Chapter 1848 The Miracle of the Incas

A flat and open space at the top of the Andes, surrounded by mountains, forming an alpine basin. A group of ancestors followed the steps of the ethnic leaders, working from sunrise to sunset, overcoming obstacles and creating their homeland. Such hard work Moved the sun god.

The Sun God gave them a golden ax. Around 1200 AD, King Manco Capac followed the instructions of his father the Sun God and moved the capital here from Lake Titicaca. He built the majestic and gorgeous city of Cusco and named it here. As the center, the huge Inca Empire was established. Inca means "descendants of the sun", and thus created the Inca culture, becoming the cradle and highest peak of Indian civilization in the South American continent.

Yesterday I just had a cursory stroll around Cusco, and today I went to the GC. After leaving the hotel, everyone went straight to the most sacred place in Cusco during the Inca Empire - the Inca Sun Temple.

It should be said that the Temple of the Sun that tourists can see today is neither the glorious building of the Inca Empire era that the Cusco people devoted all their efforts to build before the Spanish invasion, nor is it entirely the European style built by the Spaniards who occupied Cusco. style work.

To be precise, it is a "hybrid" of Inca style and European style architecture.

The Spanish colonists invaded and looted all the treasures and cultural relics. After several earthquakes and more than 200 years of tug-of-war, the city was greatly damaged. However, there are some streets, palaces, temples and buildings from the Inca Empire era in the ancient city of Cusco. The house architecture still remains today, and later Spanish colonists built a large number of houses. The fusion of the two architectural styles is known as the unique Spanish-Inca architectural method. This is the case with the Temple of the Sun.

During the Inca era, Cusco was the capital of the Inca Empire and was considered the center of the world. This Temple of the Sun held supreme status.

In the Temple of the Sun, Rodriguez specifically talked about the stone walls, which are made of irregular but large smooth and flat boulders like building blocks. The concave and convex surfaces of the stones are closely interlocked without any adhesive, but there are no gaps at all. In comparison, the Spanish buildings appear much rougher.

When humans have not discovered any adhesive that can be used on large buildings, and if they want to extend the service life of the building as much as possible, they can only use hard boulders.

The technology of splicing and stacking boulders is the key to determining the life span of a building.

Seeing the tall stone walls with huge boulders piled up without any gaps after thousands of years, on the one hand, I sincerely admire the design, construction wisdom and superb skills of the Inca era craftsmen, and at the same time, I also think of those who carefully worked in the severe cold and heat. Some of the craftsmen who polished the stones were beheaded because they failed to pass the test.

Yang Cheng feels that history is often cruel, not only the Temple of the Sun, but also the Great Wall of Country Z. They are actually miracles built with blood and life.

in the Legends,

The Temple of the Sun built in the Inca era is a megalithic building wrapped in gold foil. In addition to worshiping the sun god, it also worships the moon, stars, rainbows and thunder gods. It is called the Golden Temple or Golden Garden.

When Spanish colonists invaded, the gold foil was plundered, and the Temple of the Sun was transformed into a monastery.

Rodriguez said that in several high places in the Temple of the Sun, these places were originally decorated with thick gold, with 3 kilograms of gold on each piece, making the entire Temple of the Sun splendid and sacred.

The Spanish invaders scraped off thousands of pieces of gold decoration and brought these treasures back to the country. Later occupiers transformed the Temple of the Sun into a monastery according to their own aesthetic style.

After the colonists were driven away, the people of Cusco repaired and recovered some of the cultural relics of the original temple and restored the function of the temple.

In the temple, you can also see many cultural relics and architectural ruins reflecting the ancient Inca civilization. This trip was not in vain. You can also learn knowledge while having fun. Yang Cheng couldn't help but think that he would take Luo Yue there if he had the opportunity. , she is full of passion for architecture.

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In the mid-16th century, when Peru was occupied by Spain, we heard a rumor: There is a castle in the air in Peru, which is the most mysterious ancient city of the Incas.

But hundreds of years later, although many explorers went to explore this land, this "castle" never appeared in the world. This made the Spaniards at that time very discouraged and began to doubt the authenticity of this rumor.

It was not until 1911 that Bingham, a professor at Yale University in the United States, identified the existence of this city and began to explore and search for it. After going through many difficulties, he finally discovered it 120 kilometers away from Cusco and named it after the nearby mountain. Named "Machu Picchu".

This is a city built on a ridge more than 2,000 meters above sea level. Because it is surrounded by towering mountains, the "castle in the sky" is the best interpretation of it. The news was made public in Bingham. Afterwards, many archaeologists came here to investigate and study this site. People discovered that this ancient city was the ancient Inca city, and because its location is difficult to find, it is also the best-preserved site.

As one of the few cultural and natural heritage sites in the world, Machu Picchu is known as the "Lost City" of the Inca Empire and is included in the list of the world's top 10 nostalgic holy places, so this place is definitely not to be missed.

Even though I had seen a lot of perfect photos from standard angles before coming here, when I arrived at the scene, I still felt that Machu Picchu was extremely spectacular. Surrounded by clouds and mist, surrounded by mountains, and surrounded by huge rocks, this place is worthy of the reputation of "City in the Sky", Yang Orange instantly felt that the trip was worthwhile.

The tour route to Machu Picchu is one-way, you can only go forward and not back. The main area of ​​the ruins is a large area of ​​well-proportioned stone buildings, including the main temple, the Temple of the Sun, the Three Window Temple, etc. The ruins are quite well preserved. , like the Inca ruins in other places, the buildings are made of huge stones that are tightly connected, and the source of these stones is not local. In the background that the Incas did not invent the wheel, how to transport the stones up the mountain is a difficult problem. puzzle.

In fact, this is an unsolved mystery for all those great buildings. The Great Wall, the Pyramids, and the Sphinx. It is estimated that unless the people who built them at that time are resurrected, it will be difficult to figure out the truth, but it is nothing more than The accumulation of human lives.

Experts speculate that the builder of this ancient city should be Pachacuti Yupanqui, known as the "Earth Shaker". He was an emperor who turned the Incas from a small village into an empire. The purpose of ordering the construction of this city should be for him to live with other nobles after his abdication, because there are many places of worship and pilgrimage here, among which the snake reliefs, the fountain staircase and the sun-coring stone are the most famous. .

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