Wat Ming Muang, Nan Province, Thailand
4.5 (119 reviews) Spent Ranking #4 in Nan Historic Sites • Architectural Buildings • Religious Sites
Elegant temple with city pillar shrine
This is the first destination of our trip to Nan city. There are 2 main attractions (temple hall and city pillar shrine) in the place. Both of them are Lanna style white structures embellished with many spectacular detailed stucco (similar to the famous Wat Rong Khun in Chiang Rai). Although the place is not very large, it is worth a visit because it is very beautiful. P.S. Don't forget to by "Khao Lam" (sticky rice soaked in coconut milk and baked in a bamboo cylinder) near the temple. Yummy !
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Suriyapong Road Nai Wiang, Nan 55000 Thailand
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5Rafflesia 5:00 PM Jun 22, 2019
A Totally White Temple in front of Rachanuban School
If you take a map of the city at the hotel where you are staying or at the Tourism Office, you will have no idea about this unique temple of Nan! Maps are not showing nor giving to much attention to this wat and it really worth a visit! If you have visited Wat Rong Khun (best known as the White Temple) in Chiang Rai, you'll make a comparison from the moment you go in but it is not definitely the same style of the one of Chiang Rai and of course not as big. But you'll be amazed by the outstanding artworks of the outside and the paintings from locals, each inch of this wat is decorated with local relieves and sculptures reminding the local festivities and prayers to Buddha. Outside there are some elephants' statues that are devoted by locals. This temple is located where the city pillars once were and the Lord of Nan in the 19th century brought this temple again to the daylight as it had been abandoned before. Some maintenance and improvement works were done in the 80's never losing the unique Lanna style of the original Wat. According to the data the main statue of the Buddha is around 400 years old. Several festivities and Monk Activities take place at this Wat which make it one of the most worshipped for Nan people.
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4LarsJohnsson 5:00 PM Mar 23, 2015
Different and very nice
This temple really stick out because it's very different from the normal Thai temple. It have a white/silver colour. And a lot of nice figures and carvings on the outside. The inside is also very nice.
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