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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Exotic wooden castle in Pattaya

A Resort Pattaya is known for its vibrant night life


 However, behind the noise of the bars and discos, is a marvelous Castle known as the Sanctuary of Truth. Castle in the Sanctuary of Truth is being built so that visitors can connect its spirituality.
Located on the coast and overlooking the Gulf of Thailand, you won't be able to see this impressive building. Castle Sanctuary of Truth is a gigantic wooden architecture, to be filled by the exquisitely carved stations of the legendary character with the purpose of reflecting the Oriental mentality and beliefs of different faiths

This unfinished architecture extends to 3,200 m 2 was started in 1981 by the late billionaire Thailand Lek Viriyaphant. Yossathorn Nhongkoonoi, Manager of the Castle said, this place is not the place to pray for a particular religion.
Yossathorn Nhongkoonoi, Manager of the Castle said: "the objective of Mr. Lek is to let visitors to Thailand may have known the beauty of culture and tradition


Noted are good lessons from different faiths through the art of carving images of the station at the wood-God and the good of all faiths.
Over there, people can realize that, all the religions in the past are the commandments we good things ".
Surrounding the castle is the thousands of wooden statues carved from a variety of different timbers such as rosewood, rosewood lim imported from Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos. Phongphol Penpark, craftsman 45 years the Castle caretaker said, the deceased owner also wanted the Castle will become the preserve of traditional building techniques of Thailand which had disappeared long ago


There are wooden blocks weigh up to 2 tons. Craftsman Phongphol Penpark said: "the biggest challenge is putting the blocks of wood raised high and hooked them back safely


One other thing is that when there are tourists we'll still execute should they be required to helmet for protection. Each year the Castle from 200-500 visitors, although still in construction phase. The work is scheduled to be finished in 2015.


Each part of the castle is connected as the puzzle pieces of a cube, this is probably the most beautiful places in Pattaya.
Thai people believe that women can come here to pray, for example, wish to have a child if she wants to. &Quot;With tourists from many countries around the world, this landscape offers instructions in many languages, such as China, South Korea, Japan and Russia.

Monday, August 5, 2013

7 temples to visit in Bangkok

With stunning architecture , the jade Buddha statues , giant gold Buddha , Wat Arun , Wat Pho , Wat Phra Kaew , Wat Mahathat temple ... are you not to be missed when in Bangkok in your Thailand tour.

Wat Arun
 


Wat Arun Temple located on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River , Thonburi , is one of the tourist icons of Bangkok Thailand. The pagoda was built of brick and covered outside with colorful Chinese ceramic.


In particular , the highest standing in the balcony of the temple , you can see the panorama view of Bangkok from the Chao Phraya River and the Rama I to the palace .

Wat Phra Kaew



 Emerald Buddha Temple and famous in Thailand .


Wat Phra Kaew or Emerald Buddha temple is considered one of the most important Buddhist temple in Thailand . Temple is located on the campus of the Grand Palace and hosts the ceremony of national importance .

Also prime location , beautiful architecture , temples marked with emerald Buddha statue , one of the most sacred symbols of Thailand.

Wat Pho




The whole statue is covered with gold. With an area of ​​80.000m2 , Wat Pho is the largest temple in Bangkok . Temple owns more than one thousand Buddha images , the Buddha statue sits leaning 46m long and 15m high . The whole body covered with gold.

In the temple premises there is a school of massage masseuse providing for the country , so after walking a round temple , do not forget to relax with a Thai massage service.

Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram




Collection impressive bronze statue of the temple . Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram is located in Bangkok's Dusit district . Unlike the temple bearing the other Thai architecture , Marble temple is a blend of European church architecture with stained-glass windows .

The highlight of the temple attracted visitors are special collection of bronze Buddha .

Wat Mahathat





Wat Mahathat is one of six Thai royal temple was built in the Ayutthaya period . When Bangkok became the capital , Mahathat used as a temple for the royal ceremonies .

The most interesting thing to Wat Mahathat is when there is a Buddha heads with a beautiful face beams out of tree roots embrace , forming a vivid picture and strange .

Wat Saket





Wat Saket 's full name Wat Saket Ratcha Wora Maha Wihan. It was built by King Rama I. At the end of the 18th century , where the temple used for cremation of the capital . In 100 years , the temple became accommodated 60,000 plague victims sick .

Wat Traimit



 
Wat Traimit also famous golden Buddha statues monolithic largest and most beautiful in the world. Giant golden Buddha statue is 3 meters high and weighs 5.5 tons .

Most ideal time for tourists to visit the temple early in the morning . Golden Buddha Temple is one of the few temples in Bangkok allows visitors to get close to a masterpiece to Buddhism.

Friday, August 2, 2013

Impressive beer temple built in Thailand

With the technical sophistication of the Thai workers ,the temple of beer that surprised many visitors.




Anyone knows that Buddhist drunk is one of the world 's law strictly prohibited the temple .But no law prohibits the construction of temples from beer cans ,and a similar temple was established in Thailand at Buddhist origin.

Wat Lan Kuad located in northeastern Thailand, was built more than 1.5 million recycled beer bottles , so also known as the " temple million bottles ." All details of the temple walls, ceilings , the rooms are made ​​from old cans .

Even the mosaic around the temple are made ​​from bottle caps. According to the temple design ,in addition to reusing materials edgier ,friendly nature ,the bottles are not faded fast ,keep the color fresh for a long time and is also very easy to wash.

The monks live in temples also encourage local people dedicated to the temple of old bottles to reuse for architecture Buddhism later .