Sida Palace| Pilgrimage service station on the Angkor Empire Avenue

|Pilgrimage service station on the Angkor Empire Avenue.✓The ancient Khmer Empire also had national roads, starting from the south side of Vapu Temple, this ancient road directly connects Angkor Wangcheng in Siem Reap, Cambodia. ✓There are three Hindu temples on the ancient road, described by 'Lonely Planet': 'There are three small Angkor-era temples in poor condition south of Vapu Temple, mainly attracting hardcore fans of Khmer architecture, currently these three temples are located on the ancient road to Angkor...' 【Hong Nang Sida of Sida Palace】 'Nang Sida-Lady Sita' comes from an ancient Lao legend... Sita is the princess of King Khammanta, and the cannibal monster in the jungle of the kingdom makes the kingdom unbearable. As the population continues to lose, Princess Sita is ready to sacrifice herself to this monster. Suddenly a young foreign prince Katthanam appeared, he was born with divine power, as a descendant of the gods, he cured the king of Sisaket and his war elephant. After a deadly fight with the monster, he saved the princess and her kingdom. To commemorate this heroic act, the local town residents built this temple at the end of the 11th century, and this city is called Lingapura, the city of Linga! 【Pilgrimage Transfer Station】 Sida Palace is 1.3 kilometers south of Vapu Temple, built in the 10th century Angkor era, it is a Hindu temple, as the central temple of the ancient local city, its religious significance may surpass Vapu Temple. Because its location is on the 'Imperial Avenue' connecting Vapu Temple to the Khmer Empire's capital Angkor, this temple is likely to serve the pilgrims in the Champasak area at that time! As for where Lingapura (City of Linga) is, there is little evidence from the discoveries in the surrounding villages (because most of the records come from ancient Chinese, Korean, and Japanese documents)! 【Lao-Korean Cooperation Project】 There are unexploded landmines around Vapu Temple-Sida Palace-Turtle King Temple, so it is best to proceed along the exposed path! In 2011, the Korean Cultural Heritage Administration and the Lao Department of History and Culture Tourism jointly signed a memorandum of restoration of this relic, and the current ruins are piled up at the archaeological excavation storage site, temporarily unsure of how to assemble, soaking in the tropical grass after the rainy season! 【Around Vapu Temple】 ①After coming out of Hong Nang Sida of Sida Palace, there is still 2 kilometers to the Turtle King Temple (Hong Tha Tao), all the way along the field ridge, only 30cm wide field ridge, both sides are paddy field ponds, if you are not careful, you will fall into the soaked paddy field. ②As for those brick towers with square bases, they are all located in the three brick towers in Ban That village south of Vapu Temple, similar in style to Lopburi, Thailand, undoubtedly this is the embodiment of the Hindu Trinity (Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu), built in the 11th century Angkor era! ③Uo Moung Temple in the suburbs of Champasak was built at the end of the 9th century AD, located in the jungle that covers the sky, and there are two Linga columns facing the direction of Vapu Temple, implying that it has a lot of connections with Vapu Temple!