In Chiang Mai: listening to the "Rose of the north" small town story

Northern Thai house surrounded by mountains Town, Teresa Teng pass the last time, you know, is the Chiang mai. Chiang Mai Mai simple, quietly, Chiang Mai aimlessly. Healing, forest, or small, fresh? In fact, Chiang Mai is your heart that dream and love the place, your best time.

The town of Chiang Mai

Temple City hermit in the city

Arrive at the moment from Chiang Mai airport, you can feel the atmosphere here is out of the ordinary, not anxious, impatient, not crowded, all very slowly. In Chiang Mai, one of the most important things people say is: zaiyanyan (Thai: take it easy), especially this sentence from the beauty of the Chiang Mai girl mouth gently out of, it is to let a person want to also do not.

On the way from the airport to the city, you can feel here a long history and culture, Chiang Mai has been retained to complete the orchid that dynasty City, the ancient city wall, slowly around the moat, and can be seen everywhere in the temple, I looked everywhere can see revealed that golden spire of the temple from the residential gap.

Ornate gold umbrella

Yes, the temple and the Buddhism, is a part of people's life in Chiang mai. You can go to the temple in the morning as soon as possible, the temple of monks gently sweep the courtyard, bright but not dazzling sunlight through the trees shed in the courtyard space bundles, the temple has been held at the ceremonies devotees to the Buddha and praying, often heard after the melodious chanting voice, in the air that people have a sandalwood Ning calm feeling.

Stay here for half a day, you can see why Buddhism inThailandSo popular, because here the Buddhism from the people living so close, like a life mentor, whatever you meet what trouble just to the temple, the master will be with tolerance and compassion for your doubts. Suthep temple is a famous temple in Chiang Mai, founded in 1383, due to be built at an altitude of 3520 meters of Doi Suthep Mountain, Temple of the front gate is from the foot to the top, the door on both sides of the staircase has two splendid dragon, so called the Ssangyong temple.

Wat chedi Luang Temple big pagoda

Here not only has beautiful decoration. The building, also dedicated to the Buddha relic and incense heyday. Buddhist temple in central of up to tens of meters of the golden spire Buddha stupa shine, pagoda is surrounded by dozens of respect or sitting, or lying, or stand size is not a Buddha statue. A group of devotees to the Buddha with incense, flowers, or bow down and kowtow, or while muttering incantations, or prayer wish. There are many people around the stupa clockwise walk, is said to walk three weeks every dog has his day.