Between the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, there is a city at an altitude of 790 meters above sea level on the top of the mountains of Western Judea, which is the most complex place in the world and the only pure place in the world.
The city has a long history, the result of a collision of cultures, religions and imperial histories. Some people say that you can find history in any corner of here, and it is not an exaggeration to say that any corner here is very likely to step on the ruins of a thousand years.
It not only bears witness to the vastness and depth of history, but also shows the fragility of human society and the fragility of human nature, which is the holy city that has attracted the world's attention - Jerusalem. And why did Jerusalem, at the top of the Utdian Mountains, become a holy place recognized by the three major religions?
Although Jerusalem is a small area of only 126 square kilometers, judaism, Christianity and Islam all worship the city as a holy place for their own religions, based on their own religious legends.
So Jerusalem, with the old city as the core, is surrounded by a circle of equilateral quadrilateral walls, the area is like a projectile, only about 1 square kilometer, and people divide the place into 4 residential areas according to their respective religious beliefs, and each district has a deep and unique religious atmosphere and a very humanistic atmosphere.
To the northwest is the Christian quarter, the largest residential area in the Old City, where the world-famous Church of the Martyrdom of Jesus, the Resurrection Hall, also known as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, is located. To the southwest is the Armenian Quarter, the smallest residential area in Jerusalem.
The south is the Jewish Parish, the world-famous Wailing Wall (called the Western Wall, also known as the Wall of Sighs) is in this area, which is also the most solemn and sacred holy place in Judaism, and Mount Zion in the southwest of the city is also an important holy place for Judaism.
The Mount of Olives in the eastern part of the city is home to Christian and Jewish shrines, and to the east is a Muslim area, including the world-famous temple district. The holy places in the temple area are the temple on the top of the rock and the rock top of Mount Moli, the Cobblestone Mosque, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Cobblestone Mosque happens to be adjacent to the Wailing Wall, and because the temple happens to be built on the site of a Jewish temple, the area has become the most intense place of conflict between Jews and Muslims.
Christianity honors Jerusalem as a holy place not only because of its role in the Old Testament, but also because of its extraordinary significance during Jesus' lifetime.
According to the Bible, in the south of Jerusalem, about seventeen kilometers away from the town of Bethlehem, there is a cave called Mahed, according to the Bible, the Virgin Mary gave birth to the Son of God, Jesus, in the Cave of Mahed, and to this day, there is still a Mahed Church to commemorate it.
Soon after His birth, He was taken to Jerusalem, where He chose to preach and proclaim himself Christ (i.e., Savior).
Colthes is another very important Christian relic in Jerusalem, and it is said that Jesus was betrayed by Judas, one of the twelve apostles, so that the Jews could easily arrest Jesus.
The consuls of the Jewish provinces of the Roman Empire, under pressure from the Jewish populace and religious figures, had to order the crucifixion of Jesus outside the city, and Calvary was said to have been the crucifixion of Jesus at that time.
As a result, Golgotha became a place of pilgrimage for all christians in the world, and pilgrims often retraced the bitter path that preceded Jesus' cross.
Precisely because Jerusalem is an important place where Jesus, the Son of God, was tortured, died, rose and ascended to heaven, and where Jesus lived at the most critical times in his life, in the hearts of all Christians Jerusalem is the home of the soul and the inviolable holy place.
Muslims generally consider Jerusalem to be the third holiest place in Islam, and before Mecca, Muslims prayed in the direction of Jerusalem.
At the beginning of the 7th century AD, the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, was rumored to be preaching in the Arabian Peninsula, but was strongly opposed by the local nobles in the city of Mecca.
One night, the fifty-two-year-old Muhammad was awakened in his sleep by an angel and flew from Mecca to Jerusalem on a silver-gray human-headed horse sent by the angel, and then stepped on a sacred stone called Sahlai and flew to the seventh heaven.
After seeing "allah Allah" and receiving the "apocalypse", he returned to Mecca at dawn, which is one of the important teachings of Islam, "night walking".
