The Stone Temples and Wooden Houses of Cambodia
History
That place has its own attraction, history. Along time ago, Angkor was one of the langest cities in the world and many people lived there. Angkor Wat was the temple and the capital city of one of the old Khmer kings from AD 802 to 1431, they were kings of the country which was later called Cambodia. It was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century in Yasodharapura.
In the late 13th century, Angkor Wat gradually moved from Hindu to Theravada Buddhist use, which continues to the present day. Angkor Wat is unusual among the Angkor temples in which although it was somewhat neglected after the 16th century, it was never completely abandoned. Iits preservation is due to the fact that its moat also provided some protection from encroachment by the jungle.
Cultural and religion
There were a lot of houses, which were made of the wood and many temple made of stone. The blocks were presumably put in place by a combination of elephants, coir ropes, pulleys and bamboo scaffolding.
Like all temple in Angkor, it was built as a Hindu “mountain” temple. “Mountain” temples were built to look like Mount Meru, the home of the Hindu gods. The five towers of Angkor Wat are the five mountain tops of Mount Meru. The walls of the temple are the smaller mountains around Mount Meru.
Lanscape
The temple stands on a terrace which raised higher than the city. It is made of three rectangular galleries rising to a central tower, each level higher than the last. Access to the temple is by an earth bank to the east and a sandstone causeway to the west; the latter, the main entrance, is a later addition, possibly replacing a wooden bridge. There are gopuras at each of the cardinal points; the western is by far the largest and has three ruined towers. Galleries run between the towers and as far as two further entrances on either side of the gopura often referred to as "elephant gates", as they are large enough to admit those animals. These galleries have square
That place has its own attraction, history. Along time ago, Angkor was one of the langest cities in the world and many people lived there. Angkor Wat was the temple and the capital city of one of the old Khmer kings from AD 802 to 1431, they were kings of the country which was later called Cambodia. It was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century in Yasodharapura.
In the late 13th century, Angkor Wat gradually moved from Hindu to Theravada Buddhist use, which continues to the present day. Angkor Wat is unusual among the Angkor temples in which although it was somewhat neglected after the 16th century, it was never completely abandoned. Iits preservation is due to the fact that its moat also provided some protection from encroachment by the jungle.
Cultural and religion
There were a lot of houses, which were made of the wood and many temple made of stone. The blocks were presumably put in place by a combination of elephants, coir ropes, pulleys and bamboo scaffolding.
Like all temple in Angkor, it was built as a Hindu “mountain” temple. “Mountain” temples were built to look like Mount Meru, the home of the Hindu gods. The five towers of Angkor Wat are the five mountain tops of Mount Meru. The walls of the temple are the smaller mountains around Mount Meru.
Lanscape
The temple stands on a terrace which raised higher than the city. It is made of three rectangular galleries rising to a central tower, each level higher than the last. Access to the temple is by an earth bank to the east and a sandstone causeway to the west; the latter, the main entrance, is a later addition, possibly replacing a wooden bridge. There are gopuras at each of the cardinal points; the western is by far the largest and has three ruined towers. Galleries run between the towers and as far as two further entrances on either side of the gopura often referred to as "elephant gates", as they are large enough to admit those animals. These galleries have square