Have a good time
Wandering Turkey, this trip does not have any plans and strategies, old Tizen Sheng micro I "Now Turkey dare to go?" "Go if you want!" Just like that, two sentences were finalized a few days before departure.
Turkey, this country is known in the international news, there will always be Turkish news in the Middle East war, the geographical location is the Middle East, Europe, Asia border countries, naturally there are many situations. Let's not care about these, pipe stroke, pipe strategy? I don't care, just go on time.
I thought that the number of people in this group should not be large, but after getting on the bus, I found a bus of 39 people, laughter, liveliness, grouping, roll call, invoices, flags, etc. have already kept Captain Jiang Zai busy, fortunately, Jiang Zai has rich experience, and the whole process is in order.
When the team arrived at Hong Kong Airport, the lively atmosphere was completely different from the quiet atmosphere of the airport, and the airport was very quiet, I don't know if it was the habits of passengers or the architectural design? In short, only quiet can stand up to this modern design.
9-hour flight time transfer to Doha, arriving in Doha is already dawn, plus 5 hours time difference, feel that this night is very long, around the earth there is actually no red-eye flight; Flying again to Istanbul, the plane bypassed the airspace of the theater of operations and arrived safely in the afternoon.
1. Dardanelles
Exit Istanbul for the airport and head to the ancient port of Canakkale. Xiaomi Turkish native, successful in studying in Beijing, Chinese said very well, even Chinese name is very popular "Xiaomi"; "Xiaomi Xiaomi I love you!" and brought the quiet airport atmosphere back to the prototype, and the carriage was like a hundred birds singing, all excited; Fortunately, I have the habit of "gaining time to rest" on long-term travel, quietly admiring the curved hills on both sides of the road, the regular agro-ecological beauty, and it is not the time to sleep, and I have woken up to the Denelles ferry terminal.
At this time, the sun is setting in the west, there are no clouds and no colorful clouds, and the sunset falls on the sea, like a shimmering yellow diamond, the first small harvest. This place belongs to the European plate, the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, the wind in the strait is extremely cold, and the deck does not dare to stay longer.
03 II. Canakkale
It was eight or nine o'clock when I came to the hotel in Canakkale, and the high-pitched الآذان (meaning: declare, inform) call the salute came from the minaret of the mosque in the town, and the town outside the balcony of the guest room was particularly quiet after this call, the semi-circular moon hung high in the deep bright blue night sky, only the naughty Big Dipper and other big stars accompanied the moon, and the other stars slept, sleep and look forward to shooting the sunrise tomorrow.
At five o'clock in the morning, the night sky of the town, the moonlight is still bright, there are no stars, the lights of the town are not turned off, it is lit all night, and the minaret of the mosque has a high-pitched sound of الآذان, the sky is white, and the sun cannot be seen from the visual angle of the balcony, but the sunrise is a different scene.
Turkey's breakfast, the first meal is beautiful in light and shadow, the taste is not in line with the taste, the sweet thing is super sweet, it is estimated that the future meal can only be completed.
3. Trojan horse slaughter
Could it be that this "Trojan" is that "Trojan"? , and really right, the "computer Trojan" is from this.
The story is a brutal war triggered by the fight for "beautiful women": about the 13th century BC, the Trojan state and the allied forces of Greek countries launched a cruel war for 9 years to compete for the beautiful Helen, unable to capture the city of Troy, and the Greek coalition army repeatedly lost; It has been 10 years, and the beauties are old and can't fight back; The Greeks were very ghostly, and one day suddenly pretended to be defeated and dropped a huge wooden horse on the seashore. The Trojans were pleasantly surprised to find this huge wooden horse, and the clueless king of Trojan believed the deceased of the pretended defeat of the Greek captives: the worship of the wooden horse brought the blessing of the gods, because it was the Greek sacrifice to the goddess Athena; If you destroy it, the wrath of the gods will suffer. In this way, the walls were torn down and the wooden horse was drawn into the city of Troy. The Trojans were dazzled by victory, and they celebrated victory with joy, song and dance, and the beauty of wine made them completely unvigilant; In the dead of night, armed Greek warriors drilled out of their wooden horses, killed the snoring defenders, opened the city gates, and lit wolf fire; At this time, a large number of Greek troops stormed the city of Troy, plundered the city, burned the entire city, and worse: men were killed, women and children were enslaved, all treasures were robbed, and of course the beautiful Helen was also brought back to Greece.
