Mount Bakken is a hill 1.5 kilometers northwest of Angkor Wat, about 70 meters high and is the only commanding height nearby.

To the west of the mountain is the open westbaray, and in the jungle to the southeast is Angkor Wat. From the top of Bakken Mountain, you can overlook Angkor Wat from a high view. Outside Bakken Temple, there are rectangular trenches that are 650 meters long and 436 meters wide. It may be the waterproofing project of the old capital of Rolos for the new building.

Bakan Mountain is surrounded by trenches, symbolizing the Aral Sea surrounding Mount Sumeru, located in the center of the world in Indian mythology. Bakan Temple is built on a flat top. Miaoshan is a steep five-level base with a square shape, 13 meters high, and a base layer of 76 meters, shrinking layer by layer to 47 meters long; the steep Miaoshan symbolizes Mount Sumeru.

The five pagodas at the top of the temple mountain symbolize the five peaks of Mount Sumeru. There are five steep stone steps in the center of the four sides of the platform, each with ten levels, leading directly to the top platform of the temple. Each layer of stone steps is left and right, guarding a pair of sitting lions. Some of the stone lions are damaged and the appearance of the lion cannot be seen.

The 109 pagodas in Bakken Temple are arranged symmetrically according to strict geometric patterns: the five pagodas on the top floor are one in the middle, one in each of the four corners, such as five plum blossoms; the four corners of the square base of each floor of Miaoshan are placed, with a total of 20 corner towers; each of the four and five-story steps has a pair of pagodas standing on the left and right, and there are 40 pagodas in total.

There are 44 other pagodas surrounding Mount Limiao. When the Yuan Dynasty navigator Wang Dayuan visited Zhenla in the early 14th century, he called Bakken Temple "Baitazhou". More than 100 pagodas at that time were still golden pagodas. Today, many pagodas are incomplete.

Tabulon Temple is one of the largest buildings in the Angkor Wat complex. It includes 260 statues of gods, 39 minarets, and 566 palaces. Archaeologists decode a Sanskrit stone tablet in the temple and learned that Tabulon Temple covered 3,140 villages that year, and it took 79,365 manpower to maintain the operation of the temple, including 18 senior pastors, 2,740 officials, 2,202 assistants and 615 dancers.

There is a set of gold discs weighing more than 500 kilograms, 35 diamonds, 40,620 pearls, and 4,540 gems... As the most artistic remains of Angkor, the attraction of Tabulon Temple is that it is different from other temples. He is almost swallowed by the jungle.

It is said that the small door under the tomb raid is that Julie chased a little girl into the tomb drop entrance. The sun shone vaguely and exquisite relief. The green dip Tabulong Temple is another giant tree. The root system is enough to crush the hard drip stone. What a perfect fusion. The exit is the West Palace.

After being discovered by the French in the 19th century, the century-old tree had long entangled the temple tightly, so it gave up restoration and retained its original appearance. The roots of the tree continued to extend unceasingly, surrounding the eaves, exploring into the cracks of the rocks, and wrapped the old temple firmly. It was almost believed that the temple jumped out of the tree roots, and then they entangled it.

There are two types of trees here. The larger one is the kapok tree, which is thicker and light brown. It has roots with many boils. The smaller one is the strangled banyan tree, which is gray and thinner, but it is entangled everywhere.

Tapulun Temple has many palace walls and gates that are bounded by towering giant trees. The locals call the rhizomes of the snake tree (kapok), which run through beams, columns, rock cracks, eaves, doors and windows.

The giant trees grow in the gaps in the temple. The seeds germinate when they encounter water and have strong vitality. The fruits of birds peck at the tree distribute the seeds everywhere in the temple. The roots of the tree spread deep into the cracks of the building and spread in all directions, and the giant roots seize the dividing of the temple. This also witnessed the decline and decline of the Angkor civilization.

It was said that the French decided to give up renovation because the tree roots were too complicated and only repaired them to keep them in their original appearance. This formed a temple that was entrenched by huge tree roots today.

At the entrance, a tall four-faced Buddha stood facing him. When he entered the city gate, he could not see the ancient monuments. It felt like walking into a dense forest and walking along the path to Tapulun Temple. There was a tree with a body of two or thirty meters high and a large charred tree on the trunk. It is said that this is a plant called oil trees by the locals.

The reason for burning it is to let it drip oil as fuel for lighting the lamp, and as long as it is not too much, it can be endless, just like a natural gas station.

In addition to the amazing natural scenes, the various reliefs in the temple are also extremely brilliant. The temple worships the goddess of wisdom, which is said to be sculptured by Roman VII of Gayahoo based on his mother's appearance. In addition to the special mountain-shaped wall of the city, there are also many beautiful carvings, including the deeds of the Buddha, and the image of the goddess of earth Pudevi holding her hair petals.

