The Ayuttaya Trip

A detailed Summary of The Ayuttaya Trip

Wat Chaiwattanaram is the first stop to Ayutthaya. We had breakfast before we walk around and took pictures. The wat was nearly totally ruined. It left only the uncompleted Buddhas and bricks. Wat Chaiwattanaram is a very real symbol of the artistic attainment of the Ayutthaya period. It was built during the reign of King Prasat Thong, a period of great prosperity arising out of much activity in foreign trade. It is believed that the wat is located on the site of his former home. The reason for his building this monastery was to make merit for his mother. The main prang is in the early Ayutthaya style. The four lesser prangs, however, are in the style of King Prasattong. They have seven levels. The form of eight lesser prangs might have been taken from the shape of a royal cremation tower in the Ayutthaya period. Its main stupa represents the restoration of ancient beliefs and traditions in depicting Mount Meru, the abode of gods and center of the universe, surrounded by small!

er ones, as influenced by ancient Khmer architecture.

Wat Chaiwatthanaram was a royal monastery. It is a wat where the king and his descendants would perform religious rites; thus renovation would have been continuous. It was also used as a cremation site

Wat Phra Si Sanphet was the fourth stop. We went to wai the Buddha and gather in front of the wat and go in together. The place was ruined and the atmosphere was sad. We walk around and took pictures. After this stop most of the students were tired. The royal palace was located here from the establishment of Ayutthaya in the reign of King Ramatibodi I to the reign of King Sam Phraya. Later King Borommatrailokanat ordered a wat to be building on this site to be used as a monastic area.

The word enjarong? Meaning colors? was the name of a ceramic group enameled with three to eight colors. The five most popular colors used on early wares are red, yellow, black, white, and green, while other colors employed to decorate Bencharong wares of the later period are pink, green, purple, blue, and reddish-yellow. In the primary stage of firing, the white glazed wares were fired at a high temperature first and then colored with enamel overgraze using different rates of firing. We adapted this kind of ceramic from China.

During its 400 years of history, Ayutthaya developed into a strong and stable kingdom. In administration, the sovereign king had absolute power. The governing system enabled the king to rule over the royalty, nobility, governors, state officials, commanders, and slaves, as well as the foreigners living in the kingdom. The military and strategic readiness against foreign invasion and for sharing of the omnipresent might of the kingdom was also highly developed.

The ceremony began with Buddhist prayers. During the Brahmin ceremony, which followed, varior royal weapons were plugged into a bowl of consecrated water. After that, state officials swear their allegiance to the king and drank the sacred water.

>From the 11th century onward, however, the distribution of major towns was seriously affected by geographical, economical, and political change. Settlements of significance were henceforth those situated either along the coast or in the hinterland, such as Phimai, Nakhno Sri Thammarat, Suphannaphum, Sukothai, Chiang Mai, and Phetchaburi.

King RamatibodiII ordered the construction for the two chedis, one of which was kept the ashes of his father and the other those of his brother. Another Chedi was built by order of King Boromrachanophuttangkun. It was similarly used to house royal remains those of King Ramathibodi II.

Wat Ratchaburana, it is mentioned in Luang Prasert's chronicle that in 1424 Chao Ai Phraya and Chao Yi Phraya, who were brot

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