Ayutthaya (Ayutthaya) is about 100 kilometers away from Bangkok. This beautiful city has been the second capital of Thailand since it used to be the second capital of Thailand. Buddhism developed to its peak here in the glorious history of the Ayutthaya dynasty for more than XNUMX years, and it is also deeply rooted in Thai culture. in.Ayutthaya is like a sculptor with exquisite craftsmanship. We found that the engravings of temples, palaces and Buddha statues here are showing solemnity and elegance.

The original 13-meter-high bronze Buddha statue in the temple was moved here in 1610, but it was destroyed after the Burmese army invaded. The existing Buddha statue is a replica. The Buddha statue after subsequent restoration is stored in the Chao Shan Phaya Museum (Chao Shan Faye Museum) Sam Phraya National Museum).

In the early days of the Ayutthaya Dynasty, there was no fixed place for cremation. When the current king died, he would choose a place to hold the cremation ceremony, and then build a temple there to house the remains. For example, Wat Phru Ram was the first king. The cremation place of King U-thong.Then King Songtham, the next king, chose the site of Phu Meng Kobo Phi Temple in advance to be used for post-mortem cremation. In 1610, he placed a huge 13-meter-high sitting Buddha. Phra Mongkhon Bophit (Phra Mongkhon Bophit) was moved here from Wat Chichang.

In the 17th century, the Ayutthaya dynasty reached its heyday. More than 100 million people gathered here. Ships from the Far East and all over the world all traced the Chao Phraya River. The business activities of trading with it were unprecedented. People's livelihood is prosperous. When King Sua (King Suva, 1697-1706) was reigning, the head and right hand of the Buddha statue were damaged by lightning electrodes one day, so King Suva ordered the reconstruction of this temple into the form of a monastery. (Buddha statues have been exposed to the outdoors from the beginning. It took about two hundred years before they moved into the temple...)

However, when the Ayutthaya dynasty invaded Burma in 1767, most of the buildings were burned down. After being looted, the cultural relics were completely destroyed and turned into a pile of remaining ruins. The Phu Meng Kuppi Temple was also burned down, and even the Buddha statues were scattered. It was not until 1920 that King Rama VI embarked on reconstruction. The Buddha statues scattered for nearly two hundred years were sent to the museum for restoration, and then based on ancient Burmese cultural relics, the replica Buddha statues we see now were built.In 1990, the local government of Ayutthaya re-gold the Buddha statue as a tribute to the 60th birthday of the Queen of Rama IX. It is a representative of one of the giant Buddha statues in Thailand.

After I went to Ayutthaya by myself, there are a lot of historical relics here. I suggest you choose a few of the most representative temples to visit, such as:
Wat Maha That,Wat Ratchaburana,Bang Pa-In Summer Palace, Phra Lan Temple, etc., or museums with collections of various treasures, are all important attractions worth visiting.