[2024 Sukhothai Attraction] Travel Guide for Wat Mahathat (Updated Oct)

Wat Mahathat Sukhothai

#timetotravel Getting There - Mueang kao, Mueang Sukhothai District, Sukhothai Province, Thailand. Attractions - Historical landmark in Mueang kao, Sukhothai, world heritage site, Buddhist temple La, Buddhism culture, beautiful architecture of Buddha statues. Opening hours: 7:00- 17:30 pm Entrance fee: 100Bath for foreigner tourists. #historicculture #buddhisttemple

Wat Mahathat is located in the middle of the central district of Sukhothai Historical Park. It is the largest temple and site in the historical park and the most representative temple complex in the historical park. Wat Mahathat is the epitome of the entire historical park. The complete palace, sitting Buddha, standing Buddha, relief sculpture, etc., vividly show the prosperity and prosperity of the Sukhothai Dynasty. The high and low ruins of the ruins, the large and small temple pillars, and the tall and old trees that are intertwined, tell the history of ruthlessness and vicissitudes.

Wat Mahathat, the oldest temple in Ayutthaya. This temple is located in the center of the city of Ayutthaya. It is also the largest ancient building complex. Many travel agencies will come to this temple. Tickets are 50 baht and the opening hours are 8am-6pm. 15th century Thailand, the national treasury is sufficient, the people live and work in peace, just did not develop military, so that it was invaded by neighboring Myanmar, not only stole 170 kilograms of gold foil, but also set fire to the entire monastery. The fate is similar to China's Yuanmingyuan. After the victory of the war in Burma, the temple and the Buddha statues were completely destroyed, destroying the status of religion in people's minds, thus undermining the politics, beliefs and indigenous culture of the Ayutthaya Dynasty. So the head of the Buddha here has been cut off, leaving only the body, and the statue in the middle is free from heights. This "tree hug Buddha" is a representative of the Great Wall ruins. Many people are looking at him at a glance, and some people call it "eternal smile."

Mahatai Temple is located in the center of the ancient city of Sukhothai and is the royal ancestral temple. Wat Mahathat is the center of the city. It was built from the king of Indra and was completed in 1345 in the period of King Litai, belonging to the royal ancestral temple. The main tower of the Mahatai Temple is a vegan Thai-style pagoda with a lotus-like shape on the upper part. This was reconstructed by Li Taiwang. It was originally a Khmer-style pagoda. Li Taiwang did not want to be high. Under the influence of cotton, the original Khmer tower was wrapped up and covered with a vegan Thai-style stupa. This example of not destroying the works of the predecessors can be seen in Thailand at the time, because the Thais believe that destroying the temple or the Buddha statue is against God. Not respectful.

Even though the Mahathat Temple is the ruin pedestal with only the broken walls, the tourists can't just break in. Only these natural creatures will be able to shuttle freely. The trees nearby are really very strong and the canopy is very big. Now it is Thailand in November, the weather is still hot, especially in such an open place as the big city, plus these unobstructed temple buildings. It is also a place where people can get hot summer heat. Such a big tree should be a good place to escape the heat. The temple buildings here have been destroyed only the pedestal, but these pagodas are still quite intact, square temples, surrounded by some stupas, such layout and Angkor Wat It is really very similar, and it is very similar in architectural style. Different building materials and colors, Angkor Wat is a stone building, which is gray. The buildings in Ayutthaya are all red brick buildings, there will be some outside. The decoration of the plaster is red in color. Visit in Ayutthaya and visit at Angkor Wat. There is a similar conclusion. It is that these temples are easy to produce visual fatigue at the end. After visiting the temples, I will feel that these temples are almost the same. It seems that they all look the same stone, ruins, and pagodas. Sometimes it feels that such a destroyed Buddha statue is very artistic. Everything in the world is not necessarily all perfect. Looking for a place with few people, it is also a very good choice to take a portrait here, the red building is very good as a background.

The last temple we visited in Dacheng is the Mahathat Temple, which is one of the oldest temples in the great city. The typical Khmer style, the overall style is similar to Angkor Wat, if you have been to Wu You will definitely have a little familiarity with the brothers, but it is basically destroyed. The most famous of the Mahatai Temple is this landmark, the tree holds the Buddha's head, and even becomes an official propaganda of Dacheng Tourism. In many magazines or Raiders books, the introduction of Dacheng is based on this picture. So many peoples first impression of the big city is that this tree holds the Buddhas head. In the past Thailand-Burma war, many Buddha statues were destroyed. The Buddha head and the Buddha body were also separated and separated. This fallen Buddha head just fell by the Bodhi tree and was not taken away by the Burmese army. The transformation, the Buddha head and the Bodhi tree merge into one, the closed Buddha's head is also respectable, giving people the power of the soul, which has become one of the seven wonders of Thailand. It should be noted that the Buddha statue is a holy god. In the Buddhist culture of Thailand, the head of the person cannot be higher than the head of the Buddha. Therefore, when posing with the Buddha head, it is necessary to leave the body and work at the scene. The staff supervises you. Entering this temple is not allowed to eat, so just a large cup of drink can only be lost, the afternoon sun is very strong, it is not easy to take pictures under the back of the big backlight.

The Mahathat Temple is located in the center of the ancient city of Ayutthaya. It is the center of the city. The temple is surrounded by ditches. It was built from the king of Indra and was completed in 1345. It was a royal ancestral temple. The tower, 10 brothels, but most of them have only the foundation. This tower should have been high, but it was in disrepair due to war and age. The most famous here is a place called the tree holding Buddha's head. When the temple was destroyed by the Burmese army, the Buddha's head on the Buddha statue was knocked down and rolled down to the Bodhi tree. After a few hundred years, the Buddha's head and the root of the tree were formed. Such a spectacle ticket is 50 baht.