Zhou Sen and Mr. Ding are still very deeply touched, he went to China's neighboring countries to interview, will first go to this international capital, visit the Royal Palace, there are many historical relics of the palace before the guard, ordinary people and tourists can not visit the palace, now the times are different, many historical sites have been preserved, retain the original style, rebuild, open to the common people and tourists from all over the world to visit.

When Mr. Ding took Zhou Sen to visit the palace, he was impressed by the Jieji Palace, which is the largest palace in the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, built in 1876 during the reign of the fifth emperor.

Zhou Sen asked Teacher Ding for advice, "What is Jieji?"

Mr. Ding explained in detail the meaning of "saving the base".

"Jieji" means "god plate" and "emperor", and it is also the name of the Bangkok Dynasty.

The Jieji Hall is in the Great Palace, separated by a wall from the Jade Buddha Temple, the momentum is magnificent, it can be seen that it has been built by skilled craftsmen with a lot of painstaking efforts, it is very worth seeing.

Zhou Sen heard Mr. Ding say that the Jieji Hall was made by a British designer and was the palace of the emperor.

The overall house structure and the decoration of various elephants are very Thai folk characteristics, and at the same time, they have a strong Victorian style.

"The basic structure of this palace belongs to the Victorian architectural art of the British Queen, but the roof of the palace has three square spires that belong to traditional Thai architecture. ”

The top floor of the main seat is the place where the royal bones are enshrined, the second floor is the place where the emperor receives state guests, and the lower floor is the headquarters of the Imperial Forest. ”

"The top floor of the east block is an antique showroom, the second floor is the state guest hall, the lower floor is the living room, the top floor of the west block is dedicated to the spirit bones of the queens and princes, the middle floor is the living room where the queen gave her subjects, and the lower floor is the library. ”

Zhou Sen looked at this kind of large-scale royal building that cost a lot of manpower and material resources to build, and was full of emotion.

Every country has its own royal family, when the royal family rules the country, in order to show their great achievements, will build some royal palaces to show the royal dignity, after visiting the Jieji Palace, Zhou Sen noticed that in Thailand the importance of Buddhism, there are many temples.

In particular, after King Zheng of Lakang Monastery ascended the throne, he attached great importance to the revival of Buddhism, and he made the originally privately built Bang Waya Monastery a royal temple, and began to collect and replenish the three Tibetan Buddhist scriptures that were burned by the Burmese army.

It's also interesting to talk about this history.

At that time, because Luokhon Thong Mansion was not invaded by the Burmese army, the most complete Sanzang Buddhist scriptures could be preserved, so King Zheng went to Luokhon Thong Mansion to collect Sanzang Buddhist scriptures.

King Zheng met a high monk named "Pa Azan Xi" in Nakhon Thammarat Province, and Pa Azan Xi originally lived in Phra Nan Chun Temple, Ayutthaya.

During the war, the master fled to Nakhon Si Thammarat and temporarily lived in a local temple.

He was proficient in the three Tibetan and had a deep Vipassana practice, and King Cheng established a good friendship with Phra Azan, so he invited the master to return to Thonburi to serve as the abbot of Bang Waya Monastery and was named Chongdi Sangdi, who became the first monk emperor during the Bangkok Dynasty.

After Rama I ascended the throne, he rebuilt the Tibetan scripture pavilion of Bang Waya Monastery, dug a bronze bell in the northeast of the old Buddha hall, the king found that the sound of the bronze bell in the temple was very pleasant, asked the origin of the bronze bell, the monk truthfully told the king, the king dug the place where the bronze bell was dug into a pool, and built three parallel libraries in the pool.

"Oh, I see, it sounds like this story is still very tortuous and complicated!" Zhou Sen said.

Teacher Ding nodded, "Yes, the historical buildings we see now, every place has a long history behind it, which involves many characters, they have different identities, a lot of things have happened, and they have experienced a lot of ups and downs and vicissitudes of time, and it is really not easy to preserve them until now." ”

Teacher Ding suddenly remembered the Jade Buddha Temple, and he also added, "I didn't think about it when I took you to visit the Jade Buddha Temple, but now that I think about it, I will add this story." ”

The king put the bronze bell in the Jade Buddha Temple, and built a new bell tower in the Lakang Temple, cast five new bells to hang in it, and the temple also had the name of "Lakang Temple" because of the excavation of the bronze bell.

At the beginning of the Bangkok Dynasty, Wat Lakang was valued and supported by kings and princes, so Buddhism was so valued in Thailand, and many temples were built, and the temples in Thailand were very distinctive, and their temples were influenced by Indian Buddhism and Chinese Buddhism.

"When it comes to the role of religion, from two perspectives, one is top-down, which is used by the ruling class to rule over the people's thoughts, and the other is from the bottom-up, the people also need faith, when they encounter difficulties, setbacks, and troubles in their daily lives, and they can't solve them themselves, their hearts need to be comforted and appeased, and they need to have a place to place hope. ”

"Come to the temple in this environment, worship the Buddha statue, listen to the abbot's lectures, the mind is also very calm, you can get rid of some impetuousness, calm down, think about your own situation, think about the problems you are facing, the interpersonal relationships around you, maybe you will get the guidance of the monks, and the confusion that was lost before can also be answered, so that the soul will be calmed, and you will feel happy and comfortable. ”

Zhou Sen nodded, "Yes, religious belief also has its role, the members of our delegation visited several countries on the spot, and there are also cathedrals in Russia, and there are many of them, which are related to their history, economy, culture, and humanity at that time." ”

Mr. Ding said: "There is also the Imperial Garden of the Ninth King is also very distinctive, and I will also bring scholars and journalists from China to visit this scenic spot, which is very famous in the local area." ”

Mr. Ding also found the promotional leaflet of the attraction and found a detailed introduction.

The Ninth King's Garden is a small garden donated by the governments and private organizations of China, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain, representing the style of their respective countries.

Located in the southeast of Bangkok city, it covers an area of about 80 hectares, is the largest park in Thailand and the largest botanical garden in Bangkok, which was established in 1987 to celebrate the 60th birthday of King Rama IX Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Teacher Ding said: "There are Zhushou Hall, Botanical Garden, Amusement Park, Crystal Water Garden, Water Garden and People's Sports Ground in the Imperial Garden. ”

Zhou Sen heard that this Ninth King Imperial Garden also has the style of our Chinese garden, go to visit, see the Chinese style garden, there is also Suzhou garden, Suzhou garden is very famous, pavilions, winding bridges and flowing water, rockery and surrounding trees are really good, the garden is very beautiful.

Mr. Ding took Zhou Sen to visit the Zhushou Hall, which is the main building in the park, which is in the shape of a nine-corner, symbolizing the ninth king of the Bangkok Dynasty, and this Zhushou Hall has Thai characteristics.

In the center of the hall is a circular hall that can accommodate 500 people, surrounded by nine glass-clad compartments, which display pictures and objects of the king's deeds, and the surrounding environment is quiet and elegant, with artificial waterfalls, rockeries and ornamental plants planted as decorations.

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