The rubber stadium in the site of Qi Qin Yicha was the stadium where people played games in the ancient city. It is proved that rubber ball movement was very popular in the late Maya, and the high pillar platform is where the nobles admire the game. The pitch below is very large and flat, as if you can feel the inspiration of the game at that time, the view is really good.
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The rubber stadium in the site of Qi Qin Yicha was the stadium where people played games in the ancient city. It is proved that rubber ball movement was very popular in the late Maya, and the high pillar platform is where the nobles admire the game. The pitch below is very large and flat, as if you can feel the inspiration of the game at that time, the view is really good.
The stadium in Chichen Itza is also very characteristic, in fact, it exists as a religious ceremony, not a real sports venue, and it all ends with a bloody sacrifice scene. The ground was wide and flat, with a high wall on each side, a substantial ring attached to the wall, just across a small rubber ball, and the two teams, the Mayans and their prisoners of war, were formed before the game really began, The POW side has been punished by hunger and lost a lot of physical strength, losing is inevitable, the losing side will pay the price of life, the loser will be beheaded, visiting here can not help but make people feel heavy. The wind on the court is very strong, the wind is sandy, and after a long time, it seems that the court is still haunted by fierce shouts, penetrating the memory of time. See the world as you go.
This is an ancient Mayan arena in the ancient city of Chichen Itza, according to the test, the Mayan people at that time had a kind of sports activities like balls very popular, this is the place where such sports events were held. A high platform in the middle is the place where the Wangs watch the ball game, surrounded by walls on both sides. Standing here, it seems that the fierce game at the time can still feel.
The Maya world admires croquet skills, and the Chichen Itza Stadium is the largest of the existing Maya sites across Central America, and the stadium is almost twice the size of a modern football stadium. The existing two-sided walls were part of the ancient legacy, when the stadium was surrounded by walls on all sides, the monarch's platform at the end of the stadium, the ruler on the high observation deck, the failure player orders to sacrifice, and the high priest performs the sacrifice of the living.
Regarding the Maya playing football, there is a lot of controversy about the winner sacrifice, generally the noble children and the defeated slaves, but not everyone imagined that the noble children deliberately lost to the slaves. Maya's sacrifices are important and serious things, and they give the most courageous and pure blood to the gods. There are reliefs on the pitch, the great sacrifice cuts off the captain of the victory team, blood spewing from the neck, moistening the earth and everything.
The stadium on the side of the pyramid in Chichen Itza is the most attractive place except for the pyramid. In addition to the relatively complete preservation of the building, it is difficult to imagine how the ancient Mayans could shoot the ball into the goal without hand only through the waist, elbows and other parts, and it is even more difficult to imagine. It is said that the sacrifice to celebrate the victory is the skull of the captain of the victory party, which really subverts my imagination. If it is the skull of the failed party, it is understandable, but it is considered more savage and bloody.