Chapter 128 The Grand Palace

Follow Guide Li to the ticket office of the Grand Palace, and after checking the tickets one by one, everyone went in.

Located in the heart of Bangkok, the Grand Palace is a cluster of buildings that bring together the best of painting, sculpture and decorative art. The Grand Palace is surrounded by tall white walls, with fortresses, gates, and palaces interspersed. There is an oval square in front of the palace is Wangjiatian Square, which was once used as the royal square, and now the king presides over the celebration ceremony here every spring ploughing festival and Thai New Year. The square is surrounded by major universities, ** offices, Thailand's National Museum, the National Theatre, the National Art Gallery, and Bangkok's Patron God Temple, among others.

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d Palace, also known as the Grand Palace, is the royal palace of Thailand, also known as the Siamese royal family. Adjacent to the Chao Phraya River, it is a large-scale ancient complex of 28 buildings in the center of Bangkok, with a total area of 218,400 square meters. The Grand Palace was built in 1782 and has undergone continuous repairs and expansions by successive kings, and finally completed the current large-scale Grand Palace complex, which is still splendid today. The Grand Palace is modeled after the old royal palace of the former capital Ayutthaya, which is one of the many royal palaces in Thailand, and is the most perfectly preserved, largest and most national royal palace in the past dynasties. After everyone went in, Tour Guide Li said.

"It's really beautiful." Lin Juanjuan listened to the words of Guide Li and looked at the buildings in the Grand Palace and said.

"It's really beautiful." Gao Heng echoed Lin Juanjuan's praise of the Grand Palace.

Kandy didn't say anything, so Guide Li continued to introduce: "The Bangkok dynasty from Rama I to Rama VIII lived in the Grand Palace. The Grand Palace is home to the best of Thai architecture, painting, sculpture and decoration. Its style has distinctive Siamese architectural characteristics, so it is highly appreciated by tourists from all over the world, and is known as the "Encyclopedia of Thai Art". After Rama VIII was assassinated in the palace in 1946, Rama IX moved to the newly built Jiradha Palace to the east of the Grand Palace. Nowadays, in addition to being used for ceremonies and events such as coronation ceremonies and palace celebrations, the Grand Palace is usually open to the public and has become a famous tourist attraction in Thailand. ”

Walking into the courtyard of the Grand Palace, the first thing that catches your eye is a large meadow and ancient trees of various shapes, and some linden trees and other tropical trees are planted around the lawn. The Grand Palace's stupa-like spire juts into the clouds, and the fish-scale glass tiles shine brightly in the sun.

Everyone was admiring while walking, and Guide Li introduced from time to time, and Lin Juanjuan would also say a few words while listening, because it was so spectacular.

"It's comparable to our Forbidden City." Kandy said.

As I walked here, I soon reached the second gate, and when I walked through the second gate, a majestic and magnificent three-story building was in front of me.

Tour Guide Li began to introduce: "This is the largest main hall in the Grand Palace, the Jieji Palace, which was built by King Rama V in 1876. "Jieji" contains the meaning of "god plate" and "emperor", and it is also the correct name of the Rama Dynasty. ”

"This roof is very distinctive, with a square spire". Kandy looked up and saw it, so he said.

"Miss Kang has observed very carefully, the characteristic of this Jieji Palace is that its basic structure belongs to the British Victorian architectural art, and the top of the hall with three square spires is a Thai-style roof." Tour guide Li introduced the top of the temple seen in Kandy.

When everyone came out after visiting the Jieji Palace, Lin Juanjuan looked at the west side and pointed over there and asked, "What is this?" ”

"Oh, this is Ritsushi Palace."

"The Rishi Palace, is it the first palace built in the Grand Palace?" Gao Heng, who didn't speak for a long time, just watched silently, spoke.

"Looks like you've all done your homework, and you even know this." Tour Guide Li smiled and said.

"To the west of the Jieji Palace is the Rishi Palace. This is the first royal palace to be built in the Grand Palace, and it is a traditional Thai building. The palace houses thrones and beds made during the reign of King Rama I, and is listed as the first-class art of the Rama dynasty. The palace is mainly used as a place for the funeral of royal figures such as kings, queens, and queen mothers. Tour Guide Li added.

"What do Thai thrones and royal beds look like? Can you check it out? "When Lin Juanjuan went to the Forbidden City in Beijing before, she saw our Chinese dragon beds and dragon chairs, which were similar to what I saw on TV. However, when Lin Juanjuan watched Thai TV dramas on weekdays, she saw that those people were barefoot, and then sat cross-legged on the ground, and she didn't seem to sit on any chairs, and she hadn't seen the bed.

"Yes." After the tour guide Li finished speaking, he walked to the front and led the way.

"Ah Heng, keep up." Kandy naturally reached out to take Gao Heng's hand.

Gao Heng was talking to Gao Jing on the phone, and when he saw Kangdy's hand stretched out, he also consciously stretched out his hand to him, and he didn't feel unaccustomed at all.

