Freely go to Chiang Mai in Thailand.
Chiang Mai is a foreign city that is particularly suitable for independent travel. The travel services on Ctrip are comprehensive, with airport pick-up and drop-off services for only 10-30 RMB, half-day tours to "Doi Suthep Temple" and "Bhubing Palace", family-friendly activities such as "Mae Wang Elephant Camp" and "Night Safari", and the most recommended one-day tour to the White Temple and Black Temple in Chiang Rai. On the day of departure, there will be a special car to pick up and drop off at the hotel. Even if your English is poor, there will be a Chinese tour guide accompanying you throughout the journey. I chose to depart on Friday because as a foodie, I didn't want to miss the most famous Saturday and Sunday night markets in Chiang Mai, where there are various cheap and delicious snacks and exquisite handmade products for sale. Chiang Mai is the second largest city in Thailand. It not only has a leisurely pace, but also is full of ancient and profound cultural heritage. You can walk around in slippers on the streets and alleys, and if you get tired, you only need to take a tuk-tuk or songthaew for 20 baht (5 RMB) as transportation.
Strolling through any street or alley in the ancient city of Chiang Mai, you can encounter magnificent or peaceful Buddhist temples. This small city with a population of 500,000 surprisingly has over 300 temples of all sizes, and you may get confused. However, there are several particularly famous temples that you must visit.
The first "Wat Phra Singh". It is the largest Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, built in the 14th century, and is a perfect example of Lanna-style architecture. The first thing that catches your eye when entering the temple is the glittering golden Buddha statue, and the murals in the hall depict the ancient local costumes and customs. In the center of the temple is a 20-meter golden white tower, which is a strong representative style of Thai temples.
The second "Qidilong Temple", also known as the Big Buddha Temple, is decorated with snakes and peacocks at the temple gate. There is a huge Buddha statue in the main hall, and the sense of space and the golden decorations inside the temple are very magnificent and exquisite. Along the path to the back square, there is a big Buddha pagoda. Although the ancient pagoda has been weathered by time and earthquakes, it appears majestic and magnificent under the reflection of the golden lotus flowers, with a simple and rustic charm.
The third "Wat Chiang Man", the first temple in Chiang Mai, was built in 1300 and is the oldest temple in Chiang Mai. The best building in the temple is the stupa of the main temple, which is surrounded by 15 elephants at the base, giving it a simple and vicissitudinous appearance that contrasts sharply with the dazzling golden elephant spire.
Not far from the city, the "Double Dragon Temple" on the Suthep Mountain, also known as the Suthep Temple, is named after two long dragons sitting and lying on both sides of the steps. It is a famous Buddhist summer resort in Thailand. The Thai royal summer palace is also built on Suthep Mountain. The Phuping Palace can be opened to the public when the royal family is not there from April to December. The palace has beautiful white walls and yellow tiles, and is located in the green mountains and trees, with its own beauty of coolness and peace.
The two breathtaking temples in Chiang Rai, the White Temple and the Black Temple, are the highlights of a trip to Chiang Mai. The White Temple was built by designer Cheler Mchai at his own expense and was first established in 1997. The entire complex is pure white and lustrous, with only small pieces of polished glass as borders or decorations, which is quite different from the usual temples. The details, such as the flying birds on the eaves, the standing statues on the roof, the reclining turtles on the pillars, and the flowing clouds on the flags, all reflect the exquisite and delicate design, which is a masterpiece of art. The White Temple tells the story of how one can reach the Buddhist paradise by crossing the Naihe Bridge and avoiding the temptation of hell with a single-minded focus. Next to the White Temple is a "glittering" golden building, which is actually a toilet and is probably the most beautiful toilet in the world.
The Black Temple is located in a forest of lush grass, consisting of many intricately constructed Thai temples made of original logs. The theme of the Black Temple is hell and death, with water buffalo skulls lined up on the ground, animal skins and large shells on the table, and a complete elephant skeleton and dried snake specimens on display. The creator, Mr. Thawan Duchanee, spent 36 years gradually designing and building this huge open-air, garden-style private art museum. His disciple and friend, a Buddhist artist, was inspired by him to create the still unfinished White Temple.
In Chiang Mai, magnificent temples can be seen everywhere, filled with the mysterious charm of Eastern Buddhist culture. With cheap prices and convenient transportation, it is definitely a perfect place for you to temporarily escape from the hustle and bustle of the city and people you see with your eyes open or closed, and let yourself fly. Take some beautiful photos that will make you want to cry and savor them slowly.
I went to the White Temple in Chiang Rai in the morning. In the afternoon, this is the Black Temple. In fact, it is more like a small complex with many sculptures and other artworks. The theme of these works covers dark elements such as death, hell and so on, and the tone of the works is mainly black, so it is called the Black Temple.
It took 36 years to design and build by the Thai ghost artist Thawan Duchanee, but it is not a temple, but a museum. The museum has collected a large number of exhibits on death, integrating ancient animal bones, primitive hunting tools, etc. into various artworks. The giant seats of buffalo horns, the devil reliefs on wooden boats, the wind bell device made of animal skins hanging in the middle of the air, etc., give people associations about hell. Around the black temple are a dozen buildings decorated with bull horns, all of the buildings, exhibits, etc. are black as the tone, and are very different from the white temple, showing the difference between heaven and hell.
as name suggested a black house. the display is rather weird with many bones and skins. the most interesting sign is for the toilet.
nice museum but a bit dark on the art. sometimes feel like overload.
The Black Temple and the White Temple are both in the Qinglai Palace. Although there is no white temple famous, nor the kind of shock that the white temple brings to people, there are many things worth seeing in the Kun temple, which is a place that needs to spend more time. The Black Temple, also known as the Black House, is not actually a temple, but the home of Thawan, a Thai artist. Thawan designed the black house as hell and death. Therefore, there are many exhibits related to this theme in the Black Temple, such as Buffalo skulls lined up on the ground, animal fur and large shells on the table, giant seats made of buffalo horns in the hall and hunting tools of primitive tribes. In addition, there are many modern installation art expressing the theme of death in the black temple, such as using stones to display sacrificial totems of primitive tribes on the grass in front of the temple, and using large white animal fur to create a world of "death" in smaller temples. Walking into the exhibition hall of the Black Temple is like walking into a temple of ancient times. The depth of the hall is more than ten meters high, and the high roof gives people the illusion of reaching the sky directly. Sunlight shines through the windows on both sides, but only illuminates one corner of the hall. The rest is hidden in the nihility of darkness. The two worlds of light and darkness are distinct, and entering them is like shuttling between the world and the gloom. It is said that many of the exhibits have a history of thousands of years and Thawan collected them from all over the world with all his efforts. The external environment of the Black Temple is very good. It is a fresh idyllic scenery. There is no legendary gloomy terror at all. But maybe it's another scene when night falls.
Can you believe that the black temple and the white temple are teacher-student relations? According to the introduction, the owner of the white temple is a student of the owner of the black temple. How to say it? At first I saw the old and plain feeling. Later, I heard the guide introduce that I could not touch the skin of the crocodile skin and snake inside. Then I felt a little afraid. Who made me most afraid of snakes? Later, when the guide lobbied on the beam in the middle of the hall, the ashes of the owner of the black temple were placed in his heart, it was very strange. A piece of reverence, first came with the attitude of visiting, has now become a look-up, read some of the works on the scenic spots brochure, to be honest, I have too few artistic cells, some do not understand, it is estimated that people who really love art will find resonance here.