To Angkor wade is the most important temple plant in the kambodschanischen region Angkor. The plant is in Kambodscha, zirka 240 km north of Phnom Penh in close proximity to Siem Reap, approx. 20 km north the lake Tonle Sap (). It was built mostly in the years 1113 to 1150 under the rule of the Khmer king Surjawarman II.

To Angkor meant "„city "“, wade is in the language of the Khmer and Thai the word for "„temples "“.

History

In the 11. Century under king Jasowarman numerous irrigation plants and artificial lakes were established. This led for example to the fact that the farmers up to three times in the year rice could harvest. This successful agriculture led to food surplus and brought to the Khmer realm large wealth. Thus it came that the country ascended beside China to the strongest asiatic power, and which was Khmer able, large cities and enormous temple plants to establish.

The rulers of the Khmer saw themselves as god kings. Everyone of them could be established its own temple, which was geweiht a divinity. The king reflected thus at the same time the respective God, with which he should unite after his death with his temple. This hinduistische custom culminated in the building of the temple Angkor wades, in which Surjawarman II. hoped to unite after its dying with the divinity Vishnu.

Architecture

The buildings were built up out for artful arranged sandstones. The numerous channels of the plant served the workers also to transport the enormous stone breaking into with rafts. For the building the blocks were worked on in such a way with special sharpening plants that they could become without recognizable gaps one on the other laws.

The area of Angkor wade is from 200 m broad and to 6 km are enough for water ditch surrounded, which represents "„the Ur-ocean "“. This arranges itself, together with the numerous buildings of the temple plant, in the picture of a symbolic universe. In the center a salient temple with five towers formed after is located. The largest tower is 65 m highly.

Many of the temple walls are decorated with stony figures, which represent dancers - Apsaras so mentioned -. Each figure has own, special characteristics, so that they do not resemble themselves among themselves.

The enormous buildings are scattered by numerous damage. Influences of the weather, the rampantly growing jungle and human destruction strength, like for example the numerous plunderings of the Siamesen in 15. Century, to the temples added. A further reason for the decay is that itself the Khmer starting from that 13. It turned century to the Buddhismus whereby the principle of the god king from the mode turned out. Numerous workers rejected it to carry out for their rulers of slave services and let the irrigation plants as well as the buildings slowly purge.

Today's situation

After it, under the political situation in Kambodscha, also in the second half 20. Century was hardly possible to make restoration work is in the meantime different organizations with it busy, the further decay of Angkor wades to stop.

Beside the tourists buddhistische monks belong to the daily visitors of the temple.

See also: Angkor Thom

National meaning

To Angkor wade functioned as outstanding national symbol, which stands representatively for the Khmerkultur and the today's kambodschanische people. Therefore a golden silhouette of the temple part of the kambodschanischen flag is to the cash notes etc. as illustration in various national connections, on the national flag, in the time of the regime of the red Khmer was.

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