Visit the 'Hellish Wind' 'Black Temple' museum

The Black Temple should actually be called the Black House, it is not a temple but a private museum. The creator was the late famous artist Thawan Duchanee, who used it to store and display his private collection. The site contains not just one building but a dozen or so black structures of varying sizes, traditional Thai buildings with a black exterior. Some are exhibition halls, some are studios, and some are even private residences. Here, you can see a variety of sculptures and artworks in black and white. Some say the White Temple symbolizes heaven and the Black Temple symbolizes hell, the color of the two buildings may be a coincidental match, after all, Mr. Thawan Duchanee had a special fondness for black, which has already set the tone for the entire museum and its collections. But being called the Black Temple is indeed a kind of echo. The entrance leads to the largest exhibition hall, the exhibits, how should I put it, are a bit wild, ranging from wood carvings, abstract art installations to animal specimens, sacrificial and hunting tools, reflecting the artist's unique imagination, mysterious and quirky. Passing through the largest exhibition hall, you enter a forested grassland with various Thai buildings with high stilts and sloping roofs scattered around, which under the sunlight are not so gloomy, but rather exquisite and beautiful. However, buffalo skulls, sacrificial totems, and primitive tribal hunting tools can be seen everywhere on the ground, still very 'hellish'. There is also a massage room in the courtyard, this traditional massage method of first lighting a fire (no time to take pictures) and then stepping on the back is something I am seeing live for the first time. 🇹🇭 Black Temple (Baan Dam Museum) in Chiang Rai Address: 333 Moo 13 Tambon Nang Lae, Amphoe Mueang Chiang Rai Opening hours: 9:00-17:00 Admission: 80 Thai Baht Indeed not cheap, more expensive than the White Temple, but very worthwhile.