Egypt

The ancient civilizations of mankind the great booth

Pyramids, Sphinx, Pharaoh's Tomb, Temple, Egypt in these world famous ancient culture of humanity "business card" attracts tourists from all over the world.

Egypt is not going to hear a friend said before, China and Egypt are four civilizations, but it is a completely different feel, taste is completely different. I'm curious, with a history of five thousand years of civilization, thousands of years of monuments, to Chinese tourists bring the feeling of how different?

Nile tours

We go by Qatar Airways aircraft flying twelve hours after arrival in the capital Doha Qatar, then flew to connecting flights from Doha, the capital of ancient Egypt Luxor.

At the exit of the airport, the Guide Anna has been waiting for this a small six-person mission. Ana is a graduate student, graduate in archaeology. She told us Egypt tourist attractions are almost all in the Nile, and arrange for a luxury cruise ship. Luxor Nile take a second, is the mother River of Egypt, now more is Egypt's tourism lifeline. Ancient Egypt who believe in the resurrection, considered the Eastern Shore is the life of the city, is the place where the sun rises, symbolizes the growth of life; in the West Bank is a city of death, is the place where the sun sets, the demise of symbolizing life after death, people are buried in the West Bank of the Nile, and cover a lot of temples, building a lot of pyramid shape of the Tomb, so for thousands of years after the historic West Nile. Now, every day, thousands of States on tens of thousands of tourists, kept riding pleasure boat to visit. Anna said, we take the cruise on the Nile, the entire 500 bars, each only a ship cost hundreds of dollars above all, make up the vast flow of the hotel. Fly in the ointment is the cruise hotel pattern are almost, four or five stories high, the top floor has a small swimming pool.

Despite all the way from fatigued, as the boat started when we still enthusiastically ran to the top of the ship, while watching the beautiful scenery on both sides.

Luxor and Aswan tourism region of the Nile water quality protection is very good, almost no factory, rarely have on river transport ships. The attractions at the pier, stop with the hordes of cruise ships, our ship simply by not only through the other shore, cruises on the Terminal lobby. When you find that we cross the entire Terminal waters are very clean, if in the country with so many cruise ships stop in the River, surrounded by waters will have a lot of waste and pollution. Then know that 500 large cruise ships are installed very good import environmental protection equipment, timely processing of all life on the boat and sewage waste, if which shipowners violations, the Government will put this private-owned cruise collection. Later, when we sit wooden sailing boat tour at the harbour of Alexandria guide Anna said, drink the water of the Nile, hereafter also here. We use both hands to skim the water directly from the Nile to the portal, I feel really cool, clear waters.

Monuments of Nile shore site

Luxor is believed to be the world's most magnificent outdoor museum, from Luxor to Aswan, via Combe cloth and edfu areas and monuments, this is the world's largest open-air museum, over 40 Temple group and thousands of noble mausoleum was built here.

It is difficult to find like Luxor a nearly one-third of the world accommodating historical monuments reflect the five thousand years ancient Egypt civilization great places.

Egypt every place has its own God, but the greatest God Helios.

Kyle Nike logo is the Temple of Luxor, it consists of many temples, is the world existing Temple group in one of the largest, one of the main building for worship Thebes God — the Sun god Amun's great temple. The temple was built in 3000 years ago, in the future up to 1300 years, continue to increase. The temple is ten to towering arches over the three magnificent Hall. The most spectacular in the temple is a jungle-like column Hall, erected a cross well-arranged 134 root giant columns, six each root to be folded, central pillars had two rows of 21 metres high, and upper stone long near 10 meters, at least dozens of tons, put such a heavy stone frame to 21 m high columns, we can imagine that this is a kind of superb building technology?. Stone carved sculpture and painting, record the story of God and man. In the stone forest of the central symbol of upper and lower Egypt has stone pillar, tell the vicissitudes of ancient Egypt dynasties.

Luxor's Valley of the Kings, hidden in the caves have been unearthed the tomb of 62, we chose one of the famous sakaltutan scammon visit King tombs.

In order to avoid theft, King Valley West Nile at Luxor selected internal areas, it is said that a pending the completion of the mausoleum, the King puts all built tomb of workers killed in order to not let them to reveal the location of the tomb and inside treasure. The dead city in addition to the King's Tomb, aristocratic tomb and the tomb of Princess's grave, the frescoes are kept well, many frescoes still brightly colored.

The most magnificent Egypt imposing ancient buildings, well-deserved should be greater Cairo boundary pyramid in the desert.

