{"id":1539,"date":"2010-03-21T11:12:23","date_gmt":"2010-03-21T17:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"\/impressions\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2015-05-14T16:08:51","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T22:08:51","slug":"chang-mai-the-city-of-temples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/2010\/03\/21\/chang-mai-the-city-of-temples\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand 2010 – Chang Mai – the city of temples"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here we are – in the city of temples! You come out of the hotel or guesthouse – and any street you walk in several yards there is a temple. Usually with an old chedi in its garden. And new elaborate ornamental several temples:<\/p>\n

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Temples have big territories with viharns – or monasteries, surrounded by nice gardens or ponds:<\/p>\n

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They always have several stray dogs who are brought there or came there from being unwanted:<\/p>\n

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and definitely roosters with some hens – to bring good luck:<\/p>\n

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Here is one of the most prominent temples of Old Town – Wat Chedi Luang:<\/p>\n

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The tower was built by the order of a king in 1411 – “as high as a dove can fly” and then knocked by an earthquake long ago…the big nagas – mythical snakes by the stairs are supposed to control the irrigation waters in rice fields:<\/p>\n

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Very often temple grounds have a big tree which is considered sacred and wrapped in colorful fabrics with lots of offering under it.<\/p>\n

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there are lots of shoes by the steps – everyone is supposed to take them off. I never heard of someone not finding his shoes after coming back.<\/p>\n

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Very often temples have a row of bells – you ring them for good luck, or a row of pots to throw penies into – for good luck , or a row of stone balls to glue golden foil onto – for good luck…<\/p>\n

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And their Buddhas are usually not starving:<\/p>\n

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(to be continued)<\/p>\n

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Here we are – in the city of temples! You come out of the hotel or guesthouse – and any street you walk in several yards there is a temple. Usually with an old chedi in its garden. And new elaborate ornamental several temples: Temples have big territories with viharns – or monasteries, surrounded by … Continue reading Thailand 2010 – Chang Mai – the city of temples<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thailand","category-travel-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4298,"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539\/revisions\/4298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}