素攀寺

Wat Sri Suphan 进入正殿两侧有一幅讲诉佛祖故事的银画。整个佛殿采用的银和锡打造，因而与传统寺庙有很大区别，红、橙、蓝、绿的灯光变换给人的视觉冲击美妙无比，紫色感觉最高雅 我在:泰国Mueang Chian...

蜇伏多年,就為了那一身的銀光--人知清萊有間白廟,其實清邁有間錫廟:"Wat Sri Suphan".就座落在週六夜市的巷子里.原本週六夜市這條街就以銀飾及錫雕工藝著稱!寺廟裡也有錫雕的工作室.也因為整間寺廟以錫雕鑄造,耗工费時,至今還没建造完成.目前虽然有開放參觀,但可惜只限男性,女生是不能進入的.

I've heard it's possible to get Watted out in Chiang Mai. With over 300 Wats it's understandable that even Buddhist monks on pilgrimage may begin to have their eyes glaze over and mind go numb by 3pm on the fourth day of seeing Wat after Wat after Wat after Wat. When you can't remember how many you've seen and can no longer tell one from the next, it's high time you broke the mold and did something totally different! Go to Wat Sri Suphan!"What the heck's different about that?". you may ask, and well may you ask. A great deal actually, not only in what the Wat looks like, but in what you do there, where it's located, and what you do in the surrounding neighborhood. There are two rather bad bits, which I'll clue you to below, but you want to go despite both of them.This Wat is in the middle of a neighborhood dedicated to the cottage industry of silversmithing. It's sort of like Monk's Bowl Village in Bangkok, but while the MB Village features different crafts on different sois, here it's all silver all the time (well, almost: there's some carving of jade and other hard stone, but that's a decided minority of the shops). If you're walking from Chiang Mai Gate, and head down Wua Lai Road, you'll encounter a number of shops displaying hand-crafted silver articles for sale. Stop and spend some time to admire them now, because once you see Wat Sri Suphan, it'll make the combined merchandise of every one of those silver shops look like chicken feed. As you continue down Wia Lai, you'll see a gate over a lane that angles off to the right, with a big sign. You won't actually be able to read the sign unless you can read Thai, but it's in SILVER--real silver--which pretty much tells you that's the way you want to go. In a short distance, the road ends at a T-intersection. That's the Wat. There are a number of edifices and shrines, and a number of the shrines incorporate canopies or other ornate items made of pure silver. But what will immediately catch your eye is a spectacular solid silver edifice. Some reviewers refer to it as a Wat, and it's certainly the heart and soul of the Wat complex, but technically it's a Ubosotha. OK, this brings us to the two unfortunate issues: 1. The less serious one is that they're in the middle of a major restoration and improvement of the Ubosotha. Those of you who are fortunate enough to have a complete set of silver flatware but not fortunate enough to have a butler to polish it for you, may have already asked the obvious question: a solid silver building exposed to the elements in the tropics: how the heck do they keep it polished? By all rights, we should all be betting on the silver oxide to win easily. But no, indeed, the Ubosotha is rust-free. They are doing a lot of work, and you'll see lots of evidence that this is currently a construction site, but it's still fabulous and you can still go in. Well, some of you can. That's the second tricky bit.2. Back more than 500 years ago when the holy men picked this site, they buried a number of powerful and positive spells and amulets first, and then built the Ubosotha on top of them. So this is spiritually an incredibly powerful place, a place of great choke dii, good fortune. However, if a woman were to enter the Ubosotha, this would of course damage and reduce the spirituality of the place. Not to mention being an incredibly bad thing for her: at the very least, she would lose a huge amount of merit. So before you guys think of taking your charming wife or beautiful fiancée to Wat Sri Suphan, you're going to have to forewarn her that while YOU can go inside the solid silver temple, SHE cannot. Actually this conversation should go trippingly for you, provided your wife, girlfriend, mother or sister fulfills BOTH of two conditions: (a) she wholeheartedly agrees that males have an inalienable right to establish places that women cannot enter, and (b) she doesn't particularly like shiny precious metals and would be bored to death inside of a solid silver temple anyway. Good luck, lads! But on a SERIOUS note, I am appalled by the horrific behavior of foreign tourists visiting religious sites in Asia. They either haven't bothered to learn proper behavior or they could care less how many Thais (or Sikhs or Tibetans or Javanese) they offend. Whether you agree with this particular belief or not, you are a guest in Thailand and should behave accordingly. One last important tip: the Wat has workshops where skilled craftsmen, and CRAFTSWOMEN, are creating wonderful, incredible silver treasures. Do be sure to walk round to the workshops and see the tremendous skill and painstaking labor that these silversmiths put into their work. But don't disturb them as they're hammering! I am adding photos of the silversmiths and some of the more jaw-dropping silver panels that they've created over the centuries.

