still be used today, and its function and design principle have been puzzling modern experts. Archaeologists and scholars are engaged in research here all the year round, and its civilized value is no less than the ancient pyramids in Egypt. For sightseeing, there is a expressway from Worry-Free to Angkor Wat, but the road that ancient people went in and out of Angkor Wat has not been found so far. Building such a big project requires huge manpower, financial resources and material resources, so how did people get here through the dense and difficult rainforest? Similarly, such a huge building complex also needs a lot of bauxite building materials. How does the real wax figure solve the traffic? Libo Waterfall blocks water traffic, and the only feasible way may be elephants, because elephants are suitable for rainforest life and have enough food; This is just a guess of later generations. Since it's so troublesome, why doesn't Angkor choose a more suitable place? Through the study of Angkor architecture, experts and scholars have also discovered its rich knowledge of astronomy and mathematics, and many disappearing civilizations have their own specialties in this field. What will this show?