Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca Empire, is located in the fertile valley of the Eastern Andes in the Peruvian Andes at an altitude of 3,410 meters.
The climate here is pleasant, and the city is surrounded by high mountains and lush forests. Therefore, it is also known as the "jewel in the crown of the Andes". In Quechua, "Cuzco" means "navel" and means "center of the world".
In the early days of the Inca Empire in the 11th century, Emperor Manco Cabac presided over the construction of this city. After a series of wars and conquests, Cusco reached its peak in the era of the vast Inca Empire, and Cusco developed into the capital and sacred city of the empire. , was the political, economic, cultural and religious center of the Inca Empire. The social organization of the empire was very hierarchical, and this concept influenced the design and layout of cities.
Although Cusco's terrain is undulating, the Inca capital was designed at right angles to mitigate the disadvantages. The city's rectilinear layout and central square provided Cusco with four roads connecting the empire's provinces, making it easier for the empire to rule various places.
Under the Inca Empire, Cusco was a town decorated with huge stones on the outside bordering the plaza. Later Spanish colonists maintained the foundation of mud and brick buildings and adopted new building structures on this basis. Numerous narrow stone streets wind like stone corridors between the two walls of the Inca mud-tiled building. The domes of the Iberian and mestizo churches border the town square. A little away from the city center, there are low-rise residential buildings with white exterior walls.
After the Spanish occupied the Incas, they did not completely destroy the Inca temples and city walls. Instead, they built their own churches and monasteries on their foundations. Therefore, you can often see two styles in one building in Cusco. , two civilizations that are in harmony with each other, Cusco's architecture has traces of the Inca Empire and Spanish style.
On October 10, 1909, Downing, King Pedro III of Brazil, finally held a coronation ceremony in Cusco, the ancient Inca capital.
In the ten days before this, Tangning, with the help of Cecily, Virgin of the Sun, discovered that there was a large-scale campaign in the ancient city of Machu Picchu.
The campaign was very successful. After the ancient city of Machu Picchu caused a sensation around the world, it attracted countless archaeologists to come and investigate. The Indians were even more convinced that Tang Ning was the "Son of Destiny" and the "Savior of the World."
The discovery of Machu Picchu and the news that King Tangning Pedro Braganza of Brazil would be crowned with the Sapa Inca Imperial Crown in Cusco, the ancient capital of the Tawantinsuyo Empire, shocked the world.
The Inca Empire is actually an inaccurate name. Its real original name was Tawantinsuyu (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu). The Inca Tawantinsuyo Empire was Tawantinsuyu, which means "the land of the four directions", or "the land of the four directions". Alliance of Four Lands".
The word "Inca" means "ruler" or "lord" in Quechua and refers to the ruling class of the Inca Empire. The Spaniards who conquered the Inca Empire mistakenly used the term to refer to the Inca Empire (inca) rather than the ruling class.
The monarch of the Inca Empire was called Sapa Inka Qhapaq (Spanish: Sapa Inka Qhapaq), which means "unique monarch" or "supreme monarch"!
On October 10, 1909, at 10:10, in the city of Cusco under the sun, the grand coronation ceremony of the emperor officially began.
On the city wall, a group of Indian priests looked up toward the sun, raising their hands upward in salute, and one of the Indian priests blew an ancient horn.
Then, a long horn sound of "woo~" resounded through the sky.
In the central square of Cusco, the three-story square platform where the coronation ceremony was held.
There are two people standing on the top. A male priest holding a golden ax with a ribbon and wearing Inca gold ornaments stands majestically. A woman wearing a colorful Inca ritual dress is holding a plate with an imperial gold crown on it.
Four male Inca priests stood on the four corners of the square on the second floor. They blew their horns toward the sky in all directions for a minute before stopping.
On the square platform on the third floor, 24 ancient Inca-style warriors stood majestically.
Under the high platform, on the green grass within a kilometer away, there are a group of people dancing sacrificial dances in the four corners, and there are eight rows of pure girls in the four directions. They kneel on the ground, with flowers in front of them, leaving behind There are four five-meter passages, with a warrior guarding the passages every three meters.
Outside the sphere of influence of the high platform in the square, there were crowds of excited and joyful people. They all came to visit the coronation ceremony. Among them were many journalists, who were preparing to record the coronation.
The layout of the city of Cusco is originally centered on a square and then spread out by four major roads. Other buildings in the city are built around them. This was deliberately designed.
To the east, there was a group of ancient Inca warriors. One of the strongest warriors shouted at the warriors and waved his ax three times. The warriors also raised their shields and axes in response. Then the warrior leader turned around and led the people. The samurai set off towards the square altar.
To the west, a group of Inca nobles and tribal leaders recognized by Pedro III, wearing traditional clothes, began to approach the square altar.
To the north, Cecily, the virgin of the sun, is sitting on a sedan chair carried by twelve strong men. She is surrounded by young girls, who are holding plates with potatoes, nuts, fruits and other food. There is a female priest at the front. Flowers are sprinkled, and at the end a male priest sprinkles water.
To the south, Tang Ning was also sitting on a sedan carried by ten or twelve strong men, surrounded by guard warriors with spears. In the front was the female priest scattering flowers, and in the back was the male priest removing water.
After walking for about half an hour, the four teams finally approached the altar in the central square.
At this time, the four priests on the second floor of the altar looked up to the sky and blew their horns. The dancers under the stage stopped dancing, and the kneeling girls began to scatter flowers.
Amid the cheers of the people, it took the four teams about ten minutes to reach the high platform.
At this time, Cecily, Virgin of the Sun, and Tangning Perode Braganza, King of Brazil, got off the sedan chair and ascended to the high platform from the north and south, accompanied by a man and a woman.
After Cecily and Tangning reached the highest stage, the female priest knelt down and raised the plate with both hands. The male priest knelt down and held up the golden ax with ribbons symbolizing power.
Cecily picked up the imperial crown and walked towards the emperor's seat on the high platform, while Tangning picked up the golden ax, raised it high and walked around the high platform. He showed people the symbol of interpretation.
After displaying the golden ax, Tang Ning slowly walked towards the throne with a solemn expression. At this time, four priests, two men and two women, walked towards the north and south directions and loudly sang holy sacrifice songs.
In a sacrificial song, Tang Ning sat on the throne of the emperor, and Cecily, as the Sun Saint, also firmly crowned the Inca crown on his head during the hymn.
After more than five minutes of sacrificial hymns, Cecily slowly completed a circle around the high platform, following Tangning Pedro Braganza, who was wearing the imperial crown and crowned the emperor.
The purpose of walking in a circle is to show everyone that Tangning Perod Braganza was successfully crowned at this moment and officially became the Sapa Inka of the Tawantinsuyo Empire.
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