THE TEMPLE OF THE EMERALD BUDDHA

Welcome to travel in Bangkok THAILAND,Bangkok,also known as"Krungthep" meaning "The city of angels"is ranked as the best city in the world in 2008 by WTRAVEL AND LEISURE Magazine".Bangkok is fomous for its temple as well as some of Asia's.
Welcome to THE TEMPLE OF THE EMERALD BUDDHA
inside the ubosoth containing the Emerald Buddha there also are other interesting item; 1.The gold-covered wooden throne,made in the Frist Reign,on which the Emerald Buddha sits.Originally the golden throne rested on what now is its lowest base,but King Rama2 added the intermediary one.
2.The mother-of-pearl door-panels made in the first Reign of Bangkok following the style of the late Ayudhya period.
3.Two large standing crowned Buddha images dedicated to King Rama1 and King Rama2,Two large standing crowned Buddha images cast in bronze.About 3m.,high,they are in the attitude of calming the occan and are covered with gold and precious gems.He named the one placed on the Northern side of the Emerald Buddha "Phra Puttha Yodfa Chulalok"and the one on the South"Phra Puttha Lerdla Napalai"
4.A small bronze Buddha image called Phra Samputtha Panni.The monk-prince invented a new type of Buddha image without a cranial protuberance,wearing a pleated monastic robe and seated in the attitude of meditation.Phra Samputtha Panni has been placed in front of the throne supporting the Emerald Buddha.
5.Ten crowned Buddha images in bronze in attitude of calming the ocean,They are covered with gold and were installed in pairs on the base supporting the throne of the Emerald Buddha.They were created by successive kings of the present Chakri Dynasty and were dedicated to high members of the Royal family,both male and female,from the Frist to the third Reigns.
6.Mural paintings inside the ubosoth.The scene of the Buddhist cosmology[the Three Worlds of Desire,FORM and Non-Form]
7.Bronze lion door-guardians.There are altogether twelve,in sixpairs.It had been believed that the pair guarding the main central door of the ubosoth on the east,which can be command of King Rama1 and the rest were copied in that reign.On both sides of the main staircase in front of the Royal Pantheon on the east site two stone lion-guardians.Though they have been very much restored,one can perceive that they belong to the Khmer Bayon style.
On top of the pondd that had been filled up the King had a new library built,containing a large,beautiful mother-of-pearl inlaid book-cabinet to house the Tripitaka. This superb book-cabinet was made under the supervision of Chao Praya Mahasena,the founder of the Bunnag family.H.R.H. Prince Naris admired this new library very much for its style and decorations,such as a bronze snake with human faces,rather than reptilian ones on the railing of each staircase,the demon door-guardians and the mother-of-pearl inlaid door-panels.