Prasat Kravan

Prasat Kravan is a small, easily overlooked temple which you will likely pass on the way to Pre-Rup temple. But it's definitely worth stopping. The carvings in one of the chambers are really impressive.

The Douban Temple is a Hindu temple located south of the Royal Bath. The Douban Temple has five brick pagodas, arranged in the order from north to south, facing the east. The middle one is tallest and the four on both sides are slightly smaller.

Built in 921, the Dompo was reconstructed by the French in the 19th century. The reliefs on the main tower wall depict the Indian mythology of the Vishnu riding the big Peng golden wing bird (Garuda), and the reliefs on the western tower wall depict the auspicious heaven of the Vishnu's consort. The Dompo Temple consists of five red brick temple towers built on a public platform. Its original Sanskrit name is unknown, and the Khmer name is now "Prasat Kravan", meaning "jixiang eagle claw (artabotrys odoratissimus) temple". According to the inscription on the side pillar of the door, the temple was built in 921 AD to serve Vishnu.

Douban Temple is one of the attractions in Angkor Wat, but because the overall area is small, many tourists are not very interested in this point. Although the Douban Temple is very small, the small temple is composed of 5 towers, and the "Auspicious Sky Girl" carved by the main tower in the middle has been more than 500 years old, and the expression on the fairy's face can still be seen. And the whole temple is made of red bricks. Unlike Angkor Wat and Bayon Temple, the Pod Temple is a small Indian temple built very early, compared to other temples (a century), so it is very special that it is made of brick, not stone.

Nutmeg Temple is a Hindu temple in Angkor Wat, located in the south of the Royal Bath Pool. The central tower is very special, and its seat is surrounded by a small moat. The interior of the sanctuary is famous for the large shallow reliefs of Vishnu and the auspicious Tiannu carved on red bricks. This kind of sculpture art is very common in Zhanpo temple, but it seldom appears in Khmer relics.

While finishing up photos of Cambodia, I saw the Dompo Temple again, of course, when I was traveling, I used to call it Kharvan Temple. We all know that the stone sculpture aesthetic of Angkor Wat is very attractive, but if we want to understand the origins, we must start with the brick art. This small temple, which does not seem very eye-catching, represents the symbol of the brick carving art in Angkor Wat. The Douban Temple built in AD 921 is not complete. It turned out that he was a five-block tower, but now the top half of the three are gone, leaving only the base of the tower. The tower body, which was originally covered with external plaster, also appeared to fall off, showing the original appearance of red bricks, such red is most beautiful when the sun is setting and the sun is just rising.

Another name for the Douban Temple is Kharvan Temple, which is the beginning of my acquaintance with the entire art of Angkor Wat, as he is the first stop I visited. Many people will put it on the last stop of the day to play, and I chose the first stop to really do the right, because the first stop here is really very few people, you can slowly appreciate the exquisite art of the whole stone carving. In fact, the engraving of Angkor culture can be roughly divided into two different periods, about 1000 AD for the boundary before relief, with brick carving as the bottom, that is, we see the appearance of the Douban Temple today.