Amber Fort - Restore the life of the king and princess of India (there are actually Indian couples taking wedding photos here)
We took pictures and after about 15 minutes we headed to Amber Fort. Amber Castle needs to change their jeeps to go up, about 6 people a car, in addition to the driver, we divided 4 cars (of course, there is a way to ride elephants and camels up, but for safety and environmental reasons, scarecrow chose a jeep to go up, speaking of environmental protection, this is the desert, elephants are actually very unsuitable to stay in this place).
There is a temple at the foot of the mountain, and the core part of it is a cistern. In the distance was a mountain, and the local kingdom was not very powerful, but their Singh daughter married Akbar the Great, in exchange for a lot of money and power. So they can follow the traditions of their own people without following the Muslims. After India's independence in 1947-1952, they lost political power, but they still had a lot of money because of this castle. Even they have a lot of real estate in Delhi, such as the famous Sikh Temple in Delhi. Built over 25 years, this castle is also the prettiest castle in the whole of Rajasthan. The castle was also walled, and the most important thing he built was a military function. There are also two castles around Amber Fort, but both slightly smaller than it. The three castles are connected by an underground passage. From the castle there are military facilities that can shoot out 32 km away.
The jeep took us uphill through the village with a big square in the middle. The entire Amber Fort was made up of two parts, the first part was built in the original style of the first king, and his grandson Singh I built the second part, referring to the Mughal style. The Mughals themselves were descendants of Muslims, Mongols, so their architecture had a Persian style. There are two gates to the square, the Sun Gate and the Moon Gate, which are the Sun Gate because the sun rises from here. The Puerta del Sol is now dedicated to elephants, because the sun rises from here, and every day is very lucky, a thousand kings ride elephants from here, and the common people come from the gate of the moon.
At that time, the kings lived in the fort, and the common people lived at the bottom of the mountain, and if they wanted to face the saint, they were to follow the way up the mountain we have today. They believed that the prince was the god of the sun. There are some three- or four-storey palaces around the square, and whenever the army comes in, they are treated with sprinkling flower petals, while the female dependents are generally viewed from the window on the second floor. Next to it is a royal temple, where the royal family prays every day. Singer got its name from stabbing a lion to death at once.
This royal family was a friend of the Mughals, but he did not have the power to handle everything. We first went to the Council Chamber, where the royal family deliberated. The pillars here are carved with many elephant mouths, and this symbol is seen in many Hindu temples. The royal family's finance officers would count money here. Next to the kitchen, dining room, bathroom for easy use. The colorful decoration here is ground with natural raw materials such as stone and then colored, so it is still well preserved and has not faded.
Further inside is the Mirror Palace, the landmark of amber fort, where the grandsons of the royal family lived at the time. The building is made of marble on the outside and similar to cement on the inside, with mirrors embedded directly in it when it was built. This is also the most famous palace in the whole Amber Fort, where a candle is lit and a thousand candles are lit; if there is a carpet of a certain color, the whole palace will become the same color, so it is a palace of change. The royal family had many wives who lived in the surrounding buildings. And itself here is also used as a summer palace, the roof has a pool for water storage, there are pipes next to it, there are holes in the pipes, and in the summer, the water droplets will drip down, forming a water curtain, so it is very cool. Last night's film was also filmed here.
There are iron rings on it, and the use is to hang bamboo curtains (the guide said it is sandalwood), sprinkled with perfume, and when the wind blows, the smell will be very good. The architecture here absorbs the local architectural styles of Mughal and Ratanstan. The mirror palace was originally carpeted inside, and the color of the palace will change according to the color of the carpet. In the back we see a room with yellow grid-like windows, with the river next to it.
We arrived at the fourth compound, the last of the Amber Fort, with four walls, each with three wives. The princesses here have a palace maid to marry and never marry for life. In the middle is a rainwater harvesting device. At that time, the king was sitting in the middle, and three wives accompanied her. The walls here are painted with various animals such as birds (because it is Hindu, Muslim buildings cannot have heads). Finally we also saw a passageway, in case of failure in the battle, we can go from the tunnel to the two castles next to it. There were also two iron pots at the entrance of the passage, which were used for stir-frying for the people of the whole castle at that time, very large, for separating meat and vegetables, and at that time 80% of the people here were non-vegetarians. There is a stopper in the middle of the pot for water.
After watching it, we took the jeep down the hill, got out of the jeep, we each gave a tip of 30 rupees to the driver, we also climbed up the front of the car and took a very domineering photo.
