Wat Phra Sing
   Photo: Wat Phra Singh

Wat Phra Singh Buddha Temple or another-Leo (in the lane. With Thai "Singh" - "Lion"), on the right is the most important temple of the city. It stores the most valuable two medieval statues.

The temple was founded in 1345 by King Phra Yu for the disposal of the ashes of his father - King Kham Fu. Its official name Wat Phra Singh was in 1367, when it placed a statue of the same name Phra Singh Buddha, or the Lion. In 1922, Buddha's head was stolen, it was replaced by an identical copy.

The second relic of the temple is the Phra Singh Buddha statue Phra Singh Noah (aka "the small Buddha Phra Sing"). It is a small copy of Phra Buddha Singh made Phaya Tilokaradzh (ninth king of the dynasty Mengray) in 1477 in honor of the Eighth Buddhist Assembly.

In one of the periods in the temple and a statue of the Emerald Buddha, which is now stored in Bangkok as a major relic of the country.

Despite the cultural value of the temple, in the XVIII century it was almost in ruins due to the decline in population, but in the XIX century began its restoration.

The central premise in the territory of Wat Phra Singh - viharn Luang - was rebuilt in 1925 and renovated in 2008. Its interior impresses with a combination of bright red painted ceiling and stately white columns.

Less room Wat Phra Singh called Viharn Lai Kham was built in 1345 and renovated in the early XIX century. The building is a fine example of architecture in the northern style of the Lanna Kingdom. That it is the Phra Buddha Singh, who tend to see many Buddhists in Thailand. Inside viharn Lai Kham preserved beautiful frescoes (around 1820), illustrating the history of the ancient Buddhist scriptures Jataka.

On the territory of Wat Phra Singh is the Buddhist Library, built in 1477. Inside it are kept ancient manuscripts, and outside the library artfully decorated with figures of Buddhist spirits.

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