Wat Phukhao Thong Review

The temple is also called Jinshan Temple, which means the Golden Mountain. The temple was built in 1387 by the fifth generation of King Lamxuan of the Great City Dynasty. The 80-meter-high Buddhist Pagoda in the temple is particularly noticeable. Standing on it, you can have a bird's eye view of the city. Bangkok's famous golden hill was built on it. In 1569, the tower was converted into Khmer style to celebrate the occupation of the city by King Mang Yinglong of Myanmar. The remaining buildings were built between 1744 and 1745, and were not rebuilt in Thai style until the reign of the Twentieth Dynasty. In 1956, to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the Buddhist calendar, a gold jewel weighing 2.5kg was mounted on the top of the tower, but it was stolen soon. Now it is a gold-plated jewel. The base of the pagoda is 12-sided and its circumference is 50 meters. The style of the foundation stone is the late style of the big city. The tower is divided into three layers, each with a corridor about 2 meters wide, surrounded by steps to climb to the top of the corridor. The temple is situated in the northwest direction of the outskirts of the big city. Driving in this direction from the inside of the old city, it becomes more and more desolate. It is the kind of conversion from a small county town to a field. Before reaching the temple, it must pass through a large paddy field and a big lake. This Temple is also called Golden Mountain. It was originally because it guarded the paddy fields on this side. It takes about 30 minutes for a locomotive to get here from the ancient city. At present, there are not many visitors to Pukao Tong Temple, even the whole scenic spot is only US and construction workers, because the temple is currently undergoing renovation process, so it can not climb up at present. It used to be able to climb 60 meters on one side, and the surrounding soil is turned up, more like a large construction site, so it can only be seen from the outside. You can see the scaffolding beside the pagoda. Below the temple is a square base. The form of this temple is the same as many temples in Southeast Asia. The bottom layer represents the hell, the middle layer is the world, the middle layer is the heaven, and the top layer is the realm of Buddha. The "fee and opening time" is free of charge because the surrounding infrastructure is being built. The opening time is from 7:00 in the morning to 7:00 in the evening. After all, the main entrance is still under construction.