Thailand Travel | Bangkok Landmark - Wat Suthat and The Giant Swing

Bangkok Wat Suthat wat suthat thepwararam วัดสุทัศนเทพวรารามราชวรมหาวิหาร There are many temples in Bangkok, and choosing a few to experience exotic customs and pray for blessings is a good choice. Wat Suthat was built in the 18th century, with the main buildings being the Buddha Hall and the Ritual Hall. It is one of the 23 royal temples in Thailand and has been included in the preliminary list of World Heritage Sites in Thailand. The Giant Swing was originally used only in religious ceremonies, but now it has become a standard for Wat Suthat and even Bangkok, often appearing in various film and television works. In the mid-to-late 19th century, as the power of the Chinese in the South China Sea continued to expand, some Chinese architectural elements in the Chaozhou style were also incorporated into Thai Buddhist temple architecture. For example, there is a circle of 28 Chaozhou-style stone Buddha pagodas on the terrace of the Buddha Hall, all of which were made by Chaozhou masters and then transported to Thailand. The remaining stone lions and stone door gods are countless, and some of their shapes are not seen in Chaoshan itself. 🤩 From the tall exterior of the building, you can imagine the tall Buddha statues inside the hall. Theravada Buddhism is a more primitive and traditional Buddhism. Apart from the Buddha Shakyamuni, there are few other gods and Buddhas in the Buddha Hall, only the shape occasionally changes, such as the shape surrounded by the snake god Naga. 😍 The decoration inside the hall is also worth mentioning. The four walls are full of murals, all of which are stories from Buddhist classics, or the plot of the Indian epic Ramayana. The originally magnificent building and Buddha statues, plus the orange-yellow lighting, a large block of high saturation, looking at it for a long time, the eyes will really be tired. 🥲 There are a large number of small shrines in the style of Chaozhou stone carvings in the courtyard and corridors of Wat Suthat. The stone imitates the wood structure and carves the brackets. The shape is dense and delicate, transparent and light, and the base is inlaid with green glazed osmanthus bricks. Each one is at the museum level.