Khao Chi Chan or Golden Buddha Mountain is one of The most famous sights of Pattaya. Looks like contour image of Buddha laid out on golden plates the hewn surface of a limestone hill towering over flat terrain. And the temple is located at the bottom of the mountain.
The content of the article
- 1 Golden Buddha Mountain in Pattaya
- 2 Information to visit
- 3 How to get there
- 4 On the map
Golden Buddha Mountain in Pattaya
During the war the United States and Vietnam mined construction from the mountain. material for the american military base. In 1996 in honor of 50th anniversary of the board so beloved and revered the Thais of King Rama IX on the northern slope of the hill, it was decided to create the world’s largest cave painting of the Buddha, laid out gold; which, by the way, to carry out the project It took about one and a half tons.
Some people donated part of their gold money for drawing. parishioners of buddhist temples. Image was applied to the surface of the mountain is laser, pre-calculated on computer program. Laser work took two days, and then at For several months, the contour was manually trimmed with large gold plates. The height of the image is more than 100 meters, width – about 70. Buddha is depicted at the time of enlightenment and symbolizes peace and tranquility.
The important point is not to confuse the Golden Buddha and the Big Buddha, which is located in the center of Pattaya on a hill and represents a large statue of a seated Buddha, and not an image on a rock. Simply sometimes, the image of the Golden Buddha is also called the Big Buddha, because the image is huge.
Parking by the road next to the mountain
Mountain view from the road
View of the mountain from the entrance
Golden Buddha Mountain in Pattaya
For Thais, this is primarily a religious place, where they make pilgrimages for prayer and offerings. At the foot the mountains is a temple where you can meet monks in orange robes. Therefore, to behave here should be respectful.
True, together with religious Thais near the mountain you can often meet and crowds of noisy Chinese tourists. But if you’re lucky and there will be few people, you will see a quiet and pleasant place, which has to contemplation and thoughts of the eternal.
In front of the mountain with the image of Buddha there is a small park with paths and lawn. In the park there are spacious arbors with benches, and around the lawn – flower beds, ornamental stones, rope swing on the tree and binoculars that you can see image closer. Close to approach it is impossible.
The mountain is quite far outside the city, about 20 km to south of downtown. In the same area, it can be said adjacent to There are several other interesting places that can be see together with a visit to Khao Ji Chan. These are Silver vineyards. Lake and a large temple complex Wat Yan. On the way to the mountain you can still if you want to call on to see the attraction “Inverted House”, and in a few kilometers further away from the mountain there is a large new water park Ramayana
Inspection of the mountain does not take much time, even if thoughtfully bypass around the whole park, so tourists usually combine a visit to this attractions with the Wat Yang complex and (or) vineyards Silver Lake. Khao Chi Chang is included in several sightseeing tours, in including free ones, which are carried out by tour operators Pattaya
Plates on the mountain near
View of the park from the mountain
View of the mountain from the park
Information to visit
Cost of attendance: free of charge.
The park is officially open from 8 am to 5 pm, but, of course case, the mountain itself with the image can be viewed from the road, she rises high above the surrounding terrain. E
If you want to make beautiful pictures of the mountain, come better. in the morning or in the evening, in the middle of the day the sun will be from the side of the mountain, shine right in the camera. We’ll have to shoot in backlight. To that in the middle of the day, walking on open lawns under the scorching sun very hot and increases the chance to meet at the mountain crowd tourists.
There is a large parking area near the mountain. tourist buses, next to which shops with every There are some very simple cafes across the street from the park. local food and toilets.
How to get there
You can get to the mountain yourself, on a rented transport or taxi. Just keep in mind that the taxi driver is better off talking. it is Khao Chi-chan, so that he does not confuse the place you need with the statue of the Golden Buddha on the mountain in the center of Pattaya.
Public transportation to those lands where the Mountain of Gold is located Buddha does not walk, but you can drive along the Sukhumvit highway towards Sattahiba on a white tuk-tuk for 20 baht and get off at about 160th kilometer of road, at the turn to Khao Ji Chan. Landmark – BMW Salon Mini to the right of the road. Opposite him, across the road is 7-eleven and a small road leaving to the left which in 5.5 km will lead to grief Directly at Sevena or a little further you can find a taxi in the form motorcycle, tuk-tuk or car, which will bring to the mountain for 70 baht. If you take a taxi from the center of Pattaya, it will cost significantly more expensive, from 300 baht.
On the map
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