Gao Jing called over to ask Gao Heng what progress he was making now, and the ambiguous tone when he asked made Gao Heng roll his eyes at him: "I'll talk about it later."

Gao Jing thought that he had done a good deed, so he immediately smiled and said, "Okay, okay."

After hanging up the phone, Gao Heng didn't realize that his hand was being held by Kandy.

Lin Juanjuan and Guide Li walked in front, and Kang Di took Gao Heng's hand and followed. After Gao Heng hung up the phone, Kandy naturally took Gao Heng's arm and said, "Who called you?" ”

Gao Heng and Kandy walked side by side and said, "Gao Jing."

"Oh, why did he call you?" Kandy just casually asked.

Gao Heng suddenly didn't know what to say, could it be that the kid came to inquire about the progress of the two of them?

"It's okay, just ask me if I'm having fun." Gao Heng thought for a moment and said.

"When you go back, remember to help me, thank you Gao Jing." Kandy said to him with an innocent expression.

Gao Heng nodded hurriedly.

At this time, they had already finished reading the throne and the imperial bed, but Kang Di and Gao Heng were talking just now, so they didn't notice that they had already passed, so they asked, "What about the throne and the imperial bed?" ”

Lin Juanjuan turned around and said, "I just passed by, didn't you see it?" ”

When he turned around, Tour Guide Li also turned around, and saw Kang Di holding Gao Heng's hand, and a trace of curiosity flashed in his eyes and then returned to his original state, how could Tour Guide Li not know that the one he is serving now is the newly elected Miss China this year, and this Miss China has another identity, that is, the heiress of the largest DI HOTEL in the country, and the fiancΓ© of the general manager of this hotel.

Then now the man who is holding his hand in Kandy, Guide Li also knows. Because the man who paid him was called Gao Jing, Gao Heng's younger brother, and the Gao family has always occupied a position in the political circles.

This senior son is engaged in medicine, but he is also very good.

When I first met Kandy and Gao Heng that day, the socially experienced tour guide Li saw that they didn't know what to do if they wanted to work for a long time, and the ancients said that the less they knew, the safer, and it was very reasonable to know too much and die early. Therefore, even when Guide Li turned around and saw them holding hands, there was a flash of confusion for a moment, wondering why they dared to be so upright and bright, but after a moment, they returned to their original expressions.

"If you want to go back, you can do it." Guide Li asked Kandy.

Kandy is usually embarrassed to trouble others, but now that they have come this way, where is it embarrassing to go back, so Kandy said: "It's okay, let's go forward".

Afraid of bothering others, Kang Ti looked at the throne and the royal bed and just asked, and the desire was not strong.

Since Kandy said so, everyone continued to walk forward, and after walking for a while, Guide Li said, "Do you want to go and see the Amarin Palace?" ”

"Where is the Amarin?" Lin Juanjuan asked.

"The Amarin Palace should be on the east side of the Jieji Palace." This was said by Gao Heng.

After Gao Heng finished speaking, Kang Di, who was holding his arm, looked at him with admiration, she thought to herself, she is all here to play, why are people so good, she is like a brainless fly running around.

"Well, yes, are you going?" Tour Guide Li asked.

"Go, it's coming." Lin Juanjuan is very positive.

So everyone walked towards the Amarin Palace, and when they were halfway there, everyone saw someone selling drinks, so Gao Heng walked over and bought four cups of drinks for everyone to drink.

In fact, when he bought it, Gao Heng didn't know what this thing was, but Lin Juanjuan kept saying that it was delicious when she drank it.

When they were almost drunk, everyone came to this Amarin Palace.

Standing in front of the palace gate of the Amarin Palace, Tour Guide Li said: "It consists of three main buildings, namely: the Amarinda Hearing Hall, where the palace ceremonies usually take place; the Sand Hall, where the coronation of kings takes place, with chairs for the coronation to sit on; The Kalama Dipiman Temple, which was once the residence of King Rama I, II and III, later became the official residence of the monarchs after their coronation. ”

After that, we went to see another Western-style building in the Grand Palace, called "Wulong Biman Palace", which was built by King Rama V for the crown prince in 1909.

After arriving here, Tour Guide Li said: "As a guest house for ****-level state guests and royal nobles, it is generally not open to visitors because it belongs to the inner court, but since they are all here, it is good for us to come here to see its architecture."

Lin Juanjuan nodded in agreement, and she didn't necessarily have to go in to see it.

Then the tour guide Li began to introduce: "After the founding monarch of the Bangkok Dynasty, Rama I, ascended the throne, he moved the capital from Thonburi to Bangkok on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River in 1782. The Grand Palace is one of the many royal palaces in Thailand, and is the most perfectly preserved, largest and most nationally characteristic royal official in the past dynasties, and is now only used for coronation ceremonies, palace celebrations and other ceremonies. The Bangkok dynasty, from Rama I to Rama VIII, resided in the Grand Palace. After King Rama VIII was assassinated in the palace in 1946, Rama IX moved to live in the new palace. ”

"It's really worthy of the rooftop" of "Thai Art"" after visiting the Grand Palace, Kandy sighed.