Phnom Penh: Daun Penh district in Phnom Penh joins districts, cities, districts, and provinces across the country in drumming, drumming, bell ringing, and drumming to celebrate the inclusion of Cambodia’s “Koh Ker Temple Resort” as a World Heritage Site. The world. The sound of gongs, bees and drums and the shouts of “Victory of the Kingdom of Cambodia” were heard all over the country this morning, August 20, 2023. The celebration of beating gongs, beating bees, drums and shouting at the same time at 7:00 am took place in all pagodas, temples, ministries, government agencies, the private sector and other factories. To celebrate the listing of Cambodia’s “Koh Ker Temple Resort” as a World Heritage Site.
The ceremony held at Daun Penh District Administration was presided over by Daun Penh District Governor Mr. Chea Khema, Daun Penh Deputy District Governor Mr. Chap Dina, District Council Chairman Mr. Hem An, together with Khan Councilors and civil servants under Daun Penh District Administration. The whole event was attended by hundreds of government officials and leaders from all over the country. Today, it is considered a national pride for the Cambodian people throughout the country.
Under the shadow of peace in the spirit of one nation by working together to rebuild the Kingdom of Cambodia as glorious as in ancient times, especially the glorious Angkorian period. UNESCO on September 17, 2023 at the 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. According to the Ministry of Culture, the inclusion of Koh Keri in the World Heritage List is based on two criteria set out in the Executive Guidelines of the 1972 Convention:
Criterion 2: The Koh Ker Archaeological Site presents in a unique way the intersection of human values that forms the Koh Ker style, in which the sculptures show courage, the imagery embodied, and the vivid spirit of the sculpture movement. Born from a combination of Indian religious symbols and art with local design concepts and handicrafts. Although short-lived in just 23 years in the 10th century, the Koh Ker style has had a lasting impact on the artistic expression in later periods of the Khmer Empire and the Kingdom of Cambodia. In other Southeast Asian countries.
Criterion 4: Koh Ker Archaeological Site is a prototype of a new urban landscape with large buildings due to the use of large boulders in the construction and carving and sculpture. This prototype dates back centuries to the construction of stone temples throughout the Khmer Empire and became a source of inspiration for the construction of great temples in Angkor and in Southeast Asia in later centuries. Koh Ker is the fourth Cambodian resort site to be inscribed on the World Heritage List after Angkor, which was inscribed on December 14, 1992 in Santa Fe, USA. On July 7, 2008 in Quebec City, Canada and the Sambor Prei Kuk Temple Site, dated July 8, 2017 in Krakow, Poland.
