Preah Khan Temple Review

Every day that I spend in Angkor, I discover a new favorite temple. Right now it is Preah Khan. A couple of km from Bayon, it is a massive place filled with intricate carvings, and the remnants of restored buildings. Easily worth half a day here.

Preah Khan is a temple complex located in the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap, Cambodia. It was built in the 12th century by King Jayavarman VII as a Buddhist temple and is one of the largest and most impressive temples in the park. The temple is surrounded by a large moat and is filled with intricate carvings and sculptures. The temple is also home to a large number of shrines and statues of Hindu and Buddhist deities.

Angkor Wat Siem Reap years ago visited some ancient temples, one of which is the Holy Jian Temple. The ancient temple was built in the 12th century AD and was built by the king in memory of his father, and even if the temple is still left with only ruins and some architecture of the year, it can still see its once grand traces and relics. Interestingly, one of the buildings is a bit like the Mediterranean style of ancient Rome, and the tall Roman columns are very magnificent. Because in the jungle area, it is occupied by many large trees when it is abandoned, making the ancient buildings more overwhelmed, so I have to saw the trees...

Very historical, still worth a visit

The Temple of the Holy Sword is a major temple in Angkor, Cambodia, built in the 12th century during the period of Jehomah VII. It is close to the northeast of Angkor City. It is said that the temple was built by Jehomah VII in memory of his father. The Temple of the Holy Sword was renovated from 1927 to 1932. It was built in the 12th century by Kuo Yeumomo VII to worship his father. It is said that the city of Great Angkor was being built at the time, and it became the king's temporary residence, where he held worship and reading. There is an inscription in the temple, written by the son of Kuo Yenmo VII. The temple is large in size, with its rectangular wall 800 meters long and 700 meters wide. There are four roads leading to the temple, and at the entrance of the temple there are several shuras and asuras with long snakes stirring the milk sea. On both sides, there is a long sandstone lotus wall, and there were Buddha statues on the lotus, but when Shiva presided over, they were destroyed. At the eastern entrance of the Temple is a two-story building, which is said to store the Holy Sword, with a circular pillar that resembles a Mediterranean architecture. Starting from the Central Tower, four long corridors extend in all directions and have vaults. On the west and back of the temple are the shrines of Vishnu and Shiva, respectively.