stone temple

Terrain

General condition

Wat Sao Hin is a temple where monks live. It is located on the north side outside Wiang Kum Kam. It is about 700 meters from the Ping River to the east. Inside the temple there is a replica stone pillar which is the symbol of the temple. The area surrounding Wat Sao Hin is a community area. Surrounded by residential houses

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Ping River

Geological conditions

It is a river basin area. was deposited with sand and gravel sediments. In the Holocene era

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Archaeological age

Mythological age

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

Wat Sao Hin is a temple where monks live in the Buddhist Lent. The history of the temple does not appear directly in any historical document. Only the Chiang Mai indigenous family that mentions King Sam Fang Kaen has built an ordination hall at a temple. On the banks of the Ping River on the north side of Wiang Kum Kam and made the parapet as a stone pillar in the chapel (Chiang Mai native family 1975:25) From this information, it is assumed that it is a stone temple (Saraswati Ongsakul 1994:54), but the evidence that appears today. did not find evidence that was old until the reign of King Sam Pang Kaen Found only one main inscription which, according to history, was found at the stone pillar temple. It is assumed to be built during the reign of King Tilokkarat in 2023 (Hans Penth et al. 2001 :60 – 61).

Important buildings

The temple has no clear evidence of when it was built. The sanctuary faces north and tends to the east. The base of the temple is raised on a high platform to prevent flooding. The part of the stairs is built in the shape of a bird of code link.

Chedi is a bell-shaped chedi with a large recessed base, 4 floors stacked, with one arch on the north side. On the base of the upper chedi, there are statues of Narasingh in 4 corners, while the first base has 4 lions at the corners of the base of the chedi. and there was a glass wall around another floor. The villagers believe that this pagoda was built to cover the smaller one.

The ubosot has a royal base brick structure holding mortar The roof is solid wood. Thatched with clay tiles, please

monolithic temple It is a symbol of the temple and is worshiped according to the ancient belief that The original stone pillar was under the main base of the temple, causing the city to collapse. When a stone pillar appears in the area of ​​this temple The fallen city will rise again and prosper again.

Relevant local legend

indigenous dynasties of Chiang Mai Mentioned that the Three Fangs of God had built an ordination hall at a temple. On the banks of the Ping River on the north side of Wiang Kum Kam and made the parapet as a stone pillar in the chapel (Chiang Mai native family 1975 :25), it is assumed that it means Wat Sao Hin (Saraswati Ongsakul 1994 :54).

Related inscription

Inscription Ku Wat Monolith Discussing the offering of 20 families and rice fields along with farming equipment to the Ubosot. It is assumed that the inscription should have been built in the reign of King Tilokkarat in 2023 (Hans Penth et al. 2001:60 – 61).