What is there to do in Egypt? What are the cultural taboos in Egypt?

Go to Egypt to see the pyramids, the left tomb, the pharaoh's village, etc. Fully satisfy your curiosity and experience the scenery different from China. The raiders are ready for you. If you are excited, remember to save it.

Shanghai Pudong International Airport. The Qatar Airways flight that was supposed to take off in the middle of the night was delayed for nearly an hour, and finally flew into the clouds in sleepiness and surprise. My husband and I were confused and excited for a while, and arrived at the transit in Doha without much sleep. I didn't have time to look at the duty-free shop and the black-robed woman in the terminal at Doha Airport, so I hurried up the spiral staircase for the transfer. By this time, it was already daytime. Sitting in the window seat, enjoying the intertwining of blue sky, white clouds, clear sea water and yellow desert, with the book "Next Stop, Egypt", I was excited to get closer to Egypt and couldn't wait to get closer to her.

After more than ten hours of tossing, we finally arrived at our destination, Egypt. First stop was Luxor where we met our Egyptian guide Xiao He. He has curly hair and thick eyes. He is talkative, funny and knowledgeable. This excellent tour guide was the source of happiness for our group.

As soon as we arrived at Karnak Temple, my friends raised their cameras and started taking pictures. Xiao He said bluntly: Chinese people always like to take pictures when they arrive at their destination, but this time I wanted to listen to the story first in his country. We all laughed. He became serious again: You Chinese just like to take pictures, you don’t really want to know the story. So, we told him with practical actions and developed a good habit of listening to the story first, and began to listen carefully. The key is that his Chinese narration is very exciting, and he sometimes performs sitcoms, turning unfamiliar names into touching stories. In the afternoon, under the scorching sun, we listened to the story passionately and searched every obelisk, pillar, and mark of the Pharaoh. The feeling of being shocked by greatness can only be achieved by being there, and any words will be pale and feeble! (The more than 1,000 words of my inner feelings on that day are omitted below.)

There are local carriage rides and photo-taking services. Of course, Egyptian traders like to change their minds and the agreed prices will suddenly rise. Haha, they also sell papyrus paintings to tourists on the road - of course they are fake. Bid three dollars. When you saw that I was ignoring you, you asked: Japan? I said China. He suddenly became excited and said that he would only give the Chinese a beautiful knife and chased me with one knife after another, haha. This phenomenon is very interesting. Later we went to the Mena House Hotel in Cairo, where there are shops. I asked about the price of the clothes. He came up from where I came from and gave me a price, saying that the price the Chinese could get was cheaper. Ha ha.

The Valley of the Kings is a lifeless place. I marveled that there are two worlds on both sides of the Nile! There was once a beautiful paradise in stone and is a must-see attraction. I don’t want to go into details about the scenery and where the emperor’s tombs are located. Let me tell you a small episode: I need to be reminded that no matter where you go, you must change some change first. The vendors there are very kind and not too bad. At that time we saw a girl from a tour group buying a local map in Imperial Valley for $100. The vendor grabbed it and walked away without giving any change. Later, a group of people surrounded him and asked a local tour guide to solve the problem. How to say it? There are dishonest people everywhere. When you go out, safety is the most important thing.

South of Egypt is Nubia, which is the black people in my mind. Locals like to live in white houses, which are extremely quiet here against the backdrop of blue sky, white clouds and clear lake water. I love the Nile map that the locals sell. It can be folded and opened. There are scenic spots along the Nile River along the way. It seems to be sold only on that boat, but the same model is not available at the next few spots.

The Abu Simbo Trail is a fascinating place. I’ve been reading about it in books and on TV, but this time I can actually see it! From Aswan you need to get up in the middle of the night to get there. Early in the morning, all the cars of tourists going there were cleared by the police. Each car takes a police officer into the Sahara Desert. This is what you have to do for everyone's safety.

At night in the Sahara, it was so quiet that only the sound of speeding wheels could be heard. Soon, a red light appeared in the sky. Everyone in the car was so excited that they couldn't sleep. Because the sunrise is coming, the orange sunrise is instantly torn on the horizon, and I finally reach the rising red sun! That’s sunrise in the Sahara! Sunrise in the Sahara! Sunrise in the Sahara! Saying exciting things three times is not enough!

It was already dawn when we arrived at Abu Simbel. Lake Nasser just so euphemistically ignores her clarity in front of others and shines with beautiful light. Abu Simbor, who turned to worship, my God! I really want to sigh, I really want to sigh! Under her feet, I felt so small. By the way, there were Chinese-speaking tourists everywhere (proud Face.jpg)

I took the night train from Aswan to Cairo. This is the worst train I have ever been on. Xiao He said that this train is a tourist bus in the local area and is a good car specially driven for tourists. Okay, the space is small and dirty, but there's nothing to make do with it. When in town, do as the Romans do. I rolled up my big skirt to sleep, but couldn't sleep at all. So I got up, ordered two cans of Coke with my husband and tasted them. Haha, Egyptian Coca-Cola tastes the same!

