Introduction to Angkor Wat: Angkor Wat (Angkor Wat) is the collective name for the Angkor monuments in a broad sense. It is located 6 kilometers north of Siem Reap. This was once the capital of the ancient Khmer Kingdom. During the Angkor Dynasty (802 AD - 1432 AD), the Khmer people carried out large-scale construction and built a large number of palaces and temples. Later, when the Thais invaded, the Khmer people were forced to abandon Angkor and move their capital to Phnom Penh. After that, Angkor was gradually covered by the jungle. . It was not until the French rediscovered Angkor in the 1860s that this great historical event became famous around the world. Since then, the cleaning and restoration of Angkor Wat have been ongoing. Although it has gone through jungle erosion, collapse, theft of cultural relics and red There was a hiatus during the Khmer period, but conservation work never stopped and is now far from complete.
Angkor Wat in the narrow sense is Angkor Temple, which is now listed as a world cultural heritage.