印尼神祕的“雞教堂”
Gereja Ayam, the Abandoned Chicken Church
印尼神祕的“雞教堂”
Should you be trekking through the thick forests of Magelang, Indonesia, try not to be too alarmed if you stumble upon a titanic, rotting building, shaped like a chicken. Known as Gereja Ayam (unsurprisingly, "Chicken Church"), this mouldering titan was probably whimsical once, but now it seems like the creepy lost temple of a goofy cult.
穿越印尼馬格朗茂密的森林時，如果你猛然看到一個巨大古舊的雞形教堂，可不要被嚇到。該教堂名叫Gereja Ayam（印尼語裏面“雞教堂”的意思）。它曾經應該也因造型獨特紅極一時，但現在已經淪落爲陰森森的遺落廟宇了。
While the locals have dubbed it the Chicken Church (and it's easy to see why), the name is a bit of a misnomer since the visionary behind the crumbling chapel meant it to look like a dove.
雖然當地人都稱它爲“雞教堂”，但這個名字其實用的不太恰當。因爲當初建造教堂時，本設計的是類似“鴿子”的外形。
The man behind the weird structure was 67-year-old Daniel Alamsjah, who received a holy vision that inspired him to create the dove church. He picked a forested hill near Malelang to build his pious tribute, and created possibly the most bird-like building in the world, complete with giant, squawking head, and ornate decorative tail feathers.
這個古怪的教堂由67歲的Daniel Alamsjah修建。據說，他當時收到上帝“修建一個鴿子形禱告室”旨意。於是，就在馬格朗附近的山上開始建造，後來就有了這個有巨大鳥頭、頭頂用羽毛裝飾的教堂。可謂是世界上最像鳥的建築了。
The prayer house opened its doors (or spread its wings, so to speak) by the 1990s. The church welcomed any religions that wanted to make the trek, including Buddhists, Muslims, and Christians, holding services in the upper floors, while the lower floors provided rehab and juvenile outreach, among other charitable services.
禱告室在上世紀90年代還在使用，而且並不專爲哪個宗教而服務。佛教信徒、穆斯林、基督徒都可以前來禱告。上面幾層用來禱告，下面幾層則用來做康復中心和少年管教所，以及其他一些慈善之用。
Unfortunately the project was grounded in 2000 when further construction costs became too unreachable and the poor chicken-dove-church was vacated, and left to the forest. Gereja Ayam has continued to rot over the years, becoming a bit more ghoulish (in an avian way), with each year. The insides are now covered in graffiti, and it is said to be a favorite spot for young people to commit "immoral acts." The unfinished basement rooms are even intact, giving it even more of a horror movie feel.
不幸的是，在2000年，由於建築開銷過於高昂，祈禱室不得不關閉，慢慢就被遺落在叢林裏。這些年，“雞教堂”持續腐爛風化，越發搖搖欲墜。現在牆內遍佈塗鴉，據說，附近兩個村落的男女會來這裏做羞羞的事。還未建造完成的地下室至今無人駐足，陰森森的，更給人一種置身恐怖片現場的感覺。
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