Cairo is really congested and everyone is not very orderly. Xiao He said that almost every car had been hit and the traffic lights were like nothing. If something happens, everyone will basically get off the bus by themselves. If nothing happens, we will fix our own things.

Many houses don't have roofs because they don't have to pay taxes because they're not finished. So the whole city is a bit rustic. There is excitement and chaos. We ate at the local McDonald's once and everyone in the store looked at us curiously. Haha, I almost forgot that we are foreigners. Because it was evening, a few of us went out alone, so we finished our meal quickly and left. Well, the reason is for safety. Don't laugh at me.

I was excited that our hotel mena house was close to the pyramids. Egypt is a tipping place. It costs 1 Egyptian pound to go to the toilet and 1 Egyptian pound to take a photo with the locals (the price is not sure). The most important thing is that the camel on the edge of the pyramid cannot be ridden casually. No tour guide agrees with that price from the locals, but you can't empty your pockets.

We walked around the pyramids excitedly, and then, under the leadership of Xiao He, we went to the best shooting location and captured the three pyramids together. The Sphinx surrounded by tourists is suffocating and there are so many people. It feels like this place is no longer ancient, and it doesn't have the mystery I long for. I feel a bit reluctant to watch it. As for entering the inside of the pyramid, we thought it would be better to look outside. If we don't go in, it's best not to disturb the gods. Daring students can give it a try.

Night cruise on the Nile River, locals get married, and everyone gathers to see the bride. On the occasion of Chinese New Year, performers on the cruise ship performed "The Moon Represents My Heart" and Chinese people clapped their hands and sang loudly. Belly dancers are the most attractive. When she arrived, everyone stopped their knives and forks and stared with bated breath. Haha, many men were invited to dance, and some took photos on the spot. How to take photos, of course you have to pay!

Alexandria, a city by the sea, is cooler than other cities. Mediterranean Bride really lives up to its name and I love the full blue color. The grilled fish is really delicious. This is a must-eat dish. But traffic there is as chaotic as in Cairo. No exaggeration at all. I didn't have the courage to cross the road at all.

In the Summer Palace garden, we met a group of local young students skipping rope in the garden, and suddenly felt that Alexandria was an open city. When we watched them jump rope, they enthusiastically invited us to jump with them. Everyone was hesitant at first, and the reason was funny, because they were afraid they would ask for a tip. Please don't laugh at us for this, because tips are expected everywhere in Egypt and we have forewarned all invitations. However, they are very welcoming. One or two of us went together and were coaxed to jump rope. Everyone had a great time. Finally, take a photo with them. The point is: I don’t want tips at all. When they see Chinese people, they feel very friendly, curious, and want to be friendly. When we came back, everyone laughed at themselves all the way: tips are not required everywhere, but kind invitations and sincere friendship are also required!

Although it has been a long time since I went to Egypt, those little anecdotes and magnificent wonders still appear before my eyes from time to time. It is a land worthy of admiration, and many attractions are not listed in the article. I think if you have a chance, please go there and remember to bring a few cans of cooling oil, it will be popular!

I recently sorted through the photos from my trip to Egypt, lamenting once again the days that have passed away, and secretly glad that there was no raging Ebola virus to block our progress. Since Egypt swam over to pour water, let's come and pour water into the nest.

Viewing this country older than China from an altitude of 10,000 meters gives people the feeling of "squeezing through the foggy age" in Li Bai's poem. 95% of the land area is vast desert, surrounded by a winding river. It is this Nile River that gave birth to all the miracles and legends of this 7,000-year-old country!

After more than 15 hours of flight from Doha, it arrived at the beautiful city of Luxor. Shortly after leaving the airport, you can see the Karnak temple, the largest temple in the world. This stone temple, built 4,000 years ago, covers an area of ??500 acres and was built 1,300 years ago. First, the 134 giant pillars, 21 meters high and 3.5 meters in diameter, will make babies look like melons. This obelisk is 30 meters high and weighs 320 tons. It is carved from a piece of granite and reaches into the sky. The Chinese words are not strange, and the Egyptian temples are not strange. Before this, I had only known people to build "towers" specifically.

