Wat Mung Muang

Terrain

General Condition

Wat Mung Muang is an abandoned archaeological site that has been excavated. restoration and improve the landscape Located in the center of Chiang Saen On Phaholyothin Road (Highway 1016) on the north side, surrounded by communities

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Mekong River

Geological conditions

Chiang Saen is located on the west bank of the Mekong River. in the Chiang Saen Plain, which is a large plain formed by the deposition of sediments especially sand gravel In the Quaternary Era

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Archaeological age

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

Wat Mung Muang does not appear in ancient documents. Local people call it "Wat Ton Tong", located near Wat Phra Buat. (Located across Phaholyothin Road), presumably that it was originally the same temple. But later there was a Phahonyothin Road cut in the middle. Make the measurement split into 2 parts ?

Important buildings within the temple are the main chedi located behind the viharn facing east. surrounded by glass walls There is a Mekong arch in the south. On the south side of the viharn there is a chapel and one small viharn.

President Chedi It is a castle-shaped chedi made of bricks and mortar. The base consists of a chopping board base in a square plan with 3 bases stacked on top of each other, 7 meters wide on each side, supporting the base of the glass ball lotus and the relics that are rectangular rooms. There are four-sided arches decorated with stucco designs. The lower part is the base of the inverted cornice. The upper part is a lotus facing up. The walls are decorated with a lotus and a small upturned lotus. The lower and upper parts are decorated with plexiglass inserted between the cornices. The top is an octagonal base, and at the four corners of the base are decorated with stupa. Next up from the octagonal base is a lotus mouth bell. Small round bell and the throne respectively (Above from now on, it's broken)

The Temple of Wat Mung Muang, made of masonry, 14 meters wide, 20 meters long, facing east. The front is an open room. The roof of wood is thatched with clay tiles, the walls are solid, consisting of a Chukchi base or a glass pedestal enshrining a stucco Buddha image. On the south side there is a stairway leading to the chapel and a smaller viharn located to the south of the viharn and pagoda.

Ubosot It is small, brick and mortar facing west. or facing the small temple which is a brick building with mortar similar in size to the ubosot facing east

Mekong Gate Or the main gate of the temple is on the south and east side of the glass wall (in front of the viharn) made of bricks and mortar.

from the pagoda elements in different parts It is assumed that the chedi of Wat Mung Muang is in the second half of the 20th Buddhist century, having evolved from Phra That Song Phi Nong and the Chedi Wat Pa Sak.