Qingman Temple, also known as Changpu Temple, is located in the northeast of the ancient city of Chiang Mai. It was built in 1297 and is one of the oldest temples in Chiang Mai. It was built by King Manglai in the early days of Chiang Mai's founding. His residence. Not only is the environment elegant and quiet, the building is gorgeous and exquisite, but also preserves the remains of ancient dynasties. The
temple is free to visitors and can voluntarily donate incense money. Like other temples in Chiang Mai, you can't wear shorts and clothes that show your shoulders. You need to take off your shoes when you enter the hall. The main building of the
Qingman Temple consists of two typical Lanna-style palaces, all of which are splendid. Into the main hall, you can see the distinctive Lanna style thick teak pillars, the walls are covered with red and gold imprint murals, depicting the scenes of the life of King Chiangmai, the father of Chiang Mai City, to commemorate the Qing Dynasty. The 700th anniversary of Maijiancheng. There is a Buddha standing in front of the altar. It was built in 1465. It is the earliest Buddha statue found in Chiang Mai so far. Many people pray in this prayer.
Then go to the small hall next to the main hall. The glass gods enshrine two famous Buddha statues, filled with precious stones, which are very precious. One is the marble-relief Sakyamuni Buddha statue "Phra Sila", about 30 cm high, which was rumored to have been passed to Sri Lanka by Sri Lanka or India 2,500 years ago. The other is the miniature crystal Buddha statue "Phra Sae Tang Khamani", which is about 15 cm high. It is more famous because believers believe that it has the power of rain, and it is carried out in the annual Songkran celebration.
Came on December 21, 2017. The Qingman Temple is a temple of some size in the northeast of the ancient city of Chiang Mai. The temple's architecture has its own characteristics, mainly the temple's Sheli Tower, there are more than ten elephant statues on the base, like these elephants carrying Buddha, very solemn, but also a rare point of view. In addition, the ancient Chiang Mai king is also worshipped here, it can be seen that the temple also has a certain status in ancient times.
Wat Chiang Man is the first temple in Chiang Mai. I want everyone to try to find Phra Kaew Khao in the temple. It's very beautiful.
It is a temple located on Ratchaphakhinai Road, Si Phum Subdistrict, Mueang Chiang Mai District. Chiang Mai Province has Phra Setangkommanee (Phra Kaew Khao) and Phra Sila, which are a Buddha image in the posture of suppressing Nalakhiri Elephant. enshrined in the temple
beautiful temple with nice architecture. well maintained mostly lots of tourists
Qingman Temple, the best building in the temple is the tower carried by 15 elephants, but the ears of the elephant are not the same as what we saw in Sukhothai and Sisachana, cute! Although Qingman Temple is relatively small, he is the first temple in Chiang Mai!