Controversy pictures over Angkor Sangkrant
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Re: Controversy pictures over Angkor Sangkrant
How do you figure that? Kbach is unique to Khmer design, and bears no resemblance to Chinese decoration whatsoever. The kbach we see on old temples here would originally have been colored too. Coloring it like red sandstone or laterite just reflects the current weathered appearance of the temples.Satiated Parrot wrote:The old one looked pretty damn Chinese to me.
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Re: Controversy pictures over Angkor Sangkrant
I think it's the colors. Looks pretty Chinese to my untrained eyes too.John Bingham wrote:How do you figure that? Kbach is unique to Khmer design, and bears no resemblance to Chinese decoration whatsoever. The kbach we see on old temples here would originally have been colored too. Coloring it like red sandstone or laterite just reflects the current weathered appearance of the temples.Satiated Parrot wrote:The old one looked pretty damn Chinese to me.
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Re: Controversy pictures over Angkor Sangkrant
Eight men who were arrested last week for their alleged involvement in the arson of a decorative gateway built for the Angkor Sankranta New Year festival in Siem Reap City were charged Friday and sent to the provincial prison, officials said Sunday.
After the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC)— a youth group headed by Prime Minister HE’s son Hun Many—built the gate, Cambodian Facebook users complained that its style had too much Vietnamese and Chinese influence. In the early hours of Tuesday, it was set on fire.
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After the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC)— a youth group headed by Prime Minister HE’s son Hun Many—built the gate, Cambodian Facebook users complained that its style had too much Vietnamese and Chinese influence. In the early hours of Tuesday, it was set on fire.
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https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eigh ... eap-81938/
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Re: Controversy pictures over Angkor Sangkrant
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Re: Controversy pictures over Angkor Sangkrant
Whats the fuss? china has many administrative districts. Hong Kong, macau Cambodia. All Chinese
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