Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Smile on the face of the Khmer (an essay)-the Golden Lotus Angkor out

Angkor (Angkor Wat) is always a heart cannot erase the knot, you never start, up to now. Therefore, I decided to take out Angkor alone for a piece of writing. This is not the feelings of the day, nor the moment's taste, from I in Siem Reap in every moment etched.

Stroll around the Angkor small circle of the day, our plan is to go to Angkor to see the sunrise.

However people counted as day, dawn, cochineal clouds, a morning waiting for Clark. This is my second time in the distance the empty sky terrace of Angkor. Landmark five root tip Tower straight stands around getting low residual Tower, the rapid spread of buildings, the exhibition features an exquisite architectural aesthetics.

Can't imagine Angkor discoverer Henry omuo when first saw Angkor.

According to his diaries, that the dispersal of the mist during the day, five Tower remains of the air, "I feel heart trembling, at this point, you can feel with adoring gaze quietly, you have no way to combine a Word to praise this architectural history and wonderful scenery. "Why would chill the heart, I do not know. Perhaps lies close to travel to the jungle, emergent goal that he is not prepared, perhaps the long-abandoned by God, let him smell money, perhaps is that of Eastern culture propagation Lai and Boda, confined to the middle ages and the Renaissance in France people open the door to the art of the heart. But I feel not the word "thrill" to describe. A long-expected when the bride veil of impulse, a shelter the name looking after one's sense of belonging, intertwined. No shelter from the days in the jungle and frightening of malaria transmission and no freedom of elephants and digital workflow software for the River, Angkor nor the land desolation, the signs are everywhere in the hallowed ground, however, as long as the water around the Angkor site, as long as the five towers also hold up the sky, as long as the long corridors also describe a not the old myth that Angkor is still life indefinitely "Holy City".

Angkor is a buried Temple, her owner is Angkor King "Su ya BA Mo II" (Suryavarman II).

It is said that the King is the great monarch of the Khmer, he greatly expand their territory, make the flourishing dynasty. He began the reign of the construction of their own grave. But this great project, and not as owner's great and fast completion. Until 50 years after his death, it stands in Angkor Khmer land, while the King was as God as enshrined in it. The Khmer language in the "Holy City" and nothing seems to be the graveyard. However, the instructions of the Khmer people dead in the monarch as God's idea has been deeply into this huge brick and a tool of carving, more than half a century of effort condense into inheriting eternal miracle.

Comparison of the cemetery is the very values that reflect the builders.

The pyramids of ancient Egypt and the Imperial Valley, Yamagata and huge ground complex, the Mayan people of another stone pyramids, reflects cultural unity and differences. Angkor compared to some other class. Complete ground stone buildings are the dead rest in peace, and descendants of the gods. And our traditional concept of access to higher ground. So I feel Angkor is always in a paradise-like palaces, she describes is not behind the glory, but flesh and flexible classical handscroll.

Morning sunrise of late and did not affect our afternoon at Angkor.

We had over Angkor through Empire city tours, return to the Angkor. The sky was overcast, the proud however introduce enormous minaret some dark feeling. Moat surface waves not Hing, river people singing, a static, it seems that Angkor back to a glorious, attracting the eyes of the world. Walk past the small stone bridge, nothing to see both sides of the promenade for displayed, there is a dot above interval window edges. But this is the wall, I leaned out, no carving and painting, the only time the rift and trauma.

Walk into the narrow entrance, the master long rock road clear extension Angkor feet.

The Chinese emperor about Feng Shui, building and faces South imperial city stress. Angkor is different, but her main entrance is facing West, making the entire layout is East-West. East side to the rock road is the vast meadows, wide as a football field in General. There have been a million places of worship, Yuan Zhou, philosophic here feel the Angkor Empire of light. I set foot on stone, sky clouds suddenly reveal a null, several Sun go for light up some dark all around was quite light taste, although only a few minutes, but it also let people. Rock road side there are some steps you can take to the Meadow, where the rock road half but there are two sides of the building. It is said, is Angkor's library. Visually it is easy to distinguish, old stone houses, the roof of the mountain, each wall is only two Windows, making buildings seem some closed, some deep. Then the book is going to be placed in it, no one knows. But what is certain is that these "L"-shaped room must be an immense number of books, the library is placed in the tombs, certainly is to show off the wealth of the owner of a knowledge-rich.

The library further ahead, the two reservoirs.

Here is the cistern Angkor. Chinese rain water is called "rootless" water ", is immortal. Here, the rain is washed mortal holy water cisterns in the rain for Angkor offer sacrifices to worship contemplations. In the morning, we have stayed at this side of 1st of waiting for the sunrise. However, more people's willingness to reeds waiting on the north side of water lily water lilies the sun slowly blooming times. But the silence is only in the morning of day short silent, the noise of the water lily pond in the afternoon. Early release of the children have fun in the play, wandering a day of rest, there are tourists in shuttle with hawkers peddle go wandering. Water lily in the sun before the clock to bloom at, so gorgeous and efforts to bring a pool are dyed to red, and implicit suddenly now sunshine shoot out different brilliance.

