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KHMER PAGODAS' ARCHITECTURE
For the Khmer people in the South, pagodas are not only a spiritual and cultural space, but also express the life of the locals. Therefore, Khmer pagodas are constructed in an architectural style imbued with cultural characteristics of Hinayana.
In the Khmer spirit, the Buddha blesses and protects them, so they donated time, money and effort to construct pagodas in their hamlets. There are over one million Khmer people living in South Vietnam where about 600 Khmer pagodas were built. Some of them have been here for several centuries and were recognised as national architecture relics like the pagodas of Ang, Met, Hang and Doi. |
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The pagodas are always built in large areas, surrounded by trees of Dau (Dipterocarpus alatus), Palmyra palms or green cajuput forests. A panoramic view of a Khmer pagoda includes a gate, a fence, a wall, a main chamber, towers preserving the ashes of dead monks, and Sala - the place where monks and the Khmer people gather to prepare for important ceremonies and a monastery.
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The main chamber, the most important part of a pagoda is built at the centre, and faces the east. It is designed with a multi-layered roof which is decorated with four curved dragon’s tails on four of the roof’s corners. There are also some decorative reliefs on the walls, including a fairy, statues of Krud divine birds, Yeak ogress and the head of the Bayon that originate from the spirit of the Khmer people. The corridor outside the main chamber is decorated with Naga snakes curving around terrace that represents cruel force submitted by the Buddha.
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