synonymUndead Avenue(Undead Avenue) generally refers to Huangquan Avenue
Huangquan Avenue is an ancient American cityTeotihuakanA thoroughfare running from north to south.
Today's Huangquan Avenuemexico cityAbout 25 miles to the northeast, at 99.1 degrees west longitude and 19.5 degrees north latitude.
The reason why it has such a strange name is that it first came here in the tenth century ADAztecWhen entering the ancient city along this avenue, they found that the whole city was empty. They believed that the buildings on both sides of the avenue were all godsgrave, so he gave it this name;It is also said thatSacrificePeople or animals must reach through this roadaltar。
Huangquan Avenue, a famous ancient city in AmericaTeotihuakanIt is 4km long and 45m wide.The city runs from north to south.At the south end of the street is the large building complex of the ancient city, which was the center of religion, trade and administration at that time. Now it has become the location of museums, shopping malls and management offices.Opposite is the castle covering 67500 square meters. There is a castleFeather Snake Temple。
By 2012, the temple had been destroyed, but the temple foundation remainedQuetzalcoatl The head is lifelike.The west side of the north end of the street is famousButterfly PalaceThis was the most prosperous area of the ancient city at that time.The stone columns in the palace are carved with delicate reliefs of butterfly winged birds, which are vivid and colorful.
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TeotihuakanTeotihuacan, the capital of Mexicomexico cityAbout 40 kilometers to the northeast.In its prosperous sixth and seventh centuries, the city had a population of 200000, which was comparable to that of Chang'an in China at that time.1987UNESCOtakePre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan Listed as cultural heritage《World Heritage List》。
The preciseness of the urban architectural structure at that time was followed by the Aztecs in building Tenochtitlan.The Huangquan Avenue, which runs from north to south, is 4 kilometers long and 45 meters wide. It is an important part of the ancient city. Pyramids, temples, pavilions, and streets are evenly distributed on both sides of the Huangquan Avenue.Probably due to religious reasons, the south end of the street is empty without any buildings.Archaeologists have no way to verify why it is called Huangquan Avenue.Some people explained that the Huangquan Avenue got its name from the fact that the living people worshipped the gods and the bodies were cremated in the street (Teotihuakan had no burial habit and no tomb was found in the city).
The Pyramid of the sunandPyramid of moonIt is shaped as a quadrilateral stacked platform, and each layer shrinks upward to serve as a temple and altar.Priests worship ancestors on the top of the towerHelios、Rain GodandGod of War。In addition, a sacrificial ceremony was held here. The priests tied the living people to the "sacrificial stone", cut their chests and took hearts to offer them to the sun.In its heyday, Teaodai Wakan was a holy place for Aztecs, which was confirmed by the archaeological excavation of the Sun Pyramid in 1971.People found a cave with offerings in the center of the pyramid.
The Moon Pyramid is located at the northernmost end of the ancient city. Its height is lower than the Sun Pyramid, and its top has collapsed.The Sun Pyramid is the largest building in the ruins of Teotihuakan Ancient City, which was built in about the 2nd century AD.It is located on the east side of the Central Avenue of the ancient city known as the Death Avenue.The Sun Pyramid is made of soil and stone. It is 65 meters high, 222 meters long from north to south, and 225 meters wide from east to west. The four slopes have five layers from the bottom to the top, with a total volume of about 1 million cubic meters.Teotihuakan people at that time did not master iron tools, so we can imagine how difficult the project was.The huge stones used to build the pyramid are irregular, mostly dark brown, but also yellowish black, so the whole pyramid is a deep dark color.
The Pyramid of the Moon is located at the north end of Death Avenue.The Moon Pyramid was built 150 years later than the Sun Pyramid, and its scale is not as large as the Sun Pyramid.The moon pyramid is 46 meters high. Because it is built on a higher foundation than the sun pyramid, the height of the top of the two towers is at the same level.At the front of the tower, the steps are steep, looking up from the bottom to the top, and the top of the tower is towering;Looking down from the top, the view is wide.Since the steps have been repaired, ordinary tourists like to climb from here.Like the Sun Pyramid, the Moon Pyramid has several layers of structure, belonging to buildings of different periods.Under the Moon Pyramid is the Moon Square.The square is 204.5 meters from south to north and 137 meters from east to west.In the center of the Moon Square is a square altar, where important religious ceremonies are held in Teotihuakan. The buildings of the Moon Square are symmetrical, giving a broad and magnificent feeling.
