Colorful Thailand

Bo Sang, umbrella village 

This card came from Audrey in Toulouse, France

Distance: 2,510 km

Travel time: 26 days

Bo Sang is a village in San Kamphaeng district in the outskirts of Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. It is known for its handmade umbrellas and parasols, which are brightly coloured, and often decorated with floral motifs. Festivals are held every year and numerous decorated craft shops and stores exist along the main street in the village in the Lanna Thai style. 

 Buddha statue in Wat Si Chum temple, Sukhothai Historical Park

Received from Liliya in St. Petersburg, Russia

Distance: 515 km

Travel time: 22 days

The Sukhothai Historical Park covers the ruins of Sukhothai, literally "Dawn of Happiness", capital of the Sukhothai Kingdom in the 13th and 14th centuries, in what is now Northern Thailand. It is located near the modern city of Sukhothai, capital of the province with the same name.

Wat Si Chum has a massive mandapa in the middle of the complex which was built in the late 14th century by King Maha Thammaracha II. Inside the mandapa, there is a huge 11 meters wide and 15 meters high seated Buddha image called "Phra Achana"

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Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Grand Palace, Bangkok

 Wat Phra Kaew or the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (officially known as Wat Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram) is regarded as the most important Buddhist temple in Thailand. Located in the historic centre of Bangkok, within the grounds of the Grand Palace, it enshrines Phra Kaew Morakot (the Emerald Buddha), the highly revered Buddha image meticulously carved from a single block of jade.

This card comes from  Suchada in Bangkok

Distance: 8,043 km

Travel time: 14 days

The Grand Palace on suuri muurien ympäröimä temppelialue. Kuuluisimmat nähtävyydet tällä kuninkaallisella palatsialueella ovat Suuri Palatsi ja kaikkein pyhin temppeli Wat Phra Kaew (Smaragdibuddhan temppeli). Alue on noin neliökilometrin suuruinen ja pitää sisällään yli sata rakennusta. Rakennusten seinät ovat päällystetty kullalla, mosaiikeilla ja kaiverruksilla. Noin 150 vuotta sitten palatsialueella asui kuninkaan ja hänen hovinsa lisäksi myös koko maan hallituksen päättävä elin.

 Wat Phra Kaew on luultavasti tärkein buddhalainen temppeli Thaimaassa . Temppelin valmistustyö aloitettiin vuonna 1785, kun kuningas Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) muutti kaupunkiin. Temppelin päärakennuksessa sijaitsee Smaradgibuddha, joka pienestä koostaan (korkeus 45 cm) huolimatta on yksi tärkeimmistä ikoneista thaimaalaisille. Legenda kertoo, että patsas on alkuaan peräisin Intiasta, josta se ajautui Thaimaahan. Patsas ei ole nimestään huolimatta smaradgikiveä, vaan vihreää jadekiveä, joka on päällystetty kullalla.

Wat Phra Sri Sanphet,

 Old Buddhist Temple, Ayutthaya, UNESCO World Heritage Site

 From Amp in Bangkok

Distance: 8,066 km

Travel time: 12 days

Thailand post issued a set of commemorative stamps dedicated to the National Children's Day 2014. The stamps feature boy & girl cartoons with the greeting gestures and words from different nations. 

Wat Chong Kham, Lampang.

 The arcitecture of Shan or Tai Yai style in the northern part of Thailand.

Came from Tanawan in Thailand

Distance: 8,066 km

Travel time: 11 days

This stamp was issued on 13th November 1997, commemorating the Royal Barge Procession.

 Royal barges have been a tradition in Thailand for several centuries.