Ancient throne tinged colorful curiously named Wat Yim FUNERA, that Vietnam is "the temple Burial" with forest beasts, strange and flesh of the Zen master has passed away alive.
I said to Wat Yim FUNERA from a monk Khmer Vietnamese origin,
private tour guides cambodia legal name is understood in Vietnamese is Tue Tam, while monks and other monks from various temples in the territory of Cambodia, visited the Golden temple Silver pagoda in the royal palace.
Seeing guest wearing the national flag with a yellow star red flag, Professor Tue Tam initiative and said talk about himself that "Cambodian mother, father Vietnam, small rhetorical".
From the coast to meet him, know I like to learn the ancient throne of self-tinted colors strange, Professor Tue Tam introduced Wat Yim FUNERA to reveal that the temple had a thousand years old, each store footprint a king natives, and preserved many Buddhist legends featured Khmer is expressed through the image of exotic birds!
Who took me to Wat Yim FUNERA is his Son, Wat Phnom Pagoda Buddhist and Professor Tue Tam relatives. Information from Cambodia, said the tourism industry, Wat Phnom pagoda was built in 1373 on an artificial hill about 30 meters high, due to a wealthy widow named Daun Penh played with heart.
Legend has it that, during a flood, when the sprint,
siem reap adventure tours she picked up a stick Penh river drift, hidden in a hollow tree with four Buddha statues and she has built center for Buddhist temple up the hill. Along with her subjects Penh, thousands of treasures Buddha statue with gold, silver and beast claws are Buddhists offered through the ages.
Temple She Penh is also known for the huge stupa containing the ashes of the Emperor Ponhea Yat (1421-1462), who made the bold decision to move the capital of the Khmer kingdom from Angkor (Siem Reap) to Phnom Penh more than 300 km.
Unique not only with thousands of dishes, porcelain tiles fragments of walls, ancient pagodas in Soc Trang also kept 2 bed billion worth tens of Lieu of death.
"For tourists, Wat Phnom pagoda typical strange and sacred, but in the minds of many natives, temples immemorial, sir absent pilgrims like Wat Yim FUNERA new place of mystical spirituality authentic . but on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, the temples so much. there are bobcats, temples white statues, pagodas alligator, temple birds ... Each temple has eclectic, with summoning separately but generally u President, quaint but those who prefer sightseeing spiritual temple u are interested, "he said Son.
New lip 40, but he looks austere, thin as the approximate age of 60. Son told, when he was 5-6 years old, from New deep forests, Pol Pot overflow military campaign conducted Phnom Penh brought the capital back of the stone age with the barbaric killing style. In millions of Cambodians were armies of Pol Pot butcher immersed in pools of blood have grandparents, parents, brothers and sisters of his total of more than 30 people. Son is the Father tells the tears fall.
From Wat Phnom, after about 20 minutes the car rolled toward the field Chung Ek genocide is world known, called Killing Field (Field of Death), Son stopped the car in front of Wat Yim FUNERA. The main door leads into the temple majestic with 2 children powerful monk sitting adoration, surrounded by walls with frieze very strange, especially the frescoes relief scenes soldiers with Taoism filling the air under almost behind double white object (white elephant), but on the ball with your right there who sits under a yellow parasol.
Fortunately, here I met a woman who Vietnamese name Taiwanese
trip to Cambodia from Saigon visit the temple offering incense Buddhist ceremony and she tells heard about the mystery of the temple called "Burial": "There are many ways to explain the name "burial" of the temple. the custodian by traditions help families Buddhists when a property is without having to pay any amount of money to the temple, called him. But there are also people who say that, at the entrance to the port's west temple hanging plaque "funeral service" should die temple that name. "
Also called "Temple Beast" exactly originate from? Within the precincts there are many interesting objects to be covered work from bird talented hands of artisans around the area and in the temple monks practice. Heard the old temple is also known as the Royal Temple is the place for each stop of the imperial clan. The bas-relief scene said troops almost transparent object to that.
Step through the gate with strong monk sitting adoration, with a statue of his god who head Birds use arms to support the column top with the snake god Naga - mascot in the minds of Buddhist Khmer, we immediately entered a world tinged ethereal spiritual colors.
This time 8am, the sun bright yellow shining through the canopied shed on the monks wear robes red as fire every cell, suddenly hidden escape through the tomb tower cherished bodies of monks have studied executive and chairman here, looks quite mysterious. Campus ancient house larger than 1 hectare has more than hundred stupas majestic spiers. Taiwan said after she died, the monks body was cremated and the ashes were preserved in the
tour to cambodia from thailand stupas over millennia indestructible.
