Chapter 1284 Touring the Temple
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However, after seeing the tourism promotion of the Egyptian pyramids, he also took a plane with some domestic tourists to visit the pyramids. After all, he hasn't been to the Pyramid Scenic Area yet! I heard that there are not many tourists in this world's most famous scenic spot, and the tickets are not too expensive, so he traveled to the pyramids in Egypt at his own expense during the summer vacation of this year.
This young man is a good young man who is diligent and hardworking. Although his family is rich. But people are working on their own, working as tour guides to earn money to support themselves in college, even if they travel abroad this time, it is their own money.
When these foreigners heard the words of this young man from Huaguo, they immediately blushed. However, they don't have to be afraid of anything anymore. They picked up their mobile phones one after another, taking photos of this flying saucer car in the sky!
Before that, the middle-aged foreigner who was hiding under the shade of the tree came out again. He also picked up his mobile phone and took a picture of the flying saucer car in the sky.
Besides, Zhao Zhongyao is no longer interested in the actions of these people on the ground. His interest lies in the Temple of Amon not far away!
Soon, Zhao Zhongyao flew over the Pyramid Scenic Area, and then accelerated slightly towards the Temple of Amon. Although the pyramid scenic area is still hundreds of kilometers away from the Temple of Amun. But this distance is the same as no distance for flying saucer cars.
The Temple of Amon is located 4 kilometers north of Luxor Town. It is the main part of the Temple of Karnak. It is dedicated to the main god of Thebes, the sun god Amon. It was built in the Seventeenth Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago. After more than 1300 years of continuous expansion and expansion, there are 10 majestic gate towers and 3 majestic halls.
The stone pillar hall of the Temple of Amun is the most famous. There are 134 giant pillars that can only be hugged by 6 people. Each pillar is 21 meters. It is said that hundreds of people can stand on the top of each pillar. As for the number of 134, Bruce Lee explained two theories: one is that the father and son kings each ruled for 67 years, and the total is 134 years, so there are 134 giant pillars; the other is from the first king to Ramses II. There are 134 kings in total, so 134 giant pillars were erected. However, these stone pillars have survived more than 3,000 years without falling, which is amazing.
The pillars and walls of the temple are engraved with exquisite reliefs and brightly colored paintings, which record the myths and legends of ancient Egypt and the daily life of people at that time. In addition, there are famous obelisks and statues of pharaohs and concubines in the temple.
How the giant obelisk was mined and erected. This is also a mystery. This is like Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty in the history of Huaguo, who wanted to build a huge stone for his father Zhu Yuanzhang.
The stele of merit and virtue, I ordered people to find a standard stele material in Yangshan, and it had already taken shape. Later, for some unknown reason, the follow-up production was abandoned and abandoned in the wilderness.
The ancient Egyptians may have used the same method to select and use materials. They did not have today's technology and equipment, nor did they have today's Internet, but their heroes have the same views, and their methods are similar with minor differences but achieve the same effect.
This has to make people feel awe and admiration! On the north side of the Temple of Amon, there is a small platform for a stone beetle, which is said to be the transformation of the god Amon.
Walking clockwise three times around the weathered beetle statue can pray for a good marriage, and walking seven times can lead to promotion and fortune. Next to the Beetle, there is a broken upper part of the obelisk, which is said to be the Goddess Monument.
Egypt is a patriarchal society, and it is impossible for women to lead men. And the queen said that she was the daughter of the sun god, and that the sun god let her exercise power, so she became the ruler.
This is the same as the saying of "Son of Heaven" in China. The pattern on the tip of the stele is clearly engraved with the story of the daughter of the sun god. The "daughter" turned her back to the sun god, and the sun god lovingly stroked the "daughter" on the back, as if telling What. Is it "You do things, I don't worry"?
Three kilometers away from the Temple of Amun is the Luxor Temple. This is a subsidiary temple of the Great Temple of Amun. In the past, it was connected with the Temple of Karnak by the Sphinx. The Sphinx Sphinx Shinto was destroyed by some bad elements and Arabs, and the damage was very serious. Due to time issues, we did not enter this smaller temple, but took a brief look outside, and we can imagine the grandeur of the year.
