I-Wat Chedi Luang yenye yezona zikhangayo ezikhangayo kunye nolunye lweetempile ezibaluleke kakhulu kwisixeko. "ULuang" lithetha inkulu kwisibizo saseNyakatho Thai kwaye igama lifanelekileyo kwisiza esicacayo apho itempile ihleli khona. Ingaba uvakashela iChiang Mai iintsuku ezimbalwa okanye uhlala ixesha elide, kuyafaneleka ukuba ixesha lakho lokuhamba lihambele itempile. Funda yonke into ofuna ukuyifumana malunga nokufika ku-Wat Chedi Luang kunye noko ukulindele xa ukhona.
Imbali
Wat Chedi Luang yakhiwe phakathi kwekhulu le-14 nele-15 kwaye ngelo xesha yayiza kuba itempile ekhangayo kakhulu eChiang Mai. Ihlala enye yeetempileni ezide kunabo bonke kwisixeko, kodwa ngezinye iinkhathi i-chedi (pagoda) iphakame ngaphezu kweemitha ezingama-80 (ngaphezu kweenyawo ezingama-260) emoyeni.
Inyikima enkulu (okanye i-cannon umlilo-zikho iingxelo eziphikisanayo) zonakalise i-chedi kwaye ngoku zilinganisa malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-60 (197 feet) eziphakamileyo. I-Wat Chedi Luang nayo idume ngokukhawuleza kwezindlu ze-Emerald Buddha, enye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo zonqulo eThailand. Yaye yathunyelwa eWat Phra Kaew (iTempile ye-Dawwn) eBangkok ngo-1475, kodwa kukho i-replica jade ehlala ethempelini, eyanikwa kwisixeko njengesipho esivela kuThai ukumkani ngo-1995 ukubhiyozela i-600th umkhosi wesibini.
Iprojekthi yokubuyiselwa yi-UNESCO kunye noRhulumente waseJapan kwiminyaka yama-1990 basebenze ekubuyiseleni itempile kwezinye izinto ezazingaphambili, kodwa injongo ephambili yayikukunqanda isayithi ukukhusela umonakalo omkhulu.
Umphezulu we-chedi awuzange uphinde wakhiwe kwakhona ngenxa yokuba kwakungekho ncamango ingcamango yokuba okokuqala kwakubonakala ngathi ngaphambi kokutshatyalaliswa.
Yintoni ongayibona
Ekubeni indawo ka Wat Chedi Luang ikhulu kakhulu, kukho inkalo ukubona ukutyelela. Into evelele kakhulu apha, ngokuqinisekileyo, i-chedi enkulu elawula loo ndawo kwaye yindawo ekhangayo kunye nesithunzi.
Isiseko se-chedi sinemifanekiso emihlanu yeendlovu ehlangothini lwasemzantsi kwaye onke macala amane e-chedi anezitebhisi ezinkulu eziphethwe yi-naga (izinyoka) ezinika isakhiwo sengqondo. Kuphezulu kwezitepsi kukho iincinci ezincinci eziqulethe imifanekiso yeBuddha imifanekiso, nangona i-niche ehlangothini olumpuma ye-chedi yilapho kufakwe khona i-replica ye-Emerald Buddha.
Kwiindawo zetempile uzakufumana ezimbini iindawo zokuhlala (izindlu ezingcwele okanye izindlu zokuthandaza), ezinkulu ezinezindlu ezimnandi zamehlo amaBuddha eyaziwa ngokuba nguFra Chao Attarot. Ukongeza kwi-viharn kunye ne-chedi, indawo yeetempile inesakhiwo esincinci apho uya kufumana khona uBuddha ohleliyo kunye nesinye isakhiwo esiqukethe insika yesixeko (iSoo Inthakin), ikholelwa ngabantu ukuba bakhusele isixeko.
I-Wat Phan Tao, enye itempile, nayo ilele kwiindawo zikaThai Chedi Luang. Ngelixa elincinci kunommelwane walo omkhulu, itempile elinezitekisi eziqingqiweyo zifanelekile ukujonga ukuba sele uceba ukujonga i-Wat Chedi Luang. I-Buddha yegolide ephazamisekileyo kwiholo elikhulu lomthandazo kunye nomyezo omncinci ojikelezayo ngasemva zibalasele.
Ukutyelela
Kulula ukuvakashela i-Wat Chedi Luang kuba ikhona ngaphakathi kweendonga zedolophu yakudala kwaye kufuphi namanye amatempile amakhulu, kunye neendawo zokulala kunye neefestile.
Ithempeli livulekile imihla ngemihla ukususela ngo-8 ngomhla ukuya ku-5 ntambama kwaye ngelixa lisetyenziselwa ukukhululeka ukungena, umrhumo wokungena ungoku-40 kwi-THB kubantu abadala kunye no-20 kubantwana (abakhululekile kubahlali).
Itempile inokufumaneka kwiNdlela yasePrapokklao, ehamba ngasentla ukuya ngasentla ngasecaleni kweso sixeko esidala phakathi kwesango laseChiang Mai kunye neSango laseTshintspuak. Umnyango oyintloko uhambelana nomgwaqo wasePrapokklao, kwindlela yaseMzantsi Ratchadamnoen. Xa usakuba kwisixeko esidala, itempile kufuneka ibe lula ukuyibona kuba i-chedi enye yezona zakhiwo ezide kunazo zonke e-Chiang Mai. Nayiphi na ingoma (iilori ezibomvu ezenza njengetekisi ekwabelwana ngazo) zingakuthatha ethempelini kwidolophu endala malunga ne-30 THB ngomntu ngamnye.
Njengaye nayiphi na itempile edolophini, gcinani engqondweni ukugqoka ngokuhloniphayo, oku kuthetha ukuba amahlombe namadolo kufuneka ahlanganiswe.
Eziphambili
I-chedi ephawulekayo yiyona nto ibonakalisa ngayo kwaye ngokwayo, njengokuba uBuddha omileyo ehleli kwiholo lokuthandaza.
Kodwa ukuhamba nje kwinqanaba lethempelini lenza imini yamnandi xa kuhlanganiselwe ukuhlola okukhulu kwesidolophu esidala saseChiang Mai.
Ababhenkethi kufuneka baqwalasele nokuthatha inxaxheba kwiingxoxo zemihla ngemihla ezenzeka kuWat Chedi Luang. Kuphakathi kwe-9 ekuseni no-6 ntambama imihla ngemihla unako ukubona amakholi elinde kwicala elingasenyakatho yeendawo zetempile ezikhoyo ukuthetha. Iingxoxo zivame ukuba neevenki okanye abathathu abancinci kwaye iingxoxo ziwine-win-win: Iimonks zizama ukuqhuba isiNgesi kwaye ufumana ulwazi oluthe xaxa malunga nenkcubeko ye-Thai kunye nobuBuddha.