small and exquisite palace of the queen
Speaking of Cambodia Angkor, it is a topic that can be talked about: the magnificent and stunning miracle buildings are instantly annihilated and suddenly reappeared, and the heaven on earth instantly becomes hell on earth; from the merciful Khmer smile of Bayon Temple to the judgment of fate of the twelve zodiac signs; from the observation destiny of the observatory of thousands of horses to the expedition of wars in all directions to the expansion of territory; the three realms of hell, the earth and heaven, etc. These are the historical books of Cambodia Angkor dynasty , and it is also the proof of the civilization of human beings to create miracles.
Khmer smiles at Bayon Temple in Angkor Town, there are 196 Khmer smiles with compassion in Bayon Temple.
The king's observatory is an important place for important festival celebrations and troops to go on war.
zodiac tower is used to detain prisoners. If the prisoner is not eaten or killed by the animals detained together within the specified time, he will be released from guilt.
The sunrise in Little Angkor, the reflection of the Angkor Tower in the Lotus Pond in the West Square seems particularly mysterious.
Among the more than 900 buildings of all sizes built during the Angkor Dynasty, although only more than 600 are left, they are all excellent masterpieces. One of the most exquisite Queen's Palace may not be ranked among the Angkor complex, but it can be called " Angkor Art Diamond ". It has become a must-visit place for Angkor travel in Cambodia, based on meticulous craftsmanship.
The main entrance of the Queen's Palace
This "Queen Palace" was built over 35 years. is small and exquisite and meticulously crafted into a stunning work , but it was not built to please the queen, and the queen has never lived in it. So who was it built for?
Demon King Lavana challenged Shiva
Two elephants sprayed holy water for Shiva's second wife Pafanti
Queen's Palace stunning carving is Hindu story allusion , it can be called a Hindu epic. Does it hide a secret for thousands of years?
1. The architecture of the Queen's Palace
Looking at the Queen's Palace from outside the three-story wall, the scale is too small.
The architectural direction of the Queen's Palace is east-west: facing east. During the Angkor Dynasty in Cambodia, he believed in Brahmanism and Hinduism, worshipped the East, and believed that the East was the direction of rebirth and auspiciousness. The West represented death. The West faced east became the main direction of all buildings during the Angkor Dynasty. Only the direction of the Small Angkor was east-west. Therefore, Small Angkor was considered a "tomb temple" by the Cambodian Khmer people.
This is the core area of the Queen's Palace
In 967 AD, during the period when Rajendravarman ruled the Angkor Dynasty, the Queen's Palace began to break ground. It was not until 1002 when Jayavarman V was in power, that took 35 years of construction to complete .
Looking at the Queen's Palace from afar, it cannot show the exquisiteness of the amazing masterpiece, but it is shocking and exciting when you look close.
The center of the Queen's Palace is very small, only about 500 square meters, think about it? What is the concept of spending 35 years just building a building with only 500 square meters? Cambodian Khmer craftsmen have spent 35 years carefully carving each piece of red sandstone and carving it into a masterpiece of relief.
Horizontal wall door, with a luxurious and elegant shape.
Three pagodas of the Queen's Palace
The Queen's Palace is mainly composed of three central towers and a small library; a courtyard with three walls is built inside and outside, and the three central towers are located in the center of the innermost courtyard; a shrine about 70 meters long is built from the outer wall to lead to the main tower, and dozens of columns representing the masculine energy are set up on both sides of the shrine; the small library is located on both sides of the shrine, and a moat is built on the outer side, and the construction pattern is somewhat similar to other constructions of Angkor; the entire construction pattern is neat and harmonious, but the scale is indeed too small.
The carving shape of the door arch is amazing, and the middle part is the scene of the Hindu Indra sitting upright on three elephants.
column edge flower lines carved the battle between Garura and the ocean monster Margara, stirring up layers of waves.
Does the pattern of this stigma look very familiar? Many Roman stigma patterns I see now are like this. Does ancient Roman religious beliefs have intersections with Hinduism?