But what is surprising is that there is a minaret of a mosque emerging from the south of the Luxor Temple. Looking closely at the mosque, the decoration at the entrance is very beautiful. In the temple, you can also see the ruins of the Christian Church.
It is rare to see the coexistence of ancient Egyptian ruins, ancient buildings and Christian churches. Although some of these have become ruins, it also shows the fact that after the end of the Old Kingdom, the Luxor Temple was still used by the people.
Before going to Egypt, what I wanted to see the most was the pyramids. The pyramids are so famous. If you don’t see the pyramids in Egypt, you have never been to Egypt. Indeed. But when we really arrived in Egypt, it took less than half a day to see the pyramids, and usually we just took a quick look and took pictures. Expectations are too high, there will always be a gap, and there is still a gap with what you imagined before, but you still feel it and see the real pyramid. This moment will never be forgotten.
But during the trip to Egypt, the pyramids are just a prologue, and the good show is yet to come. The scenes of advancing layers and climaxes are the ancient Egyptian temples, and the soothing episodes in the middle are the Nile River and the Red Sea. You are shocked by all the temples in Egypt, but it's a pity that you don't have time to take a closer look. What shocked you the most was the last temple of Karnak, which is the largest temple in Egypt and the world.
Being in it is like being in a forest with huge stone pillars
. The Egyptians used stones to create history four or five thousand years ago, and the vicissitudes of thousands of years cannot erase it, so we are fortunate to go through the tunnel of time to feel it.
In China, apart from the Great Wall, it is difficult to see ancient buildings one or two thousand years ago, because most of our ancient buildings are made of brick and wood, and it is difficult for us to feel their magnificence and beauty. If you want to see history and ancient sites, Egypt is still worth visiting, and it is absolutely worthwhile.
Zhao Zhongyao is now driving a flying saucer car, flying over pyramids of different sizes, and came to the Temple of Karnak, where the famous Temple of Amun is located. It is more than 700 kilometers away from Cairo, the capital of Egypt.
The site of the entire Temple of Amun, in the north of the Egyptian city of Luxor, is a magnificent ancient temple left over from the ancient Egyptian empire.
When Zhao Zhongyao drove a flying saucer car to this famous Amon Temple, it was the time when there were more tourists. When everyone saw a flying saucer descending from the sky, they were also very curious.
However, many of these tourists came from the pyramid. After all, when traveling to Egypt, in addition to seeing the pyramids, it is to see the ruins of these ancient Egyptian temples.
When these tourists saw Zhao Zhongyao driving the flying saucer car here again, they immediately came to the flying saucer car, took out their mobile phones, took pictures of the flying saucer car, and hurried over to stand next to the flying saucer car and took a group photo with the flying saucer car .
Zhao Zhongyao was not interested in these things. After parking the flying saucer car, he took his wife and children to this huge temple building.
The first thing I saw were some standing statues of Ramses II.
Ramses II was the pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. He tried to restore the empire's territory during Thutmose III's period, and launched a large-scale war of conquest of West Asia. In 1299 BC, he fought a decisive battle with the Hittites in Kadesh and signed a peace treaty.
Ramses II made great efforts to build or expand temples and palaces everywhere in Egypt and Nubia, praising his military exploits. Ramses II ruled Egypt for 67 years. He was the pharaoh with the longest reign and the greatest influence in the history of ancient Egypt, marking the peak of the power of the Egyptian Empire.
In the face of such an outstanding ancient Egyptian pharaoh, in addition to admiring his power and military exploits, we should also thank him for leaving us so many temple ruins. If it weren't for Ramses II's massive construction. It is impossible for us moderns to see so many ancient buildings in Egypt.
After seeing the standing statue of Ramses II, we came to a huge obelisk. About the obelisk, that is also a story.
The obelisk in front of me was erected by Queen Hatshepsut, the first queen in the world and the only female pharaoh of ancient Egypt. It is 29 meters high and weighs 323 tons. It is now the tallest obelisk in Egypt.
