菩辛寺—泰国寺院

　　泰国菩辛寺（Wat Phra Singh）
　　菩辛寺(Wat Phra Singh)集合了许多最重要的兰那艺术精华，起建于西元1345年时，帕于王(King Pha Yu)先在此造了一座塔，存放他父亲卡福王(King Kam Fu)的骨灰。
　　菩辛寺有许多参观重点，首先是一进门的右手边，耸立了一座最完美、最典型的北方藏经阁，下面有架高的地基，外墙有灰泥佛像浮雕，上方的木造藏经阁有精致的木雕、灰泥装饰与马赛克， 美得令人一定要拍一张照片带回家。
　　菩辛寺原本叫做[ Li Chiang Phra]自从西元1367年（有一说是1400年）一尊狮子被供奉在此，就改名为菩辛寺--狮子庙的意思， 而寺里另一个参观重点莱卡僧院(Viharn Lai Kham) 就是当时为了要供奉这尊狮子佛而建造的。
　　现在供奉在莱卡僧院中的这尊狮子佛是复制品，不过复制的部分有两种说法，一说是整尊都是复制品，真品放在清迈国立博物馆内，一说是只有头部是复制品，因为西元1922年时头部被人偷走了，但不论是那一种说法，许多游客还是喜欢和这尊大大有名的佛像以及看管的小沙弥一起照相。
　　卡莱僧院中另一项重要的珍宝就是墙壁上的绘画，这些画以描述早期北方的日常生活情景还有缅甸宫廷的状况著称，这里面的壁画总共描绘两个寓言，面对佛像的左面是[金色的海螺王子Sang Thong]，右面是[天堂鸟]，这些故事都充满英雄与恶魔战斗，最后邪不胜正的情节，左面的壁画最近曾经重修，据说还是由一位中国艺术家负责修复的。
　　Wat Phra Singh was built inside the old city walls at a time when Wat Phra Singh was built inside the old city walls at a time when Chiang Mai was the capital of the northern Thai Lanna or Lan Na kingdom.
　　The wat was originally built in 1345. It may have simply been a stupa erected by a king (and descendant of the great Mangrai) to honour his father. The stupa still stands, but most of the buildings you see on the site today are of much more recent vintage. Originally called Wat Li Chiang Phra, the name was changed to Wat Phra Singh when the Phra Singh Buddha image was first housed there in 1367. Phra Singh is a cast Buddha image of Chiang Sean Period
　　Wat Phra Singh is not an unusual name for a Thai temple: wat means Buddhist temple, phra is used to refer to a Buddha image or a monk, while singh is a mythical lion-like animal. The Chiang Mai Wat Phra Singh is probably the most famous of all the Wat Phra Singh temples in Thailand
　　There are three main buildings, namely the Stupa, Viharn Lai Kam, and Haw Trai.