Walked from our hotel to this wat for 15-20 mins!along the street there are many shops selling silver. Even got a silver earrings :)The wat itself is really pretty! Silver color and the carving is great!

If you are interested in the Buddhist way of life definitely visit the monk chat in this temple! There you have the possibility to ask them all your questions and afterwards even take part in a meditation cours for beginners (all together from 5:30pm - 9pm) for a donation you decide on. Reservation wasn't necessary. It was one of the most interesting things we have done this vacation and can only recommend it!

This is a very beautiful temple, not too crowded. The silver makes it different from the other temples in Chiang Mai. We were lucky to see the pupils learning the silver carving, just walk around the temple area and you might have the same luck.

Have visited many temples in chiang mai, this one is so different as it is all in silver with beautiful carvings.This is so beautiful and should be a must visit on yourvisit to chiang mai.I think not many tourists know about this one as there was only 1 other couple there when I visited in February 2015

I've been here a few times. Always an eye candy delight. I've not seen another with this much silver. Yes there's some silver adornment on a few I can remember but this one only uses silver elements. Seems to be a bit of renovation going on right now but it's not much of a distraction. Only place I've seen a restriction on gender. It's an ordination hall for monks. Men only. You can see 98% of it from the door.

The main spot for this temple is reserved only for men, an ordination building for monks made of silver and other metals. Even thought the ladies can take a look from the outside. The craftsmanship is amazing, and don't forget to take a look of the floor at the stairs, truly is something unique.

Wat Sri Suphan is located about a ten minute walk on the south side of the old city, along a street filled with silver shops and workshops.The centre piece of the temple complex is the beautifully crafted silver ordination hall on the right hand side. The hall is covered both inside and outside with a mixture of silver, aluminium and nickel intricate designs. The inside is particularly mesmerising. Unfortunately as the hall is used for ordaining the monks, women are not allowed to enter.The complex also houses a silver craft centre and is good to watch and learn to understand how the intricate ornaments, pictures etc are made.

I never tire of this place, I've been here a few times and I love seeing the progress in covering the temple in silver. Slowly but surely they are covering this temple in silver sheets that are hammered in such intricate scenes they are a marvel in themselves. While you are here head towards the toilets and so a right and you will find the craftsmen and women actually making the silver coverings, they are true artists and you will be offered the opportunity to buy their work, a word of advice, buy it from them direct not from the shop, it's cheaper. WOMEN ARE NOT ALLOWED INSIDE THE TEMPLE ITSELF!

I love visiting this temple and seeing the continuing work they are doing on decorating the continuing the ordination hall.

Beautuful silver temple. Worth viewing if you are in chiang mai. Free of charge. However, i did not have the opportunity to enter inside as women are not allowed in. My husband said it was fantastic.

Yes it's unique, but I wouldn't put it above places like Wat Umong, Wat Suan Dok or Wat Lok molee (at night) on your list of things to see in Chiang mai if you are on a limited time schedule. If time is not a factor then check it out as it's not far from the old city, even walkable if you are feeling energetic.You'd have to be a metallurgist to know for sure but while there's plenty of silver colour the actual "Silver" content might be pretty low. That aside the craftsmanship and detail is impressive, particularly the interior. I found it a difficult temple to photograph as it has several other buildings in close proximity giving limited options for exterior shots. I think the mornings would give the best light for pictures.

Not so much a Wat as ameditation centre in nice surroundings. A pleaseant break from the traffic. Check out the tunnels.