Kuai Si Temple

Terrain

General condition

Kuai Si Temple is an abandoned ancient site. It is about 200 meters from Wat Chang Kham to the east, about 200 meters from the ancient monuments of Wat Hua Nong, and about 1.3 kilometers from the Ping River to the east. Surrounding the fields are rice fields. and is a residential area of ​​the villagers.

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

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

Kuai Si Temple is an abandoned ancient site. Name Gu Ai Si It is the name that the villagers call this ancient site. because it is adjacent to Mr. Si's land.

The Fine Arts Department has excavated and studied the ancient monuments of Wat Ku Ai Si in the year 1999 – 2000 (Department of Fine Arts 2005:69 – 70). The information of ancient monuments and antiquities was found as follows.

The ancient site of Wat Kuai Si consists of a pagoda, a viharn, an altar, and a line of glass walls on the south side of the viharn.

Architectural features

1. The viharn of Kuai Si Temple It is a temple hall in a rectangular plan. Lift the front gauge 2 parts and the back 1 part to be the room to enshrine the principal Buddha image. A Chukchi base was built all over the room. There are traces of overlapping construction in 2 periods. There is a staircase in front of the viharn. wooden roof structure Thatched with clay tiles, please

2. The pagoda of Kuai Si Temple Behind the viharn, about 4.8 meters away, leaving only the base of the chopping block in the square plan There appears to be traces of overlapping construction in 2 periods as well, in the latter of which the base of the pagoda was expanded to be wider than before.

Artifacts found

The artifacts found from the excavation were 2 pieces of inscribed brick pods, clay amulets. Pottery from Lanna kilns such as San Kamphaeng kilns Wiang Kalong furnace source Sand kiln source Clay pottery of the master type and bottles decorated with floral motifs resulting from the press of Haripunchai art style. In addition, fine white clay Chinese wares, both clear glaze, green glaze, and blue glaze under the middle Ming dynasty. Other antiques found include roof tiles, Chinese nails, etc.

Determination of age

From the layout of the construction of the Viharn of Wat Kuai Si which was popular in Lanna during the 21st Buddhist century and the age of the letters on the bricks Therefore, it is assumed that Wat Kuai Si should be built around the 21st - 22nd Buddhist century.