The most representative of the high ground of the admission, the three pyramids from northeast to Southwest diagonal in one line, followed by Vakuf, Hough la and door card ur and Hough, next to the pyramid of the temple, is the famous Sphinx. The great pyramid, the light yellow limestone blocks up to tens of tons, up to 200 million stone. Geometric's Party cone construction, simple lines, while our tour vehicle from far and near slowly near the pyramids, brought to you by the Visual impact of the strong. Stones and stones since the seamless, and even among some archaeologists describe, shave blades are inserted into joints.

Despite the intense heat of the desert, we were tired and thirsty, drink water and rest.

I admire Anna, she is wearing the traditional Islamic clothing for women, face mask, not afraid of hot dressed not to drink water, manual or so good. In the desert of several visits to tourist attractions have a fixed public toilets, a mobile toilets, long-like States visitors lined up waiting for convenience. Management of Egypt's toilet is very interesting, at the entrance your piece of the EGP, but do not change no conversion. This is really embarrassed many rush to the toilet, not ElPounds, only pay a dollar, pound sterling, Yen, RMB, what are your national currency anyway, I see a foreigner who does not have any change for change, with a $ 10 dollars, hands pointing for a long time, or did not seek to Egypt managers looking for change and had to angry. Even more absurd is for more money, few people outside of the men's room has also ranked female compatriots, longtime visitors were there so many men and women.

We at Nile over four days later, change train to the capital city of Cairo.

In Cairo, city of liberation square side, is a famous Egypt National Museum, which is a world famous Egypt treasures show, the "Pearl of the world Museum" that treasured world-famous ancient Egypt art 12 million pieces. It is a two storey building, with 100 more exhibition hall. Some statistics every minute of relics, need nine months to finish.

We see in Egypt all the way to Montreal's heritage, the temple statue is really astonishing Millennium of authenticity is so open.

Anna said, Egypt people like the original natural, simple, consider these monuments and nature indivisible, so their monuments not patch, let it rain the Sun and maintain the original appearance of natural weathering. Good in Egypt is a dry desert climate, almost no rain throughout the year, as heritage conservation provides favorable conditions.

Sticking stereotypes of Government

Luxury cruise on the Nile on a good band we ran four days, the way we are wondering why the cross-strait whether urban or rural housing, exterior walls are no painting naked, roof bars were erected outside? look was broken wall and wall, we thought here not long ago the earthquake happened, even thought Egypt Government also like the original zhu鎔ji straightening out China's economic era, leaving a large number of uncompleted everywhere.

Results from Anna there knew that the former Egypt government law, no completion of the building shall not pay real estate tax, so those are not well-off Egypt people cover room is drilling this legal loopholes, no cap will not be completed, but does not affect live. I heard similar things in Egypt also many, some local buses do not have to pay you a segmented piece El pounds can even multiply by 100 kilometres away. In Egypt, where the former Revolutionary Government to stay in the bottom line, if the welfare, education, health care, utilities and so on, the current Government can't break it, even if it is not reasonable, does not meet the requirements of social status, who is not willing to change or cancel, for fear of being people say regression or "not as ever" up trouble, this looks very absurd things. We take the double soft sleeper express train trip to Cairo, from look out the window, the same is offensive house building and garbage, like the poor region in Northwestern China. But later, when we reach the beautiful Alexandria Bay, near tall buildings in a number of luxurious apartments, still have a lot of old building external walls exposed, especially the coastal landscape of some Street and shops, the old way is not afraid to flattered.

Cairo is a modern, cutting road, squares, gardens, clubs, casinos, luxury hotels and 187 m in the Cairo Tower scattered amongst the largest in the city of Cairo to tourists for a rich choice of shopping, entertainment and nightlife, but we feel the Cairo or poor "messy" farther away from the city centre, the more garbage everywhere on the road, there is a deposited waste already for a long time.

Delta of the Nile River, the waters do not like the River tourism in the region as clean water, cloudy or even a place for serious pollution has a smell. Most people do not get used to it or those naked wall House, Cairo city at least one fifth of such housing, the roof bar is installed in the erection of a satellite antenna. There are many on both sides of the street where we sat in a Chair in pumping smoke, pedestrians about channeling road vehicles in a loose, street stalls are disorganized, occasionally there are beggars stopped tourists for money. This is an international tourism city, really do not match, a little big brake scenery. Sightseeing in Cairo and contemporary Egypt resident, do you not see the culture of ancient Egypt, the imprinting make people feel that Egypt's ancient prehistoric civilization belongs to the people, like Egypt and metropolitan Cairo and today's Egypt.

The lost guide Anna

Every one of spots to get off, not to explain such as Anna, our six small groups on each photograph for activists scattered to, only I followed the Guide Anna, science Archaeology of Anna good is not lost.

