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Travel || Check-in at Wat Xieng Thong, a temple popular with foreign tourists in Laos
|| Check-in at Wat Xieng Thong, a temple popular with foreign tourists in Laos.
Wat Xieng Thong is just across the road from the Jade Buddha Temple
Cross the road and you're at the Jade Buddha Temple
Wat Xieng Thong is a temple of great significance
There are a total of 6840 Buddha statues in the temple
It was the only temple spared from the war during the foreign feudal dynasty's invasion of Laos in 1827-1828
Wat Xieng Thong was built in 1818 under the leadership of the last king of the Vientiane Dynasty, Anouvong
Coordinates: Wat Xieng Thong
Operating Hours: Monday to Sunday 08:00-16:00
Touring time: 1-2 hours
Average consumption: Ticket 30000 Kip
Location: 8 minutes by car from the hotel I stayed at, the Dao Wei Hotel
Tuk-tuk 30000 Kip
Approximately 10 RMB
Wat Xieng Thong has a Zen room temple with King Pesalat
There are scriptures inside
The walls are painted with exquisite patterns and designs
There is a corridor around the temple
Each corridor wall has Buddha statues made of clay, wood, and pollen, totaling 6840
These Buddha statues are very popular with foreign tourists
Especially the French and Koreans
Wat Xieng Thong was built with reference to the Golden Mountain Temple in Thailand
The outer part of the temple is newly built
Mainly for the monks to live and eat
There are also many national flowers of Laos - frangipani
Coconut trees, banana trees, and mango trees, etc.
There are also many large and small stupas
These stupas are the tombs of the ancestors of the local wealthy families
And each stupa has a picture of the worldly person
This is also a symbol of the physical body of the worldly family
It is recommended not to take pictures
If you want to take a good overall picture, take it from a distance
Close-up is not auspicious
There are benches in the temple for monks and tourists to rest and relax
The chairs are printed with exquisite patterns and old texts
It's a sight to see and you'll want to rest for a while
Under the dam tree, there are skilled artists from Laos
With just one carving knife, they can paint the vivid natural scenery of Laos
And the unique cultural charm
Friends who like it can take one
Prices range from 100,000 to 1,000,000 Kip
Laos is a country of Buddha culture
Walking through different historical periods during the trip
In temples of different scales
In addition to enjoying the solemnity, you can also feel a different kind of tranquility
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