As an engineering student, of course everyone on Earth wants to know how this monument, which weighs more than 300 tons, was erected in an era without cranes. After the tour guide explained the pictures drawn on the ground, the babies were shocked again! It turns out that the ancient Egyptians carved the sand at the bottom of the stele up little by little. When a sloping pit appeared at the bottom, the stele could gradually stand upright after sliding down. By analogy, the seemingly incredible problem was solved. The 40 to 50 meter high temple walls are also some of the most spectacular in the world. Four years ago, I visited Angkor Wat. The five 60-meter-high stone towers are so beautiful that our Comrade Jiang Xun has been there 14 times. I wonder if it was built the same way? Finally here I saw the "live version" of the story of dripping water through stone.

After seeing the Great Temple, let’s look at the second temple, the Luxor Temple built by King Ramses II. This pharaoh married 8 queens, gave birth to more than 100 children, and lived to be 92 years old. At that time, the life span of Egyptians had exceeded 40 years, and his life was worthy of unremitting and in-depth study by the young men in the study. But there is a Sichuan fellow who is better than him. He has 12 wives, more than 300 descendants, and a daughter at the age of 91. This is Yang Sen, the warlord who built Chunxi Road. Seeing too many temples will make you feel tired.

Before the tour guide finished talking about this temple where polytheism, Islam, and Christianity coexist, I went to take pictures of local women.

At the end of the afternoon, I went to see the Queen Hassu Temple, which is the only three-story stone temple with simple lines. Surrounded by mountains, it tells the love story of a queen and an architect's lover. After seeing the temples and ancient ruins, we took a six-hour drive to the beautiful Red Sea Hotel.

When traveling abroad, you always encounter good weather. This time, the intoxicating sunset over the Red Sea collided with the stunning sunrise (however, its sunset and sunrise are both yellow, and it is still difficult to distinguish even if you look carefully). A large number of Russians and Western Europeans come here every year to enjoy the warm sunshine and beaches in winter, but Chinese tourists only account for 1/10 of Egypt's tourists.

There were two days of free travel in the Red Sea, and there were two major events on the phone in a row. First, the phone was lost on the beach. Finally, after many searches, I learned that the leader was a Russian tourist. The Egyptian tour guide who accompanied the group immediately caught up with the Russian "aircraft thief" who was trying to leave the island, and returned my phone to Wei within half an hour. . For the sake of this new idiom, I had to reveal my last name. Here, I would like to thank our great Egyptian guide King Arthur - (the comrade wearing sunglasses in the picture below, you can make up a scene of him chasing the Russian suspect), and also take a peek at our humorous, handsome and fluent Chinese director Wang Background: He is a classmate of the Egyptian guide who received Yu

Clean beach, bottomless sea water, and beauties in bikinis. In addition, after the phone was recovered, my blx calmed down instantly. I didn't formally learn calligraphy at that time, so I wasn't as calm as I am today. Fishing with squid as bait on the Red Sea cruise was a great time for friends. Although I didn't move a hair for two hours, I still cheered for my partner's salty fish.

Then the snorkeling started, and I rushed into the sea with my "Samsung" mobile phone in a waterproof case (although note7 had not yet come out at that time, the ending was equally miserable). Schools of fish were swaying in front of my eyes. I was changing various swimming styles and angles to take pictures of this wonderful underwater world. Just when I was about to feel happy, misfortune came quietly.

The buttons on mobile phones with waterproof cases began to malfunction. Be sure to take photos of the underwater world. I got out of the water, adjusted the waterproof cover, and then got back into the water. Knowing it's this time makes me want to cry. I can't press this button and it will freeze. After landing, work for a while. Occasionally it can be turned on, but the battery can no longer be charged. At this point, only the entity "Samsung" is left, and I say byebye to WeChat. Only when I returned to the repair shop did I realize that the waterproof case my friend bought on Taobao couldn't withstand the corrosion of seawater at all. The metal piece of my phone's charging port is rusty. It seems that for the safety of mobile phones, it is better not to buy plastic "condoms" online (the condoms with a little red in the picture below). It is recommended to use a waterproof case for underwater photography.

On the fourth day, get up and trek for 6 hours to enter the Cairo Museum. It's an eye-opener. Hundreds of thousands of treasures are sleeping among them, especially the collection of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, who died young, which supports more than half of the museum. I stood in front of those golden slippers and exquisite handicrafts and lingered for a long time. I couldn't believe they were made by ancient people 3500 years ago, but I was surprised. It is said that this is only a small part of the Egyptian cultural relics, and there are still a large number hidden in underground warehouses. The world's largest museum will soon be built on the edge of the pyramid. I couldn't take pictures in the museum, so I took a few blind shots. You'll see.

As soon as you walk out of the splendid and shocking museum and walk into the streets of Cairo, you will be stunned by a scene for a long time. This is a capital that can be described as "dirty and messy". Although the tour guide had been vaccinated many times in advance, the children were still shocked by the sight before them: garbage was raging on the streets and rooftops, and residential buildings were basically unfinished buildings (because they will be taxed after completion). The traffic lights have almost the same shape and are directed by traffic police, but they are all eggs. Later I learned that the monthly salary of Egyptian policemen is 500 yuan, which is half of the income of national civil servants. If these traffic police knew how "Hong Kong" China's urban management is, they would definitely complain a lot.

