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洪都拉斯境內的科潘小鎮(Copan Ruinas)曾經是瑪雅王國的首都,是當時文化和宗教活動的中心,1980年被列入世界遺產名錄。探索瑪雅文化作為我們這次旅行的主題之一,科潘瑪雅遺址是我們不應錯過的地方。
淩晨3點多鍾,我們從危地馬拉的古城安提瓜出發,途徑危地馬拉城,跨過邊境 ,在中午前抵達了洪都拉斯境內的科藩小鎮。
洪都拉斯海關
在科潘時,我發了下麵微信分享。
【Central American Adventure】Day 20 at Copan Ruinas, Honduras
It was a smart decision that we started our journey at 3:30am today so that we arrived Copan before noon, otherwise it could easily take us 12 hours to get Copan, as the traffic is notoriously bad.
Copan Ruinas,still isn't a tourist town, which I am selfishly happy for. its economy mainly depend on coffee, cocoa,etcs.
【Central American Adventure】Day 20 at Copan Ruinas,Honduars
After we checked in in the hotel, some of us couldn't wait and went to the archeology site this afternoon, while I decided first to visit a tea and chocolate house, see the ruins tomorrow morning.
茶室幽靜的庭院
庭院內正在盛開的 Jade flower。 女主人告訴我們,這花一年隻開一次,花期約為二周。我們很幸運來時正好遇到開花季節。
溫婉的女主人
情趣與雅致,天然與精致,在這裏都得到了體現。一天的長途奔波後來這裏飲茶賞景,小憩片刻,也可解除疲憊。
科潘是瑪雅文明最重要的地點之一。大約在公元前2世紀,科潘就已經是瑪雅王國的首都,在公元5世紀到9世紀到達鼎盛。然後同其他各個瑪雅城邦一樣,突然衰落並被徹底遺棄在叢林之中,直到19世紀這座荒城才被挖掘出來。
被挖掘出來科潘瑪雅遺址中包括金字塔、祭壇、廣場、6 座廟宇、石階、36 塊石碑和雕刻等等,全是瑪雅世界的精品。如今它橫列在我們眼前,就像汪洋中一艘破碎的船,它的桅杆不見了,船員也消失了,誰也不知它何時而來,也不知摧毀它的是何物,一切都是謎。漫步在謎一般的廢墟中,我忍不住在想,即使一個文明的消失,世界依舊在前進。還有什麽不能崩潰的,個人,國家,民族,文化,任何崩潰都是新生的機會,我們無需擔憂崩潰。
【Central American Adventure】Day21 at Copan Ruinas,Honduars
Today we will travel from Honduras to El Salvador. Before leaving for El Salvador, we visited the World Heritage-listed ruins of Copan, the remnants of the southernmost of the great Maya sites for which Central America is famous. Unique because of the numerous elaborate stelae – carved columns – still intact on site, there are also temples, excavated vaults and walls inscribed with ancient faces. A stroll through this old-world capital is bound to leave me pondering the adbrupt collapse of such a creative civilisation.
**** 已完成的中美洲遊記係列: 【行走中美洲】****
寫過一個瑪雅係列,介紹過文字破譯過程,“瑪雅的玉米棒子長”。