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Luang Prabang: Temples
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Two weeks in
Northern Laos, July 2006
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Page 1 Huay Xai - The
Mekong - Luang Prabang
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Page 2 Luang
Prabang: Temples
Page 3 Luang
Nam Tha - Map -
Notes -
Links
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Page 4 An
Akha Village
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5 Muang Sing - Huay Xai
Luang Prabang
has a rich cultural heritage and is dotted with a multitide of
beautiful temples.
Wat Xieng Thong
Wat Xieng Thong
Wat
Xieng Thong is one of the most important temples in Laos. It is
very old, built around 1560. The temple is located in a beautiful
garden on the bank of the Mekong River where the Nam Khan runs into
it.
During the 1960s Wat Xieng Thong was completely remodeled and
redecorated, becoming the splendid temple we see today. The roof was
repaired. The entrance was gilded. Both the interior and the
exterior walls were covered with black, glossy lacquer and decorated
with figures and symbols in gold leaf. On the back wall a large
flame tree, a tree of life, was set in colored glass mosaics.
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Lao/WatXiengTemple/Default.htm
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The back of Wat Xieng Thong with its famous
tree of life mosaic in colored glass on a dark red
background. The mosaic was crafted in 1960 by Lao craftsmen
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The beautiful reclining Buddha
was displayed in Paris in 1931
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A large
carved and gilded door entering the main chapel |
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Stupa at Wat Wisunarat
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Wat Wisunarat |
Wat Wisunarat
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Temple offerings
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The Sala Pha Bang pavilion
at the former Royal Palace
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Luang Prabang has approximately 80
monasteries and 1,000 resident monks and novices.
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Every
morning at 6 am the monks make an alms-round in town to
collect rice for their daily meal
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These
temples are situated in Ban Xieng Maen, across the river
from Luang Prabang
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Page 1 Huay Xai - The
Mekong - Luang Prabang
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Page 2 Luang
Prabang: Temples
Page 3 Luang
Nam Tha - Map -
Notes -
Links
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Page 4 An
Akha Village
Page
5 Muang Sing - Huay Xai
Last update August 06
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