Mae Hong Son Tours Part One
April 13th, 2010
Below is the detail of the Mae Hong Son City Tour and Fish Cave Tour. Pick up at hotel by air-conditioned van. This Mae Hong Son city tour and Fish Cave (Tham Pla) tour is a half day tour.
Wat Chong Kham
Visit Wat Chong Kham (วัดจองคำ), an old temple on the bank of the swamp Nong Chong Kham. It was built in 1827 by Thai Yai artisans. The pillars are gilded in golden flakes. The temple houses a large Buddha statue with a lap width of 4.85 metres cast by Burmese craftsmen. Another statue is a replica of the Buddha image in Wat Suthat in Bangkok.
Wat Chong Klang
Next to Wat Chong Kham is Wat Chong Klang (วัดจองกลาง). There are several interesting items such as:
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wooden figurines of human and animals created by Burmese craftsmen and brought over in 1857,
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painting on glass about the Jakata and on Prince Siddhartha, as well as on the ways of life of the time. The captions are in Burmese. There are also notations that the paintings were by Thai Yai artisans from Mandalay.
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