Ben women palace traffic is 25 km away from Dongmei. Female Angkor Palace is the most important buildings, one of its buildings to small size, fine-clear, magnificent and well-known in the world, the "Pearl of the Angkor monuments" and "Diamond Angkor art" in the world. Female square or rectangular palace with layers of enclosing walls of Programming, which sit west to east, from the three red sandstone retaining wall, there is a ditch outside the wall. The first wall 110 meters long, 95 meters wide, through the eastern third of the three walls are arches, towers can be seen inside the Vatican palace of God. Door suddenly in the wall, a very fine embossed on the door.
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About women palace
Female palace, (Banteay Srei, the "woman's Castle" meaning), also known as Temple of Banteay Srebrenica, located in Siem Reap province, from the famous Angkor city about 25 kilometers, is one of Cambodia's three main Temple was as the "jewel in Angkor." Dedicated to the gods of Brahmanism, one of the three Shiva. Luo was built in 967 years really Tuo Luo Ba Mo (Rajendravarman) dynasty, and in 1002 the dark Yeah Bamo V (Jayavarman V) Dynasty completed. The vermilion sandstone temple, full of exquisite relief, the "jewel of Angkor art," said. Scale and size than other small buildings of Angkor, which is generally considered "women's Castle," the origin of the name.
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The history of women palace
Female palace plan According to inscriptions contained in the female palace was built in AD 967, in the Angkor dynasty she ye Ba Mo V (AD 968 ~ 1001 years in office) built during the reign, formerly known as "Shiva Temple," the middle of three towers house one is dedicated to Lord Shiva. Female palace sitting east, 200 meters long, 100 meters wide, inside and outside the 3-layer brick wall of red sandstone, from the gate to the gate about 50 meters, the erection of road on both sides of the two rows of 2 meters high symmetry red stone. Second east wall has three stone arches, one on each side of the door and an ornamental engraving bamboo-shaped stone pillars, above the brow of a mountain-shaped gate, engraved with many warriors, like, a description of the war story. East wall of the third is three arches, the middle arch there Louhua Yamagata door post and double brow. Arch between the two windows, each window containing a 5 on the bamboo-like window frames. Shihmen palace in the center of the female part, 3 red bell-shaped temple tower base by a huge stone together, both sides have symmetrical side hall, there are stone stone screen, all the buildings are carved with various patterns and decorative painting. Three parallel Pagoda built in the 1 m tall on the platform, each tower's east, south and north have one, the door is only 1.2 meters high, the door has seven Naga serpent eagerly alert, all Pilgrims must bend knees to enter. Each door has a pair of stone guardian, both sides of the wall and have samurai spear necklace decorated with fairy body relief. This 3 clock-shaped Pagoda in the middle of a very high, about 10 meters, which enshrines Lord Shiva, the south is a dedicated to Brahma god, the north is a dedicated to Vishnu. Temple High 5 layers, each are decorated with statues of various ghost Rakshasa and shapes. Kentucky and on both sides of the shrine and the gate is a mix of relief, most of the content is recorded in the life of the ancient Khmer people and the battle scenes against the alien invasion. Temple right in the middle of a huge shrine, complete with a stone to retain the "war like figure." The picture against the Khmer people was alien invasion battle scenes on the stone walls now and then. Temple has a pair of layers in front of stone lions guarding the right hand held weapons left by the left knee in the kneeling, right leg squat-style. Head some like wild beasts, some like ghosts, sturdy shape brave, is the ancestral Brahmanism three guardians. Relief on the female goddess of the palace was built in AD 967 years of women Angkor Palace was the only non-main temple built by King. Its builder is really Tuo Luo Luo Ba Mo King, a minister Yajnavaraha. According to records of the cornerstone, Yajnyavaraha not only a scholar but also a philanthropist, helping people in pain, grievances, or poor. The temple was originally named Isvarapura around town. Female palace dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva major, formerly known as Tribhuvanamahesvara - triple master of the world - that it is dedicated to Lord Shiva. But now it seems women palace building is divided into two parts: the western and eastern parts of the south of worship Shiva, while the north of the building dedicated to Vishnu. Now the name of the temple, "palace women" may come from the exquisite architectural wall decoration small-scale relief and construction. It was also speculation that the name derived from the goddess on the relief.