There is also an extremely special building in Tapulun Temple called Killing Heart Tower, which was originally a special counseling room for the king. The special vertebral building design makes the echoes on both sides and the echoes in the middle. If you stand in the tower and lean against the wall and look up at the sky, and then pat your chest, a bright echo will be emitted in the entire tower.

Tabulang Temple is a temple built by Shayavarmo Seventh Emperor for his mother. It is a Buddhist temple. I wonder if this is related to the emperor's mother's devout belief in Buddhism. Items with Buddhist marks, from large temples to small bowls, are all harmonious and transparent.

I think King Yevarmo VII should be a meticulous, sensitive and gentle person. Under his auspices, Tabulun Temple not only reflects the spirit of Buddhism, but also fully utilizes the Khmer architectural language, and is in line with the identity of the owner. It is built softly, gorgeously and full of feminine atmosphere.

The architectural style of Tabulun Temple is the same as that of Bayon Temple, but it lacks a smile. Angkor Temple is gorgeous and Bayon Temple is gloomy. They are all gods and have no fireworks on earth. They are lively because of the participation of life. The entire temple is surrounded by huge trees, with dense roots like giant pythons, tightly entangled in everything they can grasp, and entangled with the ancient temple for thousands of years until it becomes one.

The giant trees at the entrance cover the sky and the sun, and the trees are so big that they are exaggerated. The temples that should have been very magnificent are now cushioned by big trees. Perhaps only such a huge natural force can compete with the Buddha. These trees have taken hundreds of years to entangle; they penetrate the stone towers and corridors that are considered unbreakable, and are slowly wrapped.

The temple is buried. Buddha also has the helplessness of Buddha. Yun Luo has to sigh at the tenacity of vitality. From sprouting to squeezing through the cracks of the rocks to finally stretching out his body, the endless life is as worthy of awe as the Buddha. Gods are nurtured between heaven and earth, and spirits are also reproduced. They have been intertwined here for centuries, creating such a brilliant scene, and charmingly painted Angkor with a mysterious makeup.

The tropical climate makes its growth particularly powerful. The roots of the tree are like an open hand and then penetrate deep into the land. The branches extend high towards the sky, and some are inserted into lower guardrails to break and fall.

Those hollow trees have no leaves, only pale branches. The existence of stones makes it very difficult for them to breathe, as if they are dead, but they will regain vitality when the rainy season comes. After hundreds of years, the jungle gradually covers it, and more stones are cut by the trees, and it becomes even more dilapidated in the war.

Since this is the case, people have not forgotten it. In the past, many people who were so poor that they had nothing to do without mercy, cut off the Buddha's heads in exchange for life. Now, tourists have climbed and climbed over here, making pictures, thus attracting more people.

In order to protect the exquisite statues from being destroyed more, cultural relics protection organizations from various countries came and removed the trees that grew too tall. By the way, the precious trees in the jungle were cut down and made into furniture and floors in the gardens of the rich. In the hotels they stayed, all rooms made of ant wood from the ceiling to the floor were made of ants, and even the lamp holders were made of wood.

If the temple is very quiet, if you sit in the shade after a cool rain, you may hear the conversation between the trees and the stones. Unfortunately, the noise of tourists on the ground broke all this.

Like any scenic spot in China, everyone is competing for whom moves faster and scrambling to take photos with those entangled trees. In fact, it is just the feet of the tree. Looking up, the ancient trees are towering. The stage that once joyful and glorious has become a ruin. The temple has been dilapidated and rocks are crisscrossing.

It seems that the scenery that has been entangled with trees and stones for hundreds of years cannot defeat human greed. I don’t know how many movies can be made here, how many people’s worries can be kept, how many knees can be broken, or the few lucky people left, can also listen to a sad song.

The Holy Sword Temple was renovated from 1927 to 1932. It was built in the 12th century by Koyavarman VII to worship his father. It is said that Great Angkor Thom was being built at that time, and it became the king's temporary residence, which was where he held worship and reading. There is an inscription in the temple written by the son of Koyavarman VII.

The Holy Sword Temple is large in scale, with its rectangular walls of 800 meters long and 700 meters wide. There are four roads leading to the temple. At the entrance of the temple, several gods and Asuras holding long snakes in their hands stirring the milk sea. On the east and west sides, there is a long sandstone rock lotus wall. There were Buddha statues on the lotus, but they were destroyed when the Shiva School presided over it.

There is a two-story building at the east entrance of the Holy Sword Temple. According to legend, this house is used to store the Holy Sword. Its circular pillars resemble the Mediterranean architectural style. Starting from the central Holy Shrine, four narrow corridors extend in various directions and have vaults. On the west and back of the Holy Sword Temple, there are shrines of Vishnu and Shiva respectively.
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