Millennium ancient Damascus: long and peaceful life

Arabia spring torrent rolls over the Middle East area, where the past, has become a hot term, political news including Syria, if there is a heaven on earth, Damascus will be in it, nowadays, television has seen tanks over the streets of Damascus, just before we leave soon. Open those pictures, we recall even the time hasn't changed for thousands of years of the ancient city of Damascus.

Syria city of Damascus (Damask) is an ancient city with a history of 4500, more than a thousand years, there is a beautiful legend has been in the city spread, people still indulge in elaborating on. In Arabia, the ancient books, there is such a description: "if there is a heaven on earth, Damascus will be in it, if heaven in the sky, Damascus will be with its level". Reportedly, in one day in the early seventh Century, the founder of Islam Mohamed came to the outskirts of Damascus on a hill overlooking the city, stood for a long time, but not to go. The attendants feel very strange, Mohamed explained: "life is only once in paradise, Damascus is a paradise on earth, if I enter the heaven, in heaven heaven behind how?"

Heaven, paradise, Xi, for us, is a very distant thing, not too much interest, as a paradise on earth, perhaps there is a chance, so, Syria, Damascus, here we come.

The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus

The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus

Damascus Umayyad Mosque, has doubts its lake clear bright and clean the floor and shadowy reflection, it in the Muslim mind is "between the earth and the sky visible religious symbols". According to hadith, the Monday times reward, equivalent to 30000 times in other places of worship.

The Umayyad Mosque, is the centre of Damascus City

The Umayyad Mosque, is the centre of Damascus City, to Damascus not to the Umayyads, also really a little not to the Great Wall is not a true man of feeling, enter the mosque to shoes, female tourists but also to the side of the box office take a gray robe from head to toe covered, can go, the marble floor, worn clear smooth, winter sunshine, warm, children rolled on the floor, and the people sat in the sun, covered with small blanket, sun pulling the home, it is rare to see a religious places, so enjoyable scenes.

The sun from the top into the mosque.

The sun from the top into the mosque on the south wall, is the Umayyad era giant mosaic pattern, Islam prohibits idolatry, so that only the trees rivers and palace. Reportedly, the pattern is a description of "heaven", Islamic paradise.

Besides the main entrance, a mosque in the north-west corner, there is such a wicket, to believers and tourists, and all from the gate into, stands in front of the staff is responsible for checking the tourists dress requirements.

Image & text.Qianyang