Thailand - Rayong
Photo Gallery of Rayong.
Rayong is a popular and relaxing resort even among Thai people with the
beautiful ocean, located about 180 km south-east of Bangkok.Looks like this place is for people who want to enjoy his/her slow life.
Except for the wonderful ocean, you can enjoy WAT Loom Mahachai Choompol where enshrines the King Taksin, Wat Ban Don Museum in which you can see the Thai traditional shadow play, a market along the street with various harvest of the sea, and so on.
[Rayong] Wat Loom Mahachai Choompol |
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In the end of Ayuttaya period (Ayuttaya: 1351-1767), when Ayuttaya
was almost destroyed by the attack of Burmese (Myanmar) armies , Taksin built up his navy in Rayong to fight back against the Burmese.After Ayutthaya fell in 1767, King Taksin the Great moved the capital to Thonburi. In Rayong, there is the temple, " Wat Loom Mahachai Choompol ", where King Taksin the Great is enshrined. King Taksin was of Chinese ancestry (Chinese on his father's side and Thai on his mother's side) and the temple looks like in a Chinese style. |
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| Appearance (The appearance of the temple. Beautiful, isn't it ? ) |
In front of the main hall (Lottery tickets are on sale. :D ) |
To the mail hall 1 (The statue is the King Taksin.) |
To the mail hall 2 (A lot of people are offering incense sticks.) |
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| King Taksin the Great 1 (Close-up. A lot of pieces of leaf gold are on the statue.) |
King Taksin the Great 2 (The whole view of the statue. It's a massive statue with a word on his lap.) |
King Taksin the Great 3 (People praying put pieces of leaf gold as they like on the statue.) |
King Taksin the Great 4 (Another statue of King Taksin the Grate behind the statue.) |
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| King Taksin the Great 5 (People are praying in front of the statue. The two men on the right side was holding a sacred lots box. You can draw by shaking it.) |
Out of the main hall 1 (There is a cannon. This was used ?) |
Out of the main hall 2 (It seems that King Taksin fought riding on this elephant, named "KiriBanchoen".) |
Out of the main hall 3 (If wishes are realized, people celebrate by setting off firecrackers in this tower.) |
[Rayong] Beach |
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| Photos of the beach in Rayong. If you want to relax, beaches must be the one of the places. Rayong beach was calm and a place where dogs were also relaxing. :D |
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| Beach 1 (The view of an early morning.) |
Beach 2 (The view in the morning.) |
Beach 3 (Palm trees are in a line along the beach.) |
Beach 4 (A white dog is walking around while relaxing. :) ) |
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| Beach 5 (Shallow beach.) |
Beach 6 (Everyone is playing while relaxing.) |
Beach 7 (Big dog keep the ball to himself and won't give it back. :D ) |
Beach 8 (The atmosphere of the beach.) |
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| Beach 9 (The atmosphere near the beach.) |
Beach 10 (Houses are like this near the beach.) |
Beach 11 (This is blur but there is a charm around the entrance of a house.) |
Beach 12 (A restaurant along the beach.) |
[Rayong] Shadow Play - Wat Ban Don Museum |
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This is Wat Ban Don Museum in Rayong.Thai traditional " Nang Yai " (shadow play) is introduced here. If you have gone to Thailand, you might have seen the play, but large puppets (Nang Yai) like in the picture are used and this wat (temple) has preserved them for more than one hundred years. |
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| Appearance (The appearance of Wat Ban Don Museum.) |
Nang Yai 1 (This is a Nang Yai for a shadow play.) |
Nang Yai 2 (Various patterns on it.) |
Nang Yai 3 (Looks like there are a lot of kinds.) |
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| Nang Yai 4 (A monk will introduce Nang Yai to visitors in this museum. He is now preparing a video to explain "Nang Yai".) |
Nang Yai 5 (Like this, performers dances with a large puppet behind the screen. Not only one performer dance but more people play together.) |
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| Officials (Looks like they contributed for the foundation of this museum.) |
Around the museum 1 (Temple-like building next to the museum.) |
Around the museum 2 (Temple-like building in the same site.) |
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From the explanation board in front of the museum
- A set of about 200 figures of Nang Yai shadow play was purchased from the South by the first governor of Rayong province. They were taken to Rayong on board a ship and performed on various occasions, especially at Wat Chantha Udom (Wat Keng) where Rayong Hospital is now located. The figures have been stored here at Wat Ban Don for more than 100 years. -
- Related Links:
- Thai Shadow Puppets (Museum of Anthropology)
[Rayong] Wat Pa Pradu |
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| Wat Pa Pradu is said to have been built in Ayutthaya period. In 1829, a monk named
Preceptor Tien found this temple abandoned and became a royal temple in 1990. A large reclining Buddha image is enshrined in this temple. It's 3.6 meters high and 11.95 metres long. The image has a special feature; it lies on its left (on its right from your view) although most reclining Buddha images such as in " Wat Pho " (Bangkok) and in " Wat Yai Chai Mongkol " (Ayuttaya) lie on its right (on its left from your view). (Why is it different ? :D ) |
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| Reclining Buddha 1 (Whole View of the Buddha image. It lies on its left.) |
Reclining Buddha 2 (A little close-up. 3.6 meters high.) |
Reclining Buddha 3 (Close-up. A lot of gold leaf are put on the face.) |
Reclining Buddha 4 (Around the feet. Not only the reclining Buddha, other Buddha images for each day of the week are enshrined.) |
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| Buddha images for each day of the week (The Buddha images are for each day of the week. Including this temple, other temples also are enshrined these Buddha images.) |
Sunday/Monday (The left image is for Sundays, Phra Buddha "Paang Tawai Netr". The right image is for Mondays, Phra Buddha "Paang ham yart".) |
Tuesday (This is for Tuesdays, Phra Buddha "Paang Sai Yat". Mostly a reclining Buddha image lies on its right (on its left against you) like this.) |
Wednesday (For Wednesdays, Phra Buddha "Paang Um Baatr". Buddha images for Wednesdays are two types, for day and for night. This is for day. For night is "Paang Par Laeli".) |
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| Thursday (For Thursdays, Phra Buddha "Paang Samah Thi".) |
Friday (For Fridays, Phra Buddha "Paang Ram Pueng".) |
Saturdays (For Saturdays, Phra Buddha "Paang Naga Prok".) |
Everyday (This is for everyday,Phra Buddha "Paang Marn Vichai".) |
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| Other Buddha images (Not only Buddha images for each day of the week, other Buddha images are enshrined.) |
Oil (As a donation, you can buy a bottle of oil (in the picture) and put it into a lamp and light it.) |
How to worship (The left is how to "Wai" and the right is how to worship to Buddha.Hope it is helpful for you.) |
Around (I guess they are graves with bones inside.) |
By the way, Buddha images for each day of the week are enshrined in other temples as well like below:
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