The patterns of each column and column head are different, and even the decorative shapes of the columns vary greatly, with exquisite craftsmanship!
This ridge eaves are carved so exquisitely
Destruction God Shiva held his wife Uma and rode the bull Nandi together. Nandi is the mount of Lord Shiva.
The entire Queen's Palace is carved everywhere. The places you see are exquisite three-dimensional reliefs. The statues of the fairy "Ap Sara" can be seen everywhere on the walls on the exterior walls. The door heads, ridges, eaves, and flying corners are all exquisite three-dimensional sculptures. Even all the building bases are not spared. They are carved with decorative patterns. The closer you look, the more shocking it is. It is worthy of being the amazing building of !
2. The origin of the name "Queen Palace"
This is the second floor door of the Queen's Palace. From here you can enter the core area of the Queen's Palace.
The Queen's Palace is small and extremely feminine. It is indeed like the Queen's Palace, and more like the emperor's big object to please the Queen, but these guesses are wrong, and the answer may subvert your perception!
Every place in the Queen's Palace is a masterpiece of Angkor Khmer culture
There was no queen in the Angkor dynasty in Cambodia, so where did the "Queen's Palace" come from? Where is the palace where the queen lives? But if the queen really lives, it should not be called the "Queen Palace". There must be a secret here? Who is this building of human miracle for?
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It turns out that the original name of the Queen's Palace is Tribhuvanamahesvara, which is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god of destruction "Shiva". Shiva is one of the three main gods of Hindu . It has no meaning of the Queen's Palace at all, nor has the taste of a woman at all. Instead, there are many representative "pillow" worship elements, such as dozens of "pillow" columns on both sides of the Shinto. The main passage at the interior door represents the intercourse of men and women in many places, which means Shiva's strong reproductive ability, and is also called " God of Life "; from this point of view, the Queen's Palace is not the palace where the Queen lives at all!
Two elephants sprayed holy water for Shiva's second wife Pafanti
Why is it called "Queen's Palace" now? Now called "Banteay Srei", also known as Banteay Srei Temple, which means "Women's Castle". It has no original meaning at all. What causes misinformation? Some people say it is because the carvings here are exquisitely like works of women, some people say it is because many statues of fairy "Apshara" are carved in the temple, and some people say it is a name mistakenly named by the French... These all misrepresent and misinterpreted the original intention of the original builder. No matter what the reason for the name was mistakenly named, let's regard "Queen's Palace" as a name of this great building! Don't interpret it by name.
male patriarch statue Buddha niche
3. The Queen's Palace is a Hindu epic
Every wall, every corner, every eaves, every pillar, etc. of the Queen's Palace are all exquisite sculptures and carvings.
The religious beliefs of the Angkor dynasty in Cambodia range from Brahmanism and Hinduism to Buddhism. Therefore, cultural relics and shadows of various religious systems can be found throughout the Angkor complex. In the Queen's Palace, it is mainly Hinduism. From the doorhead, walls and all the exquisite carvings, you can see the classic stories from the Indian epic " Mahabharata " and "Ramayana".
1, Garua and Naga
Five-head Naga lintel three-dimensional relief
Garua statue at the corner of the lintel
Beautiful and exquisite roof and wall sculptures.
Ocean Monster Morgala bit Garula's feet
Garula's feet at the corner of the eaves were bitten by Ocean Monster Morgala
Five-headed Naga three-dimensional sculpture
According to the Internet: Naga in local mythology in Cambodia - According to legend, kaundinya, the founding emperor of the Hunshi Dynasty of Funan dynasty, began to find a kingdom under the guidance of the dream. He kidnapped and married the Queen of Funan Liuye , thus obtaining that kingdom. Later, this story is narrated in terms of words that more in line with Indian traditions, Brahmin kaundinya married Naji Soma, daughter of King Nāga, and established the Funan Kingdom. The Khmers who inherited the empire of Funan and later adopted this story as their official myth, so the theme of Naga dominated their decorative art.
