Hi friends!
How's your last weekend? For me, I had an interesting trip to my friend's house. He lives in Quang Nam province and actually, there is a famous place near where his house. That is My Son Sanctuary - the 1000-year-olds UNESCO-recognised World Heritage Site is the former capital of the ancient Champa Kingdom. So we decided to go there first to see and learn more about the old Champa Kingdom then go to my friend's house later.
Our troop consists of ten members, all of them are friends and are really excited about the trip. We had to leave at 7:30 a.m. to get to the My Son Sanctuary in Duy Phu, Duy Xuyen, Quang Nam province in central Viet Nam which is around 45 kilometers distant. The weather was not supportive from the start; it was raining, and we were concerned. We arrived at 8:45 a.m., and the weather had improved. We got tickets and took the first photo of everyone.
The inside of this area is quite big. First, when you came here, there is a museum which shows you the map of this sanctuary and some relics like statues or sculptures... This is just a preview of what we were gonna see next.
(These photos was taken by @taniqnam)
This is what I know about this Sanctuary:" It was built between the 4th and 13th centuries CE.The tower temples were constructed over ten centuries of continuous development in what was the heart of the ancestral homeland of the ruling Dua Clan which unified the Cham clans and established the kingdom of Champapura (Sanskrit for City of the Cham people) in 192 CE. During the 4th to 13th centuries CE this unique culture, on the coast of contemporary Viet Nam, owed its spiritual origins to the Hinduism of the Indian sub-continent. Under this influence many temples were built to the Hindu divinities such as Krishna and Vishnu, but above all Shiva. Although Mahayan Buddhist penetrated the Cham culture, probably from the 4thcentury CE, and became strongly established in the north of the kingdom, Shivite Hinduism remained the established state religion." ( from https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/949/).
After leaving the museum, we chose to go to the relic area then walked a little bit.
I was very impressived about these architectures. These were built about eight hunderous to a thousand years ago, and you can see how delicate they are. The sculpting level of Cham people at that time is incredible.
They execute a traditional Cham dance called Apsara, which is inspired by Apsara stone statues (Yang Naitri dancers) in reliefs or sandstone statues, transitioning from stone into smooth, flowing dances that are softer than ever before, showing the route's beauty. Apsara dances, with the exquisite beauty of nature for women, are performed at huge art festivals and even on professional stages. Their dance, as you can see, is primarily on women's body language, which is quite powerful and soft at the same time. For me. this show is the most impressive and memorable on this trip. I really love how Cham people worship the woman's body, as a photographer, this hits me hard.
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