It turns out that this story is so tragic...
Immediately remind myself to go back and remember to save more "beautiful" photos in the computer, let the "computer Trojan" come to rob the "beauty", don't harm my computer.
Came to the Trojan Horse Slaughter City, the scenic area is a huge wooden horse, just as I was sitting on the ground to take pictures, the wooden horse stairs down an old man, at a glance: Greek soldiers off the Trojan horse! Hurry up and run; Fortunately, the old man waved at me kindly.
This city, completely destroyed, looking at it, there is no place that attracts me, but the red flowers around the ruins attracted me, red, thin petals, the stamen is particularly beautiful, I don't know what kind of flower this is? Unexpectedly, the visit time was all in the flower shooting, and did not visit the ancient city. Later, I learned that this flower was called "Turkish poppie", and I was frightened again.
IV. Ephesus
The Trojan Horse Slaughter City is a city frightening and frightening, hoping that "Ephesus" will bring good scenery.
Entering the scenic area, Xiaomi made a brief introduction in the floor plan of Ephesus, but there are many stories, this place is not ordinary, and the amount of historical information is too large: more than 2,000 years ago, thanks to the development of maritime trade, Ephesus gradually developed into the most economically and culturally prosperous port city in the Mediterranean region. From 334 BC, Alexander the Great incorporated Ephesus into the territory of the Greek Empire, thus pushing Ephesus to a period of heyday of development, becoming the commercial, political and cultural religious center of the entire Asia Minor, the capital of Asia Minor, the second largest city after Alexandria, with a population of more than 200,000, at that time, Ephesus planned the Temple of Artemis, St. John's Church, mansions and rich quarters, Selcuk Library, concert hall, running range, large arena, baths and other buildings. Ephesus was also the center of worship for the Great Mother of Coubler (the goddess of the Anatolian harvest) and Artemis. There are many famous people who have visited Ephesus in history: the philosophers Paratu, Alexander the Great, Cleopatra, the Virgin Mary, John the Twelve Apostles, and so on. These historical figures also made Ephesus even more famous.
With such a large historical information in the scenic area, it is impossible to visit it in one or two hours of tour, so I have to focus on visiting the library.
This library is called "Celsys Library", and in 135 AD, the current governor of Ephesus planned to build this two-story carved marble relief building in the center of the ancient city in memory of his late father, and named the library after his father's name "Celthus". At that time, the collection of books reached 12,000 volumes, and there were four niches on the wall of the main entrance of the library, with four statues of white jade figures, which symbolized wisdom, fate, learning, and virtue; It is a pity that only one statue remains, which is basically complete.
The designer of this library should be an expert who is proficient in optics and HVAC principles, the orientation is: west to east, this kind of orientation building is usually used in oriental style building hydrology, because this direction is "the morning to the end, the afternoon into the oven", although the entire library is currently only left to repair the 16 large columns supported by the second-floor remnants, but from the remnant wall doorway and window design, the window is by no means arbitrary, with the position of the sun shift, The light cast into the library by the windows on the second floor around the library is constantly changing, and the light calculation is accurate, in the era of no electric light, try to let the daylight take into account the amount of reading light in the library, and the design also fully considers the influence of the Aegean climate, it is said that the dome also has a heat dissipation air window, air convection, forming a very dry and cool house, the passage and ventilation between the bookshelves are also very elegant, very conducive to the preservation of books, worth learning for future generations!
As for the history of the library and the secret underground passage opposite the so-called "brothel" and the "age footprint", there is no detailed research and will not be interpreted here.
Courit Avenue is a marble-paved street in an area of the wealthy, where the Temple of Hadrian, Trajan Springs and the Concert Hall are located.
The Temple of Hadrian was built in 118 AD, the scale was very small, and it was not until the 5th century AD that the Roman Emperor Hadrian rebuilt and expanded it, and only then named it "Hadrian's Temple"; The Temple of Hadrian is a representative building of a typical Corinthian temple, with different mythological figures carved on the pillars of the inner wall, including Greek era and Amazonian women's figures, and a statue of the snake-haired banshee Medusa on the front of the inner wall, praying to protect the temple and avoid evil.
