Wat Traimit was previously known as Wat Sam Chin or Wat Sam Chin Tai (วัดสามจีนใต้, 'south temple of the three Chinese'). According to oral histories, the temple was founded by three Chinese friends, hence its name.[1] The temple was probably originally built around the reign of King Rama III (1824–1851), but was mostly rebuilt in the 1930s–1940s.[2] It was renamed to Wat Traimit Witthayaram (traimit meaning 'three friends') on 3 February 1940, and became a royal temple of the second class in 1956.[1]
A plaster Buddha statue had been moved to the temple from the abandoned Wat Phraya Krai in 1935. In 1955, during a ceremony to move statue to the newly built vihara building, it was accidentally dropped, cracking the plaster and revealing a gold statue hidden beneath. The statue, officially named Phra Phutthamahasuwannapatimakon since 1992,[1] is now housed in the Mondop building, built in 2007.[2]
Architectureedit
Wat Traimit is a notable example of early post-absolute monarchy Thai Buddhist temple architecture. The monks' residences were built in 1937, and the ubosot (ordination hall) was built in 1947 in the applied Thai style to designs by Luang Wisansinlapakam. The ubosot and monks' quarter received the ASA Architectural Conservation Award in 2011.[2]
The Mondop building, designed by Arvuth Ngoenchuklin [th],[2] houses the golden Buddha statue on its top floor, and two museums in its lower floors: one dedicated to the statue, and the Yaowarat Chinatown Heritage Center, which depicts the history the area's Chinese immigrants.[3][4]
Referencesedit
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^ abc"วัดไตรมิตรวิทยาราม วรวิหาร". ท่องวัดผ่านเว็บ (in Thai). Thapra Palace Library, Silpakorn University. 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
^ abcdชนสรณ์ บุญจำนงค์ (8 September 2016). "พระอุโบสถและหมู่กุฏิสงฆ์วัดไตรมิตรวิทยารามวรวิหาร - The main chapel and the monk's quarter in Wat Traimit Witthayaram Worawihan Location 666 Charoenkrung Road, Khwaeng Talat Noi, Khet Samphanthawong, Bangkok". asaconservationaward.com (in Thai and English). Association of Siamese Architects. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
^"ศูนย์ประวัติศาสตร์เยาวราช วัดไตรมิตรวิทยาราม". Museum Thailand (in Thai). National Discovery Museum Institute. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
^"The Temple of Golden Buddha or Wat Traimit". Thaiways Magazine. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
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