Wat Phra Borommathat Tung Yang

Wat Phra Borommathat Tung Yang is believed to have been built in the late Sukhothai period, during the reign of King Maha Thammaracha I (Phraya Lithai). Locals generally call this temple Wat Borommathat, but most people prefer to call it Wat Tung Yang. The Fine Arts Department announced the registration of this temple as an important national historical site on March 8, 1935, and wrote the name of this temple as Wat Mahathat as the official name. The construction of the Phra Borommathat is said to have been done by King Maha Thammaracha I (Phraya Lithai), the ruler, who invited the relics of the Lord Buddha to be enshrined in an underground cave by digging down into a cave and building a chedi. The original shape of Phra Borommathat Muang Tung Yang was in the shape of a rice-bunch chedi, but later it was renovated by Phraya Taka, a Burmese timber trader during the Rattanakosin period, before 1901, in the form of a Burmese chedi. Then in 1908, a major earthquake occurred, causing the top of the chedi to collapse. At that time, Luang Por Kaew Sombun, the abbot of Wat Phra Borommathat, was the head of the renovation and repair. Inside Wat Phra Borommathat Tung Yang, the large royal chapel in front of the Tung Yang chedi, Somdet Krom Phraya Damrong Rajanubhab wrote that the royal chapel was old. On the front of the library, there was a carving of the city pillar of Ramakien, but it had worn away a lot. It was likely that the renovation and renovation of the walls inside the royal chapel was done with the story of Sangthong, which was still visible in the work of the craftsmen of the capital. The reason for writing the story of Sangthong was because there was a legend from the northern city that said that Tung Yang was the city of Thao Samon, in the story of Sangthong, which was written during the reign of King Borommakot in 2283 B.E. during the Ayutthaya period. At present, the land of Tung Yang is considered to be a city where people have lived continuously for a long time. There has been settlement mixed with the original local people until it can be observed that the people of Tung Yang have absorbed cultural influences, such as having a dialect and pronunciation similar to the people of Sukhothai Province. Tung Yang is an old city because it used to be the city of endurance of Sukhothai. The spoken language is similar to Sukhothai Province. There are beautiful ancient sites and antiques. Wat Phra Borommathat Tung Yang is the center of the hearts of the people of Uttaradit. Every year on the day of Phra Borommathat Tung Yang, there is an annual event called Atthami Puja, which is a simulation of the cremation of the Lord Buddha. It is a way to commemorate the Lord Buddha. It is a grand ceremony and a source of pride for the people of Tung Yang and Uttaradit. This is because the Atthami Puja ceremony was first held at Wat Phra Borommathat Tung Yang, Uttaradit Province, the only place in the world and a model for organizing ceremonies in other provinces, such as Wat Mai Sukontharam, Nakhon Pathom Province. Come and see the antiquity of Wat Phra Borommathat Tung Yang. #tripพาบินเที่ยวจีน