In 104 AD, Trajan, the most prominent emperor of the Roman Empire, brought the territory of the Roman Empire to the maximum. This Trajan Spring, which was built during his reign, is now the ruined restoration site of Trajan Spring, the spring pool is 20 meters long and 10 meters wide, surrounded by marble Roman columns and white jade statues, the architectural design is very exquisite and exquisite, but unfortunately it no longer exists.
The concert hall on Inkurit Street is not large, and at present, you can only see that the basic shape of the audience seats is intact, the stage part is already unrecognizable, and the throne in the audience is still there; It is said that the art of poetry and song in ancient Rome was very prosperous, and the important thing was that the monarch was keen on music, so many Roman emperors were the protectors of music.
There is also the planning layout here, the rich streets paved with marble mosaics, etc., all of which are aesthetic enjoyments. Admire the beauty walking, Cen Sheng and I didn't know when to fall behind, but there were still many places that I didn't see, in order to avoid the group members waiting for a long time, I had to stop continuing to visit the film, but I didn't know that this Ephesus actually exited from the north and south (this millet has orders, we are too involved in filming), the two of us went out from the north gate again, they were at the south gate, this time it was chaotic, the troops were gone, and after several gibberish (broken English to Turkish) I figured out that the difference between the two exits was 6KM, so I had to call a taxi to detour and return home, It's a pity that I didn't have to visit the arena and UNESCO heritage indoor reserves, etc.
5. Romantic Aegean
The Aegean Sea is Turkey to the east and Greece to the west, the romantic Aegean Sea refers to the romantic atmosphere along the Greek coast, the architecture of the Turkish side is not as romantic as the fairy tale beauty of the Greek side, but it is the best place to watch the sunset over the Aegean Sea.
With their beloved, a cup of coffee, a glass of red wine, a rose, put the sunset in a cup, the two clinked glasses, drank slowly, and put it in their hearts...
Then, the two hold hands, walk on the beach, make waves barefoot, and like two seagulls, spread their wings and fly in the waves, chase and soar, shuttle through the passionate and enthusiastic colors...
There is no such dream, only emotions are not opened.
6. Pamukkale
The group members who enjoyed the romantic Aegean sunset and envied the romantic seaside dinner were all excited, sitting on the beach and drinking beer, quietly enjoying the beautiful night. As for what I do?
Meimei's night's sleep, today, we will go to Pamukkale, Xiaomi in the car detailed the situation of Pamukkale: Pamukkale is located in the southwestern mountains, in Turkey's textile industry town Denizli, this textile town is of course famous for cotton; Along the way, the sky is full of cotton flying in the wind, like snow on a sunny day, you can feel how powerful the cotton is here.
Come to Pamukkale, this is a very typical limestone and other rich mineral hot spring water, rich in calcium bicarbonate, oxygen oxidation into calcium carbonate deposited natural scenery, similar to the familiar karst landscape of the cave stalactite landform, but the mineral content here is very high, and the crystals are very white, after thousands of years of calcification and precipitation, forming layers of semicircular white stepped pools, from a distance like a large cotton, the Turks call it "Pamkale" (meaning cotton palace) because of the cotton produced here, In fact, it has nothing to do with cotton.
I don't know if it's the development of tourist hot springs or man-made water production factors, the water of the entire cotton pool is very small, only a small part has water, and the cotton pool without water has no reflection of the sky, to say that there is really nothing to see...
It was first discovered by the Romans, because this hot spring water has a healing function, and the dignitaries and rich tycoons at that time were proud to come here to soak in the hot springs to enjoy their old age, and some people who came here for treatment also died here. The Aphroditean Acropolis, built more than 2,000 years ago, was actually a sanatorium at that time, and due to many strong earthquakes, the luxury and splendor were gone, and now only the Greek-style bathhouse, arches, beams, and stone pillars and corridors remain; The isolated marble pillar group does not have the majesty and grandeur that supported the hall in the past, but the marble column with a smooth surface and exquisite carving of the capital, as well as the beautifully carved ancient Greek pattern beam breaks, still retain the ingenuity of human craftsmen.
The Moon Goddess Temple no longer has the mystery of the moonlight goddess, and the goddess has gone with the moonlight, leaving only three remnants of the wall, as if looking forward to the return of the goddess.