Anna asked me, why not China tourists enjoy listening to history? but willing to listen to stories, jokes and a spot on a hurry to find a place to take pictures everywhere. In contrast, Europeans are more willing to listen to the Guide on the monuments and historical aspects of the solution, they think this will help to better understand the culture of Egypt, including Taiwan, Hong Kong visitors. Anna said, on tour, said history and storytelling are two levels of distinction, lecture history must have professional knowledge, and the said story anyone, so the presence in the Chinese mainland tourists always makes her feel heroes useless.

The way we see and Western tourists, regardless of the number of cattle in the United States, or a lot of rich people in Japan, in Egypt for thousands of years before the monuments, they all looked very humble.

Whether it be France, or the United Kingdom, the Louvre and the British Museum, although many valuable artifacts of Egypt, but is dishonorable conduct, in Egypt's ancient civilization, they will not be able to show off, they also listen to Egypt tour history, feel the ancient Egypt's wisdom. Temple of Nike in Kyle, when we were caught up in the regiment's search for the best viewing angle picture pictures, an old perimeter a huge stone columns with header surprised, face filled with wonder and confused. No wonder that Napoleon in Sphinx before the soldiers said: "Behold Egypt for thousands of years of civilization in contempt for us. ”

Go to ancient Egypt tourism visitors to a culture and quality test.

Life may have only one chance to go to Egypt, if you want to go that must be done well prepared, no knowledge on temporarily not to ancient Egypt, otherwise it ruined the history, murder, murder of money.

No to Egypt, from Hollywood blockbusters the Egypt gaudily, European film after, only seen 3700-year history of the civilizations of Egypt, since the Roman Empire by European Kaisadadi occupation, an ancient Egypt's history becomes the history of European painting, Europeans have to occupiers and the masters of ancient Egypt to the status of culture and history.

But the tour guide Anna as we explained the Egypt 5000 thousand years history, said there was a general understanding of the history of ancient Egypt, which is one of the four great ancient civilizations, starting from the year 3000 BC to the end in 322 b.c.. Most people only know the age, think beyond Egypt is weakened, in fact, this is wrong, in fact at least some time in Egypt as world cultural center. First is the ancient Egypt era, followed by 300 years b.c. to a.d. after 300 years of Greece in Roman times, this period of Egypt in Greece and the Roman rule, ancient Greece, the capital of civilization flourished to become the world's knowledge in Alexandria. The last is the Islamic era, around the tenth century, the Arab culture developed, Egypt became the center of the Arab world. Arab culture had the opportunity to crusade swept Europe, led to the Renaissance and the industrial revolution.

Science Archaeology of Anna quietly told me that she had heard a lot of Chinese tourists speak Chinese cultural revolution at the story of heritage damaged monuments, she did not understand Chinese leaders could not stop and Egypt have? heritage when life consciously protect it, and each adult person about their own Egypt motherland of 5000 years of history is full of pride, foreign tourists who have damaged artifacts and comments will be Egypt's strong dissatisfaction and conscious of quality protection of heritage and monuments from the habit.

I told her that our great leader was the attitude towards heritage: after the founding of new China, Mao stood in Tiananmen in the previous wave, on the famous architects Sicheng said, "after the Tiananmen Square before you put up a chimney!" which shocked the cultural revolution "of the evil and abroad" and "broken four old", also this great leader personally launched, who would dare block, like my three brothers that first come to block the cultural revolution, the result is killed in China, dare to say the truth almost all murdered. I wry smile said: "China's leaders do not believe that history, because history in China, is the winner. During the cultural revolution, Mao Zedong roundly criticized, almost all Chinese historical figures were down, he supported and encouraged the red guards to ban all the history books, the ancient leaves children's thousands of monuments destroyed. He only gave one billion Chinese people leave a his brilliant work — the ' collection ', as long as the Chinese people know and learn his history of Mao Zedong thought. Of course, he also keeps a history of many writers to invent, stresses many beautiful and touching story of ordinary people. "Anna listened surprised to laugh, I can't believe this is the fact that I carefully, I have just said is not a story, but a true" cultural revolution Holocaust history ".

Yes, the Chinese tourist and cultural qualities of lower how can simple blame tourists themselves? after the cultural revolution, China's treatment of heritage interest, probably only exist in a number of archaeological and cultural people, for the ordinary Chinese tourists, such as Egypt to monuments to the attractions of the country that is a bit unique scenery, is only the background of the photo.