A little rest, we have to Angkor, a porch.

They say that in the afternoon two to four points of Angkor is one of the most beautiful. CanBut we have not come across plenty of light, just feel somewhat bleak overall color. But this does not affect our mood — before the long 800 meters, even the corridors carved driving rain will cover up this everlasting light! we quickly through the hallway, skip the placing under the shadow of the headless little Buddha, go straight to the principal. Angkor is also called Angkor VAT, although not as domestic four caves with magnificent sculpture to narrate the story of Buddhism and God, but also to God, spot, story of the relief to demonstrate. Moreover, we also have the flair when domestic tour brought up — rub Guide, only this time only English and nudges! but it does not need to worry about the Guide, everywhere is ignorant of the foreigner is a local guide to show with a loud voice, saying with a loud voice, saying that the full ears are "Buddha" or the name of an emperor. Do not know these foreigners are not clear about the relationship and dating, just blind nods, pointed at the elephant, the supernatural, sigh. Fortunately, we have a tour guide "blooming" in may, and Western Wall joints, Earth and the ocean, they also. We set off from the South, along the most traditional routes while watching, listening and rest. This 800 metres of corridors from the personal stories of the supernatural and the southwest side is an ancient amid scenes of battle outside Lu, corners black days give the myth of cattle increased Hill, South West of the army of King Gallery out of the East is the death and the myth of the trial of the gods, people in the world, there are many dance of the nymphs, the IEC South side is the famous supernatural blended with milk and the sea, the great Snake King, the grand spectacle extremely sturdy; IEC Pishinu warfare on the north side is the majestic appearance of the devil, is said to be finalized in relief; to the East of the Northern Corridor is a black day and Devil-the war scenes, on the West side is more complex in the supernatural rivalries and Hindu gods have sent out on the spot, the Zoo; and the last West Gallery Gaya wars on the north side is Prism, say Sri Lanka called supernatural stories. Tour guides were some cursory, daodao visitor, each has his merits. I am more aware of these specifics and later generations of relief. Whenever there is a magnificent spectacle, or God is better than magic, those great men, the winner is rewarded: is generations feel smooth operation, but also some beautiful fairy or woman. Although now pull a long rope bar does not allow latecomers and then contact the art, but several centuries of history also reflects the awareness of beauty, God, Holy, to great yearning.

I don't remember how much time was spent on relief above.

After one day, I still go back to the Angkor, the school, the Palace of the arts, even if glance also saddened by it. Sometimes, the sacred and the mundane is only one kind of human thinking, when such accumulation broke out, the ordinary becomes so divine. King of glory that proud to think that the body has already gone with the wind, racing rocks rough hands but higher so brilliant, in times of baptism, keep the eternal light. I cannot help but to worship the stone, for their faithful memory.

Through the middle of the aisle, darkness in the inside of the outer weilang is F2 round porch.

Here is the Angkor proud Buddhist cloister. Large and small, high or low, there is a station has sat, Buddha as living in the dark space of ordinary people, from time to time appear at the side of, and fade. Give someone a little sad that we rarely see their face. I wonder if those who have been placed in the strange land of Buddha head can feel all Angkor's call, from the so-called ornate palace back in the ancient dark corner, back to the broken a hundred missing?, of course, even if the theft of a hundred, there is a soothing. Buddha, there is also a figure larger good stay, this is an eight-arm pishinu statue. Statues of eight hands holding a treasure has been difficult to argue the outline, but people as Buddha carefully covered with a layer of rejecting frock, with a faint smile, the Hindu God also radiate a sense of the sacred, to not be in Baie repeatedly. All the vicissitudes storms in God's eyes are pale to dust, his only mission is accompanied by a magnificent Angkor to witness a change.

It is said that the three layers of Angkor Weilang represents the world's three levels: Hell, human, and heaven.

This along the way to hell, where the Emboss is hell of sunshine; room is unusual, shredded statues and dark space adds a little solitude. So heaven? I walked out of the second tier of the cloisters, Sunshine Weilang instantaneous spilled down before high, tall upright with Heaven's ladder. People are crawls.

Since paradise feet, they say that the ladder to heaven.

