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Introduction of Amber Fort, India

Introduction of Amber Fort, India

Delhi, Jaipur, Agra, not far from each other, are located in the north of India. Due to the many existing ancient buildings in these three cities, they embody some of the essence of Indian history and humanities, and are known as the “Golden Triangle” of tourism.

In this “Golden Triangle”, Jaipur is also known as the “Pink City”. On the Amber Hill on the outskirts of the city, there is a palace-style castle built at the end of the 16th century (1592), the Amber Fort.

Amber Fort is located on a hill on the northern outskirts of Jaipur. It was built in 1592 and is the old capital of Jaipur. Because the castle is made of milky white, light yellow, rose red and pure white stone, it looks like amber from a distance. Called Amber Fort.

The castle has a larger area and has several independent buildings. There is a uniquely designed mirror palace in the fort, which used to be the palace of the Tuwang. The palace is inlaid with glass, and the whole palace shines under the reflection of sunlight. The building of Amber Fort is magnificent and ornately decorated, which makes people linger.

Amber Fort, the ancient capital of Jaipur, was founded in 1592 by King MAN SINGH. The buildings in the fort are composed of several palaces in different periods, and built according to the mountain, layer upon layer, extremely spectacular, it is the most typical RAJPT style.

In ancient India, there were many small principalities; ancient India was also ruled by Arabs for a long time. In the 1620s, a Turkic descendant named Babur (also translated as “Babel”) (also known as a Turkicized Mongolian descendant) led an army from Central Asia into India, occupied Delhi, and opened the The Mughal dynasty in Indian history (which lasted until the British conquest of India in the 1760s).

At that time, Jaipur was a vassal state of the Mughal dynasty; King MAN SINGH also deliberately consolidated this alliance through marriage (the king’s sister married the third Mughal emperor). Therefore, the Amber Fort built by MAN SINGH is obviously influenced by Islamic culture.

Amber Fort is extremely strong and dangerous: in front, there is a moat under the steep hillside; on the hillside behind, there are fortifications like the Great Wall, which is a military fortress built in 1036.

The whole fortress is commanding and defending the city of Jaipur. It is said to have been the capital of India for 6 centuries. The vaulted roof of the palace, the fine lattice lattices of geometric figures, the marble columns and the carvings of flowers and plants are all influenced by the Mughal architectural style. (In fact, there is a heavier Islamic style) There is also a Jaigarh above the Amber Castle.

The entire palace is surrounded by high walls and thick walls; above the city walls, the entire old city can be seen. From the moat to the city gate, there is a small winding and narrow dirt road, which is the only way to enter the castle. Today, this path has been fully utilized and has become a tourist and sightseeing passage to enter the city gate by elephants.

Entering the city gate, it is a large square. The palace is still behind a tall and gorgeous palace wall. It is said that the square was once the place for the king’s military parade; of course, if the enemy forces break through the city gate, the square is also the battlefield for the last battle between the two sides.

The palace gate is usually not open. To enter and exit the castle, you have to go to the east gate on the high steps next to it. Inside the east gate, there is a striking building, the “Public Hall”, which was the place where the king understood the sentiments of the people and listened to the advice of his subjects. That building, both in design, in the materials chosen, and in the quality of its construction, is excellent. Other ancient Indian palaces also had similar public halls. Listening to the sentiments of the people may be a system of the ancient royal family in India.

Amber Fort, which is also the palace where the king worked and lived, has multiple independent spaces built on the mountain, which are layered and decorated extremely luxuriously. Among them, the most distinctive one is the Mirror Hall built in the middle and late 17th century (1675). There are countless small mirrors on the palace wall, which are very beautiful in the sunlight.

Its inlaid lenses and colored gemstones are exactly the same as the famous Taj Mahal in Agra. Just a little candle light can reflect thousands of light flashes, which is a unique spectacle in the world. Although the gemstone has been changed into a fake, it is very wonderful to light a candle in the dark, and you can still see that the lens is refracted by the light, like a diamond flying in the sky. It would be hard to imagine such a spectacle if it wasn’t for being there.

It is said that the idea of ​​the ceiling of the Mirror Hall came from the “unreasonable request” of a king’s beloved concubine. She told the king that she liked to look up at the stars in the sky when she slept at night. As a concubine, it is absolutely impossible to sleep in the open air.

So, the wise king asked craftsmen to build such a mirror temple. Legends are not necessarily reliable. I just feel that in India hundreds of years ago, it was not easy to have such a peculiar architectural design and such superb architectural skills to turn the design into a handed down work.

It is 300 rupees to take a motorcycle back and forth in the city. You need to change transportation to the bottom of the mountain. There are four options: walk for about 20 minutes, but the mountain road is steep; ride an elephant for 1,100 rupees, which can carry two people; jeep back and forth for 300 rupees; or take a ride in front of Hawa Mahal Take the 29 bus, 5 rupees to the Amber Palace, about 20 minutes to reach.