The mosque named after the Sacred Stone sits on a 260,000-square-meter temple area on the mesa of Mount Zion in the eastern part of Jerusalem. To the south of the Holy Land is an Al-Aqsa Mosque, founded in 709 AD. The word "Al-Aqsa" means "far away" in Arabic, and Muhammad's "nocturnal ascension" is of this origin.
The temple's architectural style is more unique, like the minarets necessary in other mosques. Of all the mosques in Islam, the Al-Aqsa Mosque is second only to the Holy Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet's Temple in Medina, and it is well deserved to be called the Third Holy Mosque of Islam.
Jerusalem is mentioned more than 700 times in the Old Testament as the center of judaism's faith and the holiest city. From the time King Solomon, the son of King David, built the Jewish Temple of Solomon on Mount Ansite in Jerusalem in the tenth century B.C., it has become the spiritual pillar of the Jewish nation.
No matter when, wherever, or wherever the Jews will go into exile, prayer will always be directed towards the beautiful homeland they have in mind.
It can be said that the symbolism of Jerusalem to Judaism has never changed, and the Holy of Holies in the Holy Of Jerusalem before the destruction of the war contains the Ark of the Covenant, which is the most holy and unstainable existence for Judaism, and only one high priest is eligible to enter the Holy of Holies once a year, while all the other men in Israel must come to Jerusalem three times a year to hold and participate in religious festivals.
To this day, all the Jews of the world are required to face Jerusalem when they pray in the synagogue, and if they can, the building itself is designed to face Jerusalem, toward the Holy of Holies.
The western wall of Mount Zion in the Old City, which is now the remains of Solomon's Temple, is the holiest pilgrimage site of Judaism outside of the Temple Mount, and the third largest artificial megalith in the world. The significance of the Wailing Wall for Judaism is to express the long-cherished wish of mourning and looking forward to its restoration, as well as to let the Jews remember the pain of the temple's defeat.
From ancient times to the present day, the centripetal effect of the Holy Land of Jerusalem on the Jews, and the fanaticism of the Jews in their obsession with the city, is simply unimaginable, what kind of a country would be a country without Jerusalem in the Knesset.
Because of its religion, geographical location, political status, etc., the fate of the city of Jerusalem has been ups and downs, suffering countless tribulations.
This paradise-like city has been razed to the ground 18 times by war, but has been repeatedly rebuilt and revived, changing hands several times between different countries, different civilizations and different religions, constantly staging one after another of conflict and killing, conquest and destruction, and reconstruction and revival.
Some people say that this city that is forced to make battle the main theme is extremely rare and rare in the whole world, repeatedly destroyed but revered by people, it is a gladiatorial arena for the clash of civilizations, it is the front line of confrontation between atheism and atheism, and it is the place where the Ho people's conspiracy and online mythology take place.
Unconsciously, Jerusalem has long since transcended religion itself and become the faith to which devout followers aspire, and the coveted target of greedy politicians.
Jerusalem means "city of peace" in Hebrew, and "gutz" in Arabic means "holy city". Jerusalem can be described as the first largest city in the former Palestinian area, the political and economic center of the country, and a multi-ethnic and multicultural gathering place.
The architecture here spans the architectural styles of many eras, historical relics and religious sites, and is the essence of the architectural art of the East and the West, and has been passed down by word of mouth by the literati and inkers of the past generations, which has given this city a long history and inclusiveness with a strong and very magical religious color.
In today's Jerusalem, the bustle of the business district contrasts sharply with the solemnity of the Holy Land, with shop windows lining the streets with a dazzling array of exotic goods, church bells, horns and announcers' chimes, and the streets are filled with smells that are different from other places.
It is not only the solemn smell of church incense burning, but also the exciting and joyful aroma emanating from the spice market.
In this city where ancient and modern times are combined and eastern and western civilizations blend, it is a city full of mystery and poetry, and I hope that with the pace of the Middle East peace process, I hope that the people there can overcome disputes, unravel the intractable knots woven by the goddess of destiny, and make Jerusalem a veritable city of peace in the world.