Roof tiles and corner Garuda three-dimensional sculpture
"Mahabharata": According to legend, Garuda and Naga are half-parents, and because of the bet between their mothers, they have been enemies for generations. Later, Garula became one of the three major Hindu gods, the mount of the guardian god "Vishnu", which feeds on the Naga snake tribe.
The main tower passage is delicate and vivid, and all Hindu elements can be found.
In the eaves of the Queen's Palace and the corners of the roof of the tile, the exquisite carvings of Garula and Naga can be seen. Garula often appears at the same time as Naga, standing on Naga's head, holding the Naga's god snake, and there are also three-headed and five-naga appearing.
2. The devil Lavana challenged God Shiva
Devil Lavana challenged God Shiva
Devil Lavana is a monster with 10 heads and 20 hands. After several fierce battles with Indra, he defeated God Shiva, and he took advantage of the victory to challenge God Shiva (Shiva). There are two wives, the eldest wife is Uma Uma, and the second wife Parvati), Lavana vigorously shook Shiva's serene mountain in the retreat, but ended up scaring Shiva's second wife. Shiva held his second wife Parvati to fight Lavana, trapped Lavana under the mountains, and then exiled Lavana on Lanka Island. But later, the cunning Lavana still abducted Sita, the wife of Prince Rama . What's wrong? Rama would never let Lavana go, so his brother Rashman called the monkey king Sugalipo and the monkey Hanuman to summon the monkey army, and after several battles, they killed the demon king Lavana and saved Sita. This story becomes a brilliant clip from Ramayana.
3, Black Sky Fight in Dharah
"Black Sky Fight in Dharah" on the main tower of the Queen's Palace
"Hali Lineage": Black Sky (an incarnation of Vishnu) was a shepherd boy when he was young. He told people not to sacrifice to Indra, but to sacrifice to himself (Indra's status was extremely high in the initial Hinduism, and later the three great gods Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma rose, and Indra's status gradually ranked below them). When God Indra knew about it, he was furious and rained heavily to destroy the forest. Hei Tian and his brother Balarama invited Vulcan Agni to fight Indra together. The Vulcan Agni helped to shoot arrows into the sky to fight Indra.
Indra riding three elephants is exerting her divine power and causing heavy rainstorms.
Invite the god of fire in the dark sky to shoot arrows to resist the rain, and protect nature and the people.
This story comes from the Hindu "Mahabharata", which was introduced into the Queen's Palace and carved here. Is it related to the rainy season in Cambodia? Cambodia has only two seasons a year: rainy season and dry season. The weather in these two seasons is extreme. In order to cope with the overflow of rain in the rainy season and the severe drought in the dry season, the people of the Angkor dynasty established a scientific water conservancy system. The development of the Angkor dynasty also benefits from this water conservancy system. Is this a natural cooperation?
The guard of the Queen's Palace
Shiva's mount bull Nandi was damaged, leaving only her lower body, which is a pity!
The Queen's Palace is exquisite and delicate, and the rhythmic design of the pillars conforms to the laws of aesthetics, giving people a beautiful enjoyment.
Monkey Guard in the Queen's Palace
Lion-faced Guard in the Queen's Palace Narosingha
The purpose of the Queen's Palace was carefully carved and built not to please the Queen, but to worship the Hindu God Shiva , which is a temple that prays for the Khmer dynasty and the Khmer people.
There are too many exquisite sculptures in the Queen's Palace. Each picture is a story. All quotes the Hindu epics "Mahabharata" and "Ramayana". You can watch slowly and appreciate the Queen's Palace. It is indeed endless to watch and the more you look, the more you feel. The viewing of each picture is to read the Hindu epics. These are the thousand-year codes left by the Queen's Palace for future generations. allows people tens of millions of years to decode the customs and religious beliefs of their predecessors and enlighten the future .
0 thousand years ago, the exquisite carving art of the Angkor Khmer people, the shuttle between time and space has not wiped you out. The dust and moss of history are your company, and today you are still wonderful.
Thousand years of time have changed. Whether you are in the palace of the Queen's Palace or lying quietly in the grass, your artistic essence still shines everywhere. This is the charm of art.
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