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Viangping 3
Explore the old city , the most important temples by walking and local transport half day

Rated 5 out of 5

Explore the old town with tradition , walking and local transport.

Visit temple Wat Phrasing, wat Chedi Luang, wat Pantao, and the statue of the Three king at Samkasat King monument, and wat Chiangman by walking and local transport

8.30 -12.30/ 13.30-17.00

Description:

Start at the office tour or temple wat Phrasing , where you will see the big buddha Luang Por To influenced from center Thai style or Ayutthaya style is the main Buddha in the vihara Luang , here you will see Buddhist people giving offering to the monk ,the monk pray and sprinkle holy water .Behind the vihara , we will see some statues of monks made of bee wax, those are professor monk passed away and deeply practiced in meditation ,well known in different of provinces .The Biggest golden Chedi beside made of brick and cements inside covering with bronze plates decorated on the surface with gold leave , where kept his ashes of the father of the King Prayu who set this temple in 1345 , was the market here in the past called” Lee Chiang” from a donation of someone and our King Phayu had changed to be a market later on then to be a temple named as wat Phasing , there is a school for monks and local students as a secondary school since in the past time that we thought that better our children can get education in the temple .Right now in Chiangmai , there are many of monks school such as wat Chedi Luang , where we are going to walk there , the University of monks and 2 schools .so you will learn about Thai architecture from this huge Pagoda and the vihara made of teak wood sculpting and buddha images , the city pilar is on the left side from the main enter gate , purpose to be a holy pilar ,not allow lady enter in the reason of getting menstruation or blood shown about taking sins and not purify enough, then lady could do other things else example take care of children and be good wife , any way please don’t worry about it. People well understood on it and continue practicing over hundreds to hundreds years until became a tradition ,in the main vihara, Buddha Attharoj from Sukhothai was invited to stay as a main Buddha , after this we will continue to visit wat Panta with his wooden teak building ,and the Loy Krathong festival in November celebrate here with a thousand of candles lighting with brighten and shine .then we keep walking and stop at the three statues of the three King who helped to establish our city of Chiangmai in the year of 1296. Finally, not too far we will go to the oldest temple wat Chiangman where the Buddha image 2500 years made of marble from India and1800 years Cristal Buddha are kept on the throne in the vihara on the right side from the main enter gate of the temple

Tour included:

Tour included 1-way Trasport by local taxi from temple wat Chedi Luang to wat Chiangman , entrance fees, local tour guide speaking English, Spanish, French, we meet each other in a temple or in front of the office tour or temple wat Phrasing

Price:

1350 baht/1 person

1500 baht/2 people

1890 baht/3 people

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