柬埔寨介绍 (The Kingdom of Cambodia)
柬埔寨,这里旧称高棉,是一个历史悠久的文明古国。近代的柬埔寨在世人眼里是一个动荡不安、战事连连的灾难国度,常常令旅游爱好者裹足不前。然而,硝烟和战火也难以掩盖它曾经拥有的风光历史和辉煌文明。作为世界七大奇迹的吴哥,是一个记载千年信仰的胜地,永远吸引着天涯朝圣者接踵而来。 柬埔寨森林资源丰富,盛产柚木、紫檀、黑檀、花梨木等贵重的热带林木,同时还拥有东南亚最大的天然淡水渔场洞里萨湖。
柬埔寨以佛教为国教,到处可以看到著名的佛教建筑,象征柬埔寨悠久的历史和古老的文化。
Any overview of Cambodia is incomplete without a brief explanation of the country's century old history and often troubled past. Cambodia has seen imperial rule and for nearly half a millennium. Since the fall of Angkor in 1431, the powerful Khmer Empire has been looted and plundered by its neighboring countries and faced imperial rule under France. Even after its independence in 1953, Cambodia was mired in the controversy of civil war in 1970. However Cambodia achieved a semblance of peace and stability after the Un sponsored elections in 1993.