Before, early on in his mind imbued with a lot on Angkor ladder, what each rank high 40 centimeters, width only half a foot size, gradient greater than 70 degrees ... It seems this is not the ordinary humans. But since the Siem Reap, has large and small monuments of Angkor, I found that all of this is true for large steps: to see the Sunrise mountain nesbakken bakheng stepped in, air Palace height, tea, rubber Temple heights Bakei Chamkrong stage there are later than grain Temple ... Then the Angkor is a temple of God, God community portal. Comparing Angkor stage is not the most steep. But the distinctive three-tier architecture that has been polished smooth grinding stone edge, always makes the world she has layers of tribute, creeping worship. Hence, the footpath murderers row heights are out of reach. I'm not positive, but pick a lonely bench, a drum. At the top of a jump into the heaven. I then put your head on out watching the following room, high and low limits so clear, so clearly, climbing of the people as cautious, picked up the pace, there are really small home but proud of independence. Free shuttle in the gallery-space, and only the sky blue and cloud of white, sudden loss. Some people do not know the path to, and then walk through the door and then wear, around the middle of the circle of high tower go, mind basic no thinking. This is definitely not dead, touch the stone has been beyond what can be seen, narrow Quay, mottled Taki, swaying Barnyard grass, be cold, isn't it? I asked myself, looked at the side of people like phantom-like passing, various language devoid of an overheadParty world, only the wind blew into the body. In the hands of the camera has lost access to mind, blind to find focus, then spread, always feel that they catch sight, but the experience can be touched. So Dim that unconsciously in "paradise" stay half an hour, to turn to God, hurry on down the road. Stone steps only rail Department occupies a long, strong people, a foreigner ventured alone in the Middle, concentrated in the surface rock, small as Ant. Heaven, no!, behind me, with God's eyes quietly watched it all, ate the smile world silly and stupid!

On the ladder down, foot drop to the floor of the room, people slowly come, look up high out of the five towers that are implicit in the third tier of the body.

It is the pure land, an elusive top of Angkor. Everyone there has a feel of the unusual task, I can recommend is to stand up, to breathe, to meditation.

In Siem Reap the whole 3 days, my three to Angkor.

Every time I go to give me a different feel. The last time to Angkor in the swim circle, and then on to watch the sunset mountain nesbakken. At four o'clock, the sun still is patchy, Angkor was noisy. Just over a moat, there is a newcomer to the marriage. Groom suit, Hair Combs Youri; Golden bride to Cambodian traditional clothes yellow, the upper half of the dew on the shoulder, arm for the golden arm ring, down is bustling with a embroidered patterns wrap dress, hair up some, and a block, after the Crown has a classical beauty's charms. Two people in the photographer's guidance of seemingly unrelated, intimacy. Our visitors are now outdone, Lance short gun play together, like around the star. Then, next to the crowd in an uproar, three pairs of dress like new again. Oh no!, and so they remain in the bride's side, I realized that they are the best man, Maid of honor in all three. Groomsmen are one hue of black suit, the maid of honor were a Navy blue decoration flower of Sling Pack, their slim, laugh I wind. This huge new teams, I saw for the first time. Imagine if in China, to three groomsmen Maid of honor, not the guests were all irrigation flat!

Newcomers are some shy, shoot good photos and video, the wind seems to disappear into the crowd.

Photos of people standing in the place to swim, looked at each other and smiled, have gradually gone. A day of mixed into the honey-like moment, who could not recall for a long time?

Jinlian scum children as usual happy playing.

I seem to see that the shadow of their own childhood. Those light and pirification, naked, wearing uniforms, dress pants ... Have to make in a heap, and Ting-Ting and water lily leaves, static and dynamic. Sharp girls saw me take a camera, a small mouth, hand fork at waist, naughty en his head, gave me as a model. The shutter is pressed, I lifted up my thumb to her, really is the main sight!

Afternoon people do too much, we do not want and others then rub rubbing shoulders, then to the north side of the heel of a slipped behind go spreading.

Here there is heaven and Earth, the trees had many under cool, and merriment of crowd also distance, only ... Several monkey at play. A big tree branches Lamma on squatting a little monkey, compared with other monkeys, it even more relaxed, chewing bananas alone. I watched it appearance was cute, playful beckons to it said: "Hello!" But shortly afterwards, the incredible thing happened. I suddenly heard a crisp answer: "Hello!" I immediately responded that the kids in the neighborhood. I have a ring around inspections, half figures did not see. Is it is it? I puzzled looked a little monkey, try again to say "Hello!" This time, I really really really saw it while chewing bananas, fast on my back a sentence: "Hello!" I do not know monkey talking probability is, however, can say Yang-monkey influenced is indispensable. But this is a little monkey, is born when I know the world?!

So I started and this baby monkey to practice a foreign language, however, it seems, in addition to the word "Hello", other are not learn, letdown but also already.

After sampling of test, this monkey is Angkor territory will say "Hello" first monkey. I honor handed to it, but it seems to be a candy somewhat unaware, rapid left our sight, disappear in the Woods.

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For a long time, sitting in front of a computer's Retrospect trip to Cambodia, there is a camera made me very sad.

It is every day from Angkor or mountain nesbakken, on his way back from the edge of the wide moat to go to the South, Angkor that five high tower in my face for a moment, there is a sudden disappearance. Like the Angkor Empire, as it had in the past, as I in Siem Reap's short stay. Human life has a lot of things are afraid of sudden loss of Angkor, is it? I didn't see her golden Rugose, I didn't see her elegant look. But this is not who's she shifendai, and this piece of land, the country, in the clouds often obscures the Sunrise, with Holy light!

(Angkor)

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