In recent years, more and more Chinese people have traveled abroad, and the countries that travel most are naturally our neighboring countries. Among them, the cheap and warm Southeast Asian countries are the first choice of many Chinese people. As a country in Southeast Asia, Ca

In recent years, more and more Chinese people have traveled abroad, and the countries that have traveled the most are naturally our neighboring countries. Among them, the cheap and warm Southeast Asian countries are the first choice of many Chinese people. CambodiaAs a country in Southeast Asia, it also attracts millions of Chinese people to go on vacation every year. For most tourists who go to Cambodia, the world cultural heritage Angkor Wat will be the first must-visit attraction.

Angkor Wat, as a relic of a superior civilization, has extremely high humanistic and historical value. At the same time, the large number of exquisite buildings and sculptures are definitely rare treasures in the history of human civilization. However, compared to the Great Wall of China, the Forbidden City, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre in France, and other attractions that are familiar to everyone around the world, the popularity of Angkor Wat is obviously It's worse.

Many people have never heard of Angkor Wat before going to Cambodia. Even if many people have heard of it, they only know the name at most and have no idea what sacred place it is. Of course, this is understandable. After all, Cambodia is a small and unknown country. If it didn’t have some historical connections with China and had relatively close ties with China in recent years, many people might not know that such a country exists. For such a country that has little presence in the international community, its famous attractions are naturally not particularly well-known.

But if you want to talk about the status of an attraction in a country and in the minds of the people of that country, Angkor Wat is definitely second to none. Among the hundreds of world cultural heritage sites selected by and by the United Nations, Angkor Wat in Cambodia is definitely not the most famous, but it is definitely the one with the highest status. You know, the image of Angkor Wat is directly designed in the Cambodian flag, and it is still placed in the center of the flag as the main image.

The national flag is the symbol of a country and region and the first symbol displayed by a country in international relations. More than 200 countries and regions in the world each have their own flags. Each flag has a different meaning and carries a country's historical development process and hopes for the future. But among these many flags, only the Cambodian flag is designed with the image of a scenic spot as the main design. This also shows how important Angkor Wat is in Cambodia.

Today's Cambodia has a land area of ​​only 180,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to my country's Guangdong Province, and its population is only about 16 million, only one million more than Guangzhou. But in history, Cambodia was once a great empire across Southeast Asia. Cambodia during the Khmer Empire covered almost the entire Southeast Asia and was divided into 54 provinces. It is the most glorious, prosperous, civilized and largest ancient dynasty in the history of Southeast Asia.

Angkor Wat is the representative building of the Khmer empire, so the Angkor Wat symbol on the Cambodian flag today represents the most glorious stage of Cambodian history. The central attraction of Angkor Wat is the Angkor temple, the prototype building for the iconic symbol on the Cambodian flag. The entire cluster of ancient Angkor buildings is an ancient royal city covering more than 400 square kilometers. At its peak, nearly one million people lived here.

In addition to playing an important role in the hearts of the Cambodian people as the site of the most glorious Khmer civilization in history, the prosperity of tourism brought by Angkor Wat today has also greatly benefited the Cambodian people. Cambodia as a whole has a population of just over 10 million, and 2.59 million foreign tourists visited Angkor Wat in 2018. Among them, 1.12 million were Chinese tourists. These numbers are still rising year by year.

Angkor Wat is completely free for Cambodian people, but the ticket price for foreign tourists is US$37 for one day, US$62 for three days, and US$72 for seven days. After a year, this is already a considerable amount of income. Not to mention the development of tourism that Angkor Wat has brought to the entire country.At least in the GDP growth rate of more than 7% that Cambodia has maintained in recent years, Angkor Wat has definitely made a lot of contributions. According to estimates from the Cambodian Ministry of Tourism, Cambodia will receive 7 million international tourists by 2020, creating at least 1 million jobs and 5 billion US dollars in revenue.

Today’s Cambodia is no longer one of the poorest countries in the world as rated by the United Nations, and has embarked on a path of rapid development. Angkor Wat has also made a great contribution. Such a tourist attraction, the Cambodian people How could you not love it?

On the streets of Cambodia, we often see various designs and signs based on Angkor Wat. Even the local people’s favorite beer is Angkor brand beer, and Angkor is the English name of Angkor, and its trademark is natural It is also symbolized by Angkor Wat.

China has many ancient monuments and many world cultural heritage sites rated by the United Nations. Each province has its own representative attractions. Some tourist souvenir products also have their own characteristics. For example, souvenirs from Shaanxi are mostly based on the symbols of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, and souvenirs from Beijing are mostly based on the Great Wall and Forbidden City. However, it is difficult to buy products based on the Great Wall in tourist souvenir shops in Shaanxi, and vice versa. But it's different in Cambodia. You can see commemorative products with some images from Angkor Wat as symbols in any tourist store across the country.

Angkor Wat is in Siem Reap , but in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, in the palace where the current king lives, you can still see a small model of Angkor, and it is still in a very conspicuous position outside the main hall.

Along with the fall of the Khmer Empire, Angkor Thom was buried in the tropical jungle for more than five centuries. It was not discovered until the 19th century by a French naturalist. Once discovered, it shocked the world.

Today, Cambodia is peaceful and stable, and its economy is also booming. Angkor Wat has increasingly become a historical site and tourist attraction that all Cambodian people are most proud of.