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Expansion and renovation
Relief on the female goddess of the palace Female neat layout of the palace buildings, harmony, form strange, sui generis. The whole palace and all in red sandstone brick walls, and some stones weighed several tons. Kit Kat the building unique. Origin of the name on the female palace there are two versions, one argument is that it is built by a woman, because every stone is carved with a variety of exquisitely carved motifs, stone statue, like the shape of each are very clever realistic, only the ingenuity of the Women can create such a beautiful work of art; another way of saying that this is a palace of Empress of the residence. Angkor dynasty, a war with neighboring Cambodia frequently, so far away from the construction of Angkor Palace where King City, during the war hiding in the concubines. Women in the 11th century palace is further expansion and renovation. King dominated the renovation project to some extent; according to a 12th century inscriptions, the palace was given to monks Divarakapandita women and worship Shiva. After the late 14th century, it was only abandoned. Female palace rebuilt in 1975, but in January 1979 when the Vietnam war, Cambodia once again destroyed. Reconstruction Until 1914, the West was only found in the palace women. Malraux, French writer 1923, the palace and stole from four female goddess, the case caused a sensation. Malraux was quickly arrested, stolen Goddess also be sent back to Cambodia soon. This event sparked the interest of female palace, then clean up the female palace architecture, the palace in the 1930s and the repair of female homing in the original method for the first time in major projects come in handy. It's fine at first relief under the palace women guess the construction time later, discovered the foundation stone in 1936 after the overthrow of this hypothesis. 2000-2003, in order to prevent rain water erosion, a Swiss cooperative of women in Cambodia and works to protect the palace, construction and installation of the drainage system. It has also taken some measures to prevent the trees around the building were destroyed. However, the palace has been unfortunate woman suffered the destruction of cultural theft. 20th century statue of the Cambodian authorities removed some of the original and replaced with copies, thieves will be transferred to the copy on the target. A female palace female incarnation of Shiva and Uma statue was moved to Phnom Penh's National Museum of protection, but the destruction of the museum.
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Building materials and styles
Broken women Qu female palace extensive use of red sandstone palace as a building material, this material can be the same as wood carving. The palace women Qu Broken brick and iron walls and bauxite is used in a number of structural elements. Is best known for its exquisite sandstone lintel and pediment. Cross gable above the door stand four square. Women than gabled palace door to look particularly large, magnificent. In the history of Khmer architecture, the first time female fairy tale palace carved in Yamagata wall. Between the lintel across the two post, a number of structures used to support the above, some are purely for decoration. The lintel stone palace women are exquisitely decorated with fine relief, and the oxen enough to the 9th century temple carving match. Should look for relief, including cracked teeth, monster Ziya Kara (the symbol of the time), the temple guards, the goddess and the fly, false doors fake windows and so on. In fact the building is decorated with relief almost every inch of surface.
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Construction layout
Pediment door of the palace and the majority of women, like the Khmer temple facing east. Qu burro into the east (arches, Gopura), we see that a 67 m long, paved road leading to women has been the main palace buildings. The main building from the three-yard (Enclosure) enclosed. In the inner temple courtyard, the temple of the northeast and south-east is often referred to as the library has two small buildings. Door pediments door Female palace courtyard was originally outside the existing three-tier, while a fence separated the temple and town. This channel is now the only remaining wall of the outer arch (that is, the most eastern Qu burro), the original may be constructed of wood. People think this wall calculated in accordance with female area of about 500 square meters palace. The door in the gable walls carved with Hindu guardian of the East Indra - he sat in a long white elephant with three heads on top. The third layer (the outermost) compound The third layer of compound 110 meters from east to west, 95 meters from north to south, from bauxite into East and West were opened at both ends of the shaft two Qu burro. The two gables are Qu Broken West Qu third layer is no longer in situ Broken pediment. Qu Broken pediment west of Paris, Jimei Guo is established by the Asian Art Museum, depicting the Indian epic "Mahabharata" in the Asura Sun Tuo (Sunda) and Uppsala Sun Tuo (Upasunda) raised the two brothers compete for flying Contact Tamara (Tilottama) story. The gable wall of the East Qu Broken scattered on the ground, depicting the Indian epic "Ramayana" in the devil made off with his wife Sita Rama story. Shop trenches within the compound along the road east-west axis was cut in half from north to south, around the second floor courtyard. Dancing the dance of destruction Shiva The second layer of compound Woman to be killed by his brother Jie miles Pollin second layer of the outer courtyard is a 42 meters from east to west, 38 meters from north to south wall of iron bauxite, the inner circle is a square of side walls 24 meters, something outside the walls Qu Broken shaft opening two instances. Qu Broken West Yamagata exterior walls carved with Monkey King Rama helps woman to be killed by his brother Jie miles Pollin story. Interior walls have collapsed, remaining east and west of Qu Broken a brick temple; the east wall of the lateral Qu Broken Yamagata (east side) dance of Shiva carved, inside is Duer Ga. Courtyards have a corridor around bauxite, now intermittently collapse. Corridor in which a relief depicting a lion who was Luoxi Mo torn chest devil 希兰亚卡西 general scene. That Luoxi Mo Pu torn chest devil 希兰亚卡西