Why did the ancient civilization fall to this point? The 46-meter-high pyramid, the 320-ton obelisk, the 45-meter-long sun boat without nails, the 120-meter-high Lighthouse of Alexandria, the world's largest Library of Alexandria, and papyri made by Cai Lun as early as 2000. These ruled the earth for several years. Why is the glorious civilization now blown away by the rain?

Looking back at Egypt's 6,000-year history, the glory of the first 3,000 years was followed by the bullying of the last 3,000 years. From the 11th century BC to 1922, due to its important strategic position, Egypt was successively ruled by Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Macedonia, ancient Rome, Arabia, Turkey, France and the United Kingdom. Countless precious cultural relics were looted to the British Museum and the Louvre Museum, and dozens of obelisks known as "Cleopatra's Needle" were shipped to European powers and the United States. They also witnessed the obelisk being looted by the British and French. In the course of 3,500 years of history, these stone tablets, which have accompanied mankind from primitive society to the space age, have witnessed all loyalty and betrayal, war and killing, rise and fall in the world.

Hieroglyphics became extinct 1,500 years ago. Now everyone in Egypt speaks Arabic, and occasionally English and French. When writing was no longer used, the ancient Egyptian civilization was completely "dead".

People of later generations only know how to enjoy the benefits brought by the glorious antiquities of their ancestors. 12.6% of Egypt's population is supported by tourism. Thinking of the mess I saw in front of Qin Shihuang's servants the year before last, I can't help but lament that the longer the history goes, the more people will be supported by their ancestors.

The day before I left, I visited Alexandria and the ruins of the Alexandria Lighthouse. This city, known as the Bride of the Mediterranean, obviously felt much more beautiful than Cairo after it was managed by the Romans. In the evening, visit the historic Hariri Night Market, where there are many small commodities, mostly made in China. I picked out a few boxes of glass bottles and bought some old silverware from an old man. I went back to China to find an expert for appraisal, and my friend said that the badge logo should be a hundreds of years old product, which finally made my decision about blx more reliable.

On the last day, I saw the magnificent pyramids and the Sphinx. The Pyramid of Khufu, built with 2 million pieces of limestone weighing 63 tons, is always an excellent stage for people to use their imagination. Aliens, nuclear reactor wreckage, let go of these brain holes first. Among the "concrete pouring theory", "outside ramp theory" and "inside ramp theory", I personally predict that the second type of outside ramp theory using levers and rolling logs is the most reliable. Can I predict this ancient mystery in my lifetime?

When traveling to the Pyramids, pay attention to some local tips. Because the old Arab man in the picture was chased for tips, he finally got rid of the entanglement at the cost of two boxes of cooling oil. In order to show off the indigo dye scarf that my friend gave me before returning to China, I made a desperate leap in front of the pyramid. After visiting the pyramids, I went to the city to see a mosque full of books and the hanging Christian church where Jesus took refuge in Egypt.

Of course, you should buy souvenirs after your visit. Essence and papyrus are representative souvenirs of Egypt. Papyrus existed 4,000 years ago. The Egyptians used its stems as pens, mixed black ash and mucus with water to make ink, and invented the world's earliest pens, ink and paper. Maybe the Egyptians didn't invent it because they thought our stone inkstones were too stingy compared to the pyramids. Egyptian papyrus has a long history, but its production process has been lost for nearly two decades. It was not until 1970, when Egyptian Ambassador to China Ragab transplanted Sudanese papyrus to Egypt and used Chinese papermaking technology as a reference, that paper came back to life.

After buying the papyrus, I asked the clerk to write my name on the pharaoh circle. After returning to China, I checked the word lookup table and realized that these words with many animals were not hieroglyphs, but letters. I finally understood the difficulty of deciphering these words. During the holidays I watched some documentaries about deciphering hieroglyphics. I learned about the Rosetta Stone, which has been seen by the public at the Cairo Museum. The three agreed words recorded on the tablet became the "only" source of material for the tricks of top English and French decipherers.

On September 27, 1822, a shy young man’s speech at a meeting of the French Academy of Letters became a watershed in the study of Egyptian hieroglyphics that lasted for centuries around the world. Before this day, people had no clue about the understanding of Egyptian writing. After this day, young people gave new life to ancient Egyptian writing more than a thousand years later.

Finally, the stamp bearing the young man's face will end as a tribute to the linguistic genius - Jean Fran? ois Champollion, who died young after deciphering the secret of thousands of years of writing!