The six-story grandstand in front of the Moon Goddess Temple is estimated to be a small concert hall, but this luxurious white jade thick stone grinding platform, the position where the butt sits is very accurate artificial engineering curved position, and it feels very comfortable to sit on it, which shows the royal status of this concert hall; More than 2,000 years ago, the ancient Greeks also knew how to use ergonomic knowledge, but it is a pity that many modern people's public places are not people-oriented!
From this point on, the scenery of Pamukkale-style hot spring pools is no longer the focus of this ancient city, I am amazed by the art and premonition of ancient Greece This is by no means an ordinary ancient city, it must be royalty, the luxury has been thrown away by the luxury of Ephesus, and it may be a bigger surprise to visit further.
Looking at the ancient theater on the hills from afar, far from the hot spring area, there is not even a scenic tour boardwalk, there are few tourists, all mud and gravel roads, the fierce sun dry me and Cen Sheng, walking for a period of rest, a mineral water for two people, came to the theater, the amazing expression in front of the eyes without words.
This is the Hel Poly Grand Theater, in the second century BC, built by the Kingdom of Pergamon, is an open-air amphitheater covering a large area, it is said that it can accommodate 7~80,000 people, the same is the white jade marble arc carved audience seat, in the center of the theater near the bottom dancing large semicircle, tall back of the distinguished spectator, this is the royal seat, the grandeur of the seat far exceeds the modern high-level VIP seat, and the evacuation passage of the theater is also specially designed for this royal seat.
a two-story stage, with a semicircular square-style stage on the ground floor, presumably for large-scale dance and equestrian performances, and possibly instrumental bands for large-scale concerts; The rectangular stage on the second floor is estimated to be performed by singing, dancing and poetry recitation; Judging from the more than 10 large and small doorways set up on the second floor stage, we can see the large number of actors participating in a performance at that time; The second floor stage has 10 niches in size, and different exquisite jade carved figures should have been placed at that time, but unfortunately only 2 broken statues remain.
A lone tourist sits quietly in the stands, thinking? In depity? Listening? Here people can stay quietly, as if there is a singing and dancing, galloping horses, passionate song and dance feast; After one carnival after another, the mountains were shaken again and again and buried the heavens and the earth of ancient Greece.
This masterpiece of history made me and Cen Sheng forget the time of the gathering, and looked back at the lonely Grand Theater set off by white and yellow foxtail, just a burst of sadness...
7. Aspendos Amphitheater
In the morning, the clouds began to thicken, but the sun was still very good, and through the winding mountain road, we came to the Aspandos Amphitheater, one of the projects that was won by the legendary "Beckoning Horse".
It is said that in 161 AD, the ancient Roman emperor Aurelius asked for his daughter's marriage, and people were more than wen and martial arts to recruit horses, but he wanted a great building, which not only required strong skills, but also strong strength, or else, there was not even a chance to participate; After strict screening, the emperor has selected a bridge project to win the bid, but he was deeply impressed by the sound design designed by the acoustic designer of this large theater, Zano, and also selected this project, but how can a daughter marry two husbands? The end of the story can only be conceived by you...
The stage background wall is up to three floors, and the window eyebrows, floating platforms, and cornices are all ancient Roman marble reliefs. Or niches? There is also a doorway on the second floor, is there a place for the performance? Stage pool without a raised platform? The most pity is that the Roman columns in the background of the stage are gone!
The top floor of the auditorium of this ancient theater is a circular vaulted corridor, which plays the role of sound design? Without detailed information, it should not be a stormy corridor from a design point of view.
There are no royal seats in this theater, only a circle of backrest marble VIP seats on the middle level of the auditorium, and only one fragment remains.
Based on the ancient theater that I have seen for a few days, this level is not high, but it is only a medium popular level, and the materials, craftsmanship, and scale are inferior; I am very glad that Cen Sheng and I resisted the mistakes of our group members (when there is no intention to delay, the place is too big and beautiful, the time arranged by the travel agency is far from enough, it is recommended that the self-driving tour can arrange more time for a comprehensive tour. Visit the Hel Poly Grand Theater and don't miss this royal theater. Thank you very much for the immediate solution of Xiaomi and Jiangzai tour guides and the tolerance of all group members! Thank you so much!
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