Phrae Province
From Nan Province, we drove down to Phrae which is also another province in Northern Thailand
Hom (ฮอม)
Fried chicken with Makwan (มะแขว่น): Northern Thai peppers
Ho: Bake & Craft Café (โฮะ)
Wat Phra That Cho Hae
Wat Phra That Doi Leng
Evening Around Phrae Town
Wat Chom Sawan
This temple was commissioned during Rama V reigned. It brought in many Burmese carpenters so the pillars were engraved in Burmese.
Northern Thais believed that since cutting down trees anger the forest spirits, they need to use the wood to build a temple to please these spirits. The whole temple was made out of teak wood.
Both the interior and exterior of the temple takes on the form of Burmese architecture.
Local musicians with the sueng, drums and ching
Some pillars are covered by stained glass which were influenced by British churches and the ideas brought in by British merchants at the time.