Queen Hatshepsut is the daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose I who created the new kingdom of ancient Egypt, the half-sister and queen of Pharaoh Thutmose II, and the aunt of Pharaoh Thutmose III , aunt and mother-in-law.
The queen has great ambitions and a strong nature since she was a child. She is determined to be the supreme ruler of all Egypt. When she assisted her husband, Pharaoh Thutmose II, she was enthusiastic about government affairs and coveted the power of national governance. After the death of King II, due to the secular pressure that women cannot be pharaohs, the queen had to support her bastard, Thutmose III, who was only 9 years old, to become pharaoh.
Helpless III is also a generation of British lords. When things got a little longer, he was unwilling to be a puppet and was ready to move. The queen was not reconciled, so she deposed the third king and drove him to the Karnak Temple to become an ordinary priest, and she was crowned as the king.
In order to comply with the weather, the queen spent seven months mining stones from Aswan to make the two largest and tallest obelisks in Egypt at that time. They were transported 150 kilometers along the Nile River and stood on the largest and most sacred obelisk in Egypt. In the temple, dedicated to the sun god Amon, and carved an inscription on the stele, calling himself the daughter and son of the god Amon, so as to prove the legitimacy of his inheritance.
But since ancient times, human history has always been full of dramatic scenes. Twenty-two years later, Thutmose III, who was demoted by the queen to the temple as a priest, relied on the power of the temple priests to launch a coup to regain the throne.
The third hated the queen for deposing him, and carried out a comprehensive liquidation of the queen across the country, erasing all places with the queen's name and statues, and destroying all the buildings built by the queen.
It is extremely interesting that Thutmose III did not destroy the temple that the queen built for herself on the west bank of the Nile, nor did she tear down the two obelisks that the queen built here, but built a high wall to cover them, only in the At the very top, a 4-meter-high section is left, which is engraved with words praising the god Amon.
As a result, the high wall shielded the Queen's obelisk better. When the high wall fell down, people found that the Queen's obelisk was not weathered, not damaged, and almost intact, and it can be seen at the top. We can clearly see the mark that was blocked by the high wall at that time.
It's just that another obelisk has been broken and fell in a corner of the temple, silently telling people the history full of love and hatred.
In the morning, the red sun seems to come from the obelisk in the temple of Karnak. The light climbed through the tall tower gate, first dyed the large lotus columns in the multi-pillared hall "in full bloom", and then projected on the temple of Ramses III.
It can be predicted that after a while, the sunlight will move to the neatly arranged heads of sphinxes and rams, which is one of the incarnations of Amon-Ra. Under each head of sphinxes and rams stands a small pharaoh, Receive God's blessing.
As the largest temple in Egypt, the Temple of Karnak gives people a sense of
It feels exaggerated, not to mention the huge and heavy tower gate, tall and straight statues, even the 134 columns in the multi-column hall are 22 meters high, and each "blooming" lotus column top can stand more than 100 people. .
The most amazing thing is Queen Hatshepsut's obelisk, which is 30 meters high and weighs 320 tons. I don't know how it was separated from the mountain in Aswan and how it was erected in the Karnak Temple. of.
The ancient Chinese literati pursued the realm where the language is not astonishing and endless, while the ancient Egyptians achieved that the tower is not astonishing and the temple is not endless. The Temple of Karnak is famous not only for its grandeur, but also for its architectural elements, such as the large columns and axial design, which influenced successively Greek and then world architecture.
Zhao Zhongyao took his wife and children touring the ruins of the Temple of Amon to his heart's content. Feifei and Tiantian were also very curious about this Temple of Amon. While they were playing, they asked their father a lot of things. It is mainly about this Temple of Amun.
Zhao Zhongyao always answered the questions of the two children, as if he was the tour guide of their family. There is nothing he doesn't know.
The family felt a little tired after playing for a while, so they wanted to find a place to rest. Zhao Zhongyao saw a relatively secluded place ahead, so he took his wife and children to a pillar hall with many pillars.
Each of these pillars is more than twenty meters high. The diameter is more than one meter, and it looks very spectacular.
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