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An ancient city, almost pink on all the side of the street, may be unique in the world.
It is known as the "Pink Capital" of Jaipur in northern India – a city inscribed on the World Heritage List because of its urban planning that incorporates different cultural colours.
The pink exterior of the city is curious and impressive to Jaipur, while its rich historical heritage amazes and feasts their eyes.
Therefore, Jaipur, together with Delhi and Agra, is known as the "Golden Triangle" of Indian tourism. From October to March of the following year, it is the peak tourist season in Jaipur with beautiful winds and sunshine, and tourists are full of tourists.
However, what impressed me most about Jaipur was not its urban colors and cultural monuments, but the social living conditions in which the rich and the poor, luxury and shabby coexisted in harmony with the whole city.
Jaipur, the capital of the Indian state of Jastin, was not built for a long time, only 300 years old. This makes many architectural relics in the city well preserved and become the "trump card" resource for the development of tourism.
Jaipur's old town, known as the open-air museum of ancient buildings, every building is history, every house has a story, what tourists need to do is to slowly tour and appreciate.
【Wind Palace】
Saying that it is a "palace" is actually a wall facing the street. The walls are beehive-like windows hollowed out of red sand and stone, like a huge archway. Its role is to make it easier for women in the palace to watch the street scene without being seen by other men.
It is said that the "Wind Palace" has a total of 953 large and small windows, which are inlaid with many stained glass, and whenever the moon is in the sky, the entire Wind Palace flashes and flashes, just like the stars, so it is also called "Moon Palace".
This "face project" at that time is now a landmark building in Jaipur.
【Imperial Palace】
Founded in 1728, Jaipur Royal Palace is one of the best-preserved monuments in India. Located in the heart of the Old Town, it consists of several palaces and occupies almost a quarter of the Old Town's area.
Built during the reign of the Mughal Empire, this magnificent and luxurious palace is a masterpiece of the skillful combination of traditional Indian architectural style and Islamic architectural art, and it is also a must-visit punching place for tourists.
There are 8 palace gates in the whole palace, each palace gate has a stone carved elephant on both sides, and there are more strong men guarding the --- because the palace is still inhabited by the descendants of the royal family, and all the ticket income belongs to the royal family, which is undoubtedly a "living" royal palace.
The floors are stacked, the Guidian Lan Palace, the carved beams and paintings, the Qionglou Yuyu, here everywhere highlights the royal style and royal style, dazzling, feasting the eyes.
In stark contrast to the opulence of the Royal Palace is the dilapidation of other buildings in the old town and the cluttering of the streets. However, this is the charm of Jaipur's ancient city, and it is also the "fireworks" I want to see.
Camels and elephants are important means of production and transportation in India, and their heavy figures often appear in the streets of Jaipur as a unique cityscape.
Palace complexes and slums, rickshaws and cars, motorcycles and tuk-tuks intertwined, coexisting in a city, making Jaipur rich and three-dimensional, colorful and flavorful.
Similar scenes are not uncommon in Jaipur, and the romantic pink does not make the city truly "romantic".
In the streets of Jaipur, looking around, whether it is a new house or an old house, whether it is a bungalow or a mud house, it is all pink, and the difference is only the difference in color shades.
It is said that in Jaipur, pink is the representative color of local hospitality. This led to the legend of 1853, when the art-loving King Jai Xing II painted all the houses in the city pink on the street side to welcome the arrival of the Prince of Wales.
【Tour in April 2013】