Leng Buia Ia Shrine - ChinaTown

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I found this small shrine as part of one of the TAT Walking Routes in Bangkok - whilst in  ChinaTown.

Sometimes you should just follow a guide - this entrance was not something which I would have followed if I did not have the guide to take me down this way.

A small corridor leads the way...

And then open onto a small forecourt with the Chinese Shrine at the back.

With what you expect to find in a Chinese Shrine - simply worth the effort if you are in the area.

Here are some more details - with a safe to make a contribution.

 

Vihara Sien

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Vihara Sien is a beautiful Chinese Temple which we saw as we driving to Pattaya. Goodness me - it was quite spectacular!!!

It is no longer a Chinese Shrine but it is a Chinese Art Museum. 

This explained why it is so big and I could have continued taking photographs.

There was the grounds outside the temple - trees and sculptures. There are a number of Chinese granite gods, goddesses, zodiac figurines.

The first floor was similar to a museum and there was just so much to see and I could have kept going.

Walking upstairs I came to a place for prayer.

Then outside I looked down on the raised courtyard and it was like was a game of chess being played by all of these figures....

 

Chao Mae Kuan Im Shrine

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Chao Mae Kuan Im Shrine was a small Chinese Shrine on this road which I came across when I was on my first Bangkok Walk and after a nice cup of coffee at Chata Speciality Coffee.

Quite a small Chinese Shrine and obviously popular with the local people, certainly not a tourist attraction.

AN offering was being made whilst I was there?

 

ศาลเจ้ามูลนิธิธรรมกตัญญู - Samut Prakan

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We saw ศาลเจ้ามูลนิธิธรรมกตัญญู (เสียนหลอไต้เทียนกง / 暹罗代天宫) when were travelling to 
Samut Prakan.  

Then when I began to try to find about it this I was quite struck with how little there was (or it was in Thai and/or Chinese). Apart from Richard Barrow who has also visited there.

The entrance is really quite un-dramatic.

Then on entering into an enormous courtyard the area is very large and the amount of buildings is extensive and off to the right is quite a large garden.

So we started in the gardens - beautifully maintained.

Even the lizard liked them.

The corridors blended with the garden.

Back into the main building - the corridors were immaculate.

and the areas between were immaculate.

And the doorways were exquisite.

The walk ways between some of the buildings were quite stunning.

Then the displays were very intricate.

Even the roofs were worth looking at.

Whilst you are looking up then their are some quite wonderful ceilings. This was certainly a wonderful Chinese Shrine to visit - thank you.

 

Tha Rua Chinese Shrine

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Tha Rua Chinese Shrine - ศาลเจ้าท่าเรือ - is a Chinese Shrine which you pass on the way to Phuket Airport - but I doubt many of us stop.

  So we did - it was beautiful...

Previous Visit 

 1) 2014