{"id":3770,"date":"2025-07-15T20:22:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/?p=3770"},"modified":"2025-07-15T20:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:22:46","slug":"wat-phra-singh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/15\/wat-phra-singh\/","title":{"rendered":"Wat Phra Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wat Phra Singh Woramahawihan is one of the most significant and awe-inspiring Buddhist temples in Chiang Mai \ud83c\udf1f. Built in the 14th century, it is located in the heart of the old city, surrounded by the city\u2019s historic walls and moat. \ud83d\uded5 Temple Highlights &#8211; Historical Significance: Built in 1345 by King Phayu to house his father\u2019s ashes. &#8211; Architecture: The temple is famous for its Lanna style, with beautifully carved wooden details, golden decorations, and colorful murals. &#8211; Phra Buddha Sihing: A sacred Buddha statue for which the temple is named. It is enshrined in the small chapel of Lai Kham and is the center of devotion during the Songkran festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1000029271-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1000029271-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1000029271-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1000029271-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1000029271-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1000029271.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wat Phra Singh Woramahawihan is one of the most significant and awe-inspiring Buddhist temples in Chiang Mai \ud83c\udf1f. Built in the 14th century, it is located in the heart of the old city, surrounded by the city\u2019s historic walls and moat. \ud83d\uded5 Temple Highlights &#8211; Historical Significance: Built in 1345 by King Phayu to house [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chiang-mai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3772,"href":"https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3770\/revisions\/3772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piangandneil.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}