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Joking! This road leads to the Myanmar border, which you really don’t want to cross right now. Some of these images are fairly large and load time may be “something”, not “nothing”. But the sights were so nice I wanted to keep some decent resolution (to be resolute).
Upon leaving Fang, a very beautiful farm and mountainous area in very Northern Thailand, I spotted this amazingly beautiful temple entrance and had to photo and video the visit. This is Wat Udom Mukhom.
Nan is a district and town in Thailand that is kind of interesting and I encourage you to visit to see the sights. Getting here provides many beautiful sights along the way if by vehicle.
The Explanation: “
Arts in Mueang Nan
In the remote past, Nan has long been considered as a small chiefdom, located in an embrace of a jungle and a mountainous range. Artistic style of Mueang Nan, from middle of the 4th to early of the 20th century, obviously presented an external source of influence, related to Buddhism. Over six hundred years, the arts of Nan artisans also reflected on the
Buddhism faith, history, and way of life of Nan people. According to different sources of artistic influence, the arts of Mueang Nan can be ategorised into four phases as the following details; The 1st Phase: During middle to later of the 14th Century, the artisans of Nan explicitly illustrated a similarity or stylistic art from Sukhothai, potentially because of a good and strong relationship between Nan and Sukhothai. The 2nd Phase: During 1450 – 1559, since Nan was conquered by Lanna, the artisans of Nan, consequently, reflected
a mixture between the Lanna and Sukhothai stylistic arts which commonly existed still in Nan. The 3rd Phase: During 1560 – 1785 Nan was under a conquer of Burma for over two hundred years which also resulted in a chaotic circumstance. Different battleships also came across during that period. Hence, it can be considered that Nan artisans was in a descent situation during this era. However, a local artistic style was appeared as a typical Nan style. In addition, Burmese art less influenced on Nan artworks, meanwhile, an influence from external art also appeared as a short-term existence. The 4th Phase: Nan had been ruled by Rattanakosin Kingdom since the reign of King Rama I. Nan stepped back on the right foot, and the art of Nan rehabilitated to its original. Also, it brought the other styles of art namely Rattanakosin, Lan Xang, and Burmese that imported by the commands of Great Britain to modify the traditional works of the native artisans. As a result, the significant integration in the art which branched out enormously. A visible sample was the wooden Buddha images which were very popular to make since then.
Wat Huay Pla Kang, in Chiang Rai, is an often crowded (not in Covid times) temple area highlighting a giant Buddha which is actually Kwan Yin (the Goddess of Mercy). Here are photos of this temple area.
From Chiang Mai, on the way to Phayao, the view is fantastic, the road is fun to drive on motorcycle and you come upon some really interesting people and places.
Every trip needs to come to an end and every photo blog needs to have a last posting. This is my last posting for Pai. If you ever get the chance to visit this village I think you will find it very interesting to rent a motorcycle and drive around to see the Hot Springs, the temples and the other sites in the area.
the bridge leading into the Karen camp.
at si don chai is an off the path temple but I like temples like this. I spent most of my time watching the temple dogs, left by those who didn’t want them.
