- Ikheli: iNational Road No. 6a, Siem Reap, eCambodia
- Ifoni: +855 12 404 104
- Isitayela sokwakha: isakhiwo seKhmer
- Usuku lokuphothulwa: 967
Umbuso waseCambodia ungenxa yeningi labantu abakhileyo izwe elikude kakhulu lase-Asia elingakabonakali ngokugcwele, alingazi kahle ama-landscapes kanye nezindaba zalo, kodwa akwenzi kube mnandi futhi kuthakazelise lapho ehlela iholidini elilandelayo elilindelwe isikhathi eside. Futhi uma usuvele uhlele ukuvakashela izakhiwo zethempeli lase-Angkor, khona-ke qiniseka ukuthi uthatha isikhathi no-Banteayrei - enye yamathempeli amahle kakhulu eCambodia.
Yini ethakazelisayo ngethempeli likaBanteayrei?
Ithempeli latholakala eduze kwedolobha lezokuvakasha lase-Siem Reap, isikhungo sokuphatha esifundazweni esingaziwa, cishe ngo-25 km ukusuka edolobheni lasendulo lase-Angkor. Itholakala ngaphansi kweNtaba yaseFinom Dai ehlathini laseCambodia. Namuhla, idolobha laseBantejsrei likhula eduze nethempeli.
Ithempeli elihle lakhiwa ngokuhlonipha unkulunkulu wamaHindu uSiva. Isakhiwo esikhulu senziwe nge-sandstone ebomvu, futhi izindonga zalo zenziwe nge-laterite. Ekuhunyushweni kwaseKhmer lasendulo, igama lithempeli lisho ukuthi "Citadel of Woman", kodwa lo mbono uphakanyiswa ngamanani amaningi abesifazane phakathi kwamaphethini.
Ubukhulu be-Banteayrei buyingcosana kunamathempeli adumile eCambodia, nakuba libhekisela ekwakhiweni kweklasi lwesiKhmer. Futhi izinto ezikhethiwe, ngenxa yokuthi zilondolozwe kahle kuze kube namuhla, zenza kube kuhle kakhulu. Ithempeli ladumile ngenxa yezindwangu zalo: ukuhlobisa okucwebezelayo phezu kwesihlabathi esithinta zonke izindonga ngendwangu eyodwa futhi kubonakala ngisho nangemva kweminyaka eyinkulungwane, kanye nezithombe ezimhlophe ezilondoloziwe zama-monkey abalindi abonakala bephila futhi bangempela, kanye nezakhiwo eziningi ezisinda.
I-moat iguguwe nxazonke zodonga lwethempeli, ligcwele amanzi, lapho zonke izinhlobo zama-lotus zikhula kakhulu. Futhi ensimini yeBanteayreya kukhona umzila omuhle kakhulu wezinqubo ezibalulekile. Ngaphakathi kwethempeli itholakala insika ehlonipha umxhasi nomsunguli; Ithi Yajnavaraha ungusosayensi osiza abagulayo, abahluphekayo, abampofu nabangenacala.
Umlando wethempeli
Izazi-mlando ziyazi usuku oluqondile lokuphela kokwakhiwa okukhulu - ngonyaka ka-967, ithempeli lakhiwa ngaphansi kokubusa kukaRajendravarman II. Kodwa uBantejsrei akakhiwanga yinkosi, kodwa ngumuntu ohloniphekile wenkantolo, umeluleki kanye nomfundisi womlandeli we-Yajnavaraha ezindaweni zakhe ezizimele. Ngo-1914, i-"Citadel of a Woman" yatholwa amaFulentshi, kodwa uBantheisreira wathola ukuthandwa kakhulu, okubandakanya abahambeli nabavakashi, eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva. Khona-ke umlobi u-Andre Malraux wenza umzamo ongaphumeleli wokuba izithombe ze-apsaras ezine.
Emashumini angu-30 ekhulwini lama-20 ethempelini labuyiselwa yi-antillosis indlela uHenri Marshal. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ukugeleza kwalabo abafuna ukubona isakhiwo esihle kakhulu esakhiweni sonyaka sikhula minyaka yonke.
Ungafika kanjani?
Ethempelini laseBanteajsrei, elibhekwa njengelona elikude kakhulu kuwo onke amathempeli ase-Angkor, umgwaqo ophawulekayo ovela ebhentshini elihle elibomvu uholela emgwaqweni.
Ukuze uhlole idolobha lasendulo labavakashi liye e-Siem Reap, kusukela lapho kuya eBanteayreya ngemoto uzodla cishe cishe isigamu sehora kulezi zixhumanisi, kubuye kube lula ukuthatha itekisi noma ibhasi lokubheka.
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