I am travelling again after the cultural revolution had before the cultural revolution has been to many places of interest of domestic, everywhere can always hear the complaints of the red guards, local guides in 66 years old "cracking" the destruction four monuments and experience, and a go, followed by words and commends the local Government said now, spend huge sums of rehabilitation of Antiquities of these relics, ridiculous isn't it? how can fix heritage with its same? the same value with original? could instead spend money on fixes on liquidation? cultural revolution in how we destroyed country and folk heritage, the Government can "jiaozhen", seriously after people published statistics for a specific number and extent? Government regrets and liquidation of iniquity to warn people that ask people to forget the past, all forward (money), you can ask people to feel the history of civilization, and to respect for the cultural monuments of appreciation of the wisdom of the ancients? no wonder with the Mission of Mr. Choi, Chinese Academy of social sciences in return path not residence laments, "not the same, with the ancient civilizations, taste and attitude completely, we have learned to introspection!"

Great contrast

Egypt tour, let me feel the two strongly contrast.

One is a messy poor urban environments, even the capital Cairo such large cities everywhere can see long-term do not clean the junk, we passed by these visitors are hurriedly left his mouth, and Egypt are handled as if already accustomed to this kind of environment. This way, poor urban and rural landscape messy, how will the Government of Egypt is so weak and not major renovation? does the treatment of urban poor "messy" is a great difficult? this Visual touring as the life of Egypt is absolute. In the pyramid of the desert, tourists from all over the world anxiously waiting only mobile toilets, but look who is in the toilet does not change as the opportunity to earn plenty of tips.

However, in such a city and travel management are not in canonical, in their protection of 5000 years of culture is unambiguous.

The desert is not built latrines, precisely to avoid digging drainage and the protection of the pyramids and the tomb of Pharaoh. In all of the temple and the Tomb entrance, has a Dutch guns of police guards, guard, let us how many of these travelers are not used to this kind of nervous atmosphere, it is difficult to understand this everywhere preparedness posture. We visited the Imperial Valley, there once lived three thousand households, in order to facilitate protection and explore the Tomb, the Government had asked residents are allowed to build a new House, despite the growing population; also prohibits the villagers to install modern pipeline, residential water had to use donkeys into the village. Just recently, through nearly 60 years of negotiations, the Egypt Government spent 1.8 EGP (3100 million dollars), in other places also built a new residential area, only then will all the relocation of the local villagers.

The Luxor area, because the local peasants traditions extensive irrigation, causing the Nile water level rising,

With close to the sea, the degree of architectural salt. The situation in the Middle East is not secure against Egypt, too often the theft of cultural objects of international groups also continually haunted Egypt Luxor, Egypt brought destruction to the monuments and disaster. But in Egypt, on till the Government down to the people all the monuments and when life, protection of national treasures of Egypt leaders believe is Egypt's Millennium plan, the Ministry of culture of half of the budget is spent in heritage conservation. To strengthen national awareness for heritage protection, Government "start young", financed by the Bank of Switzerland, Egypt Egypt National Museum of the Ministry of education, as well as civil society organizations to jointly organized a training course on children's knowledge of heritage. Egypt heritage sector in particular the establishment of many world famous archaeological school, training of the archaeological excavations and monuments maintenance of a large number of professional and technical personnel, because ultimately, heritage protection needs of the technical staff of coddled. Egypt tourist guide level is quite high, get our guide Anna, although only an amateur tour is a University graduate, she wanted to get this guide card really is not easy, because you want to go through multi-channel history, archaeology, foreign language and other knowledge exam. In fact the guide levels determine tourists enjoy the service personnel are the most important. Egypt's Government to step up the fight against smuggling of heritage, to improve the protection of heritage resources, cultural heritage and Development Department has also initiated the development of cultural information network, to national monuments for documenting '. Egypt Government know their own financial resources, science and technology is limited, so they were 100 years ago allows the Western developed countries with the most advanced equipment to help Egypt Archaeology, history and heritage of the territory of the decryption.

Want to see the original, in the China National Tourism Administration to promote Egypt, welcomes the Chinese people to travel to Egypt Archaeology, feel somewhat "Egypt's grandmother," to an ancient civilization to promote its ancient civilization.

Now, when I stand on the side of the pyramid and the great temple, the feeling of you look so tiny, Sun, endless desert seem ancient, open, pyramids and temples after thousands of years of weathering the solemn, silence, still shows you the great wisdom of humanity; in the distance, Camel Caravan in the slowly moving, although modern Metropolitan Cairo is not far away, but at this point the King, as a tourist I went back to 5000 years ago, solidification time, thick and distant ancient civilization dense ground parcel at me. As Chinese people, those feelings are never at home, whether in the great wall, Temple of terracotta warriors and horses, the Imperial Palace, Museum, or our many cultural relics have been virtually impossible to go back to the original environment, but deep in the Museum, and the outdoor historical buildings, most of them are full of traces of artificial and patches, it is difficult to find like Egypt's ancient history and culture monuments and artifacts. I think this is going to Egypt before the friends that are not the same feeling.