世界风景名胜纵览之黎巴嫩（A survey of world scenic spots in Lebanon）.docVIP

世界风景名胜纵览之黎巴嫩（A survey of world scenic spots in Lebanon） Baalbek Temple Baalbek temple is located in the famous monuments in Lebanon, Lebanons Bekaa Valley outside the foothills, more than 80 kilometers northeast of Beirut, at an altitude of about 1160 meters. Baalbek means the sun domain. About 2000 years ago the sun god worship Balak to build the temple to become a center of worship. Emperor Augustus also hired here 20 thousand slaves in Rome Empire at the time of the expansion of the temple, built into a huge building of religion, which is dedicated to the gods Jupiter, Bacchus and Venus Venus. The megalithic temple, surrounded by stone wall towering rock walls, 19 ~ 20 meters long, 4.5 meters wide, 3.6 meters thick. The temple has 6 sides of the front shape and wide large sacrifice court, the court has 2 large altar, the altar of up to 18 meters, and sacrifice for worship. Next to the altar there were 2 pools for the servants to wash their hands. The Grand Court consists of 128 rose colored granite columns surrounded by colorful stone galleries which were shipped from Aswan, egypt. All the pillars and are engraved arrows and various stone egg patterns, the egg said life was born, the end of arrow represents human life. Steps from the Grand Court lead to Jupiters temple. The temple of Jupiter is Baalbek ancient buildings in Romes oldest and largest and most magnificent imposing a, unfortunately destroyed by the earthquake. The temple of Jupiter is a hexagonal building, the original 54 round columns, each block contains 3 round stone inlaid with, a total of 22 meters high, 2 meters in diameter. Between the columns and pillars of stone carved beams connected with the tenon, many lion head, and said, now only 6, from afar, like 6 deities guarded in the sky, in the middle of the courtyard altar about 5 meters high, is the temple of Jupiter in the best preserved building. Bakes Elliot Zhu temple is located in the temple on the left, Bakes is the master of the grain har