Wat Chedi Luang na daya daga cikin wuraren da Chiang Mai ke da muhimmanci sosai da kuma daya daga cikin manyan gidajen ibada a birnin. "Luang" yana nufin babban a cikin harshen Yankin Yankin Yankin kuma sunan ya dace don shafin yanar gizo inda haikalin yake zaune. Ko kana ziyarci Chiang Mai don 'yan kwanaki ko tsawon lokaci, yana da kyau lokacin tafiyarku don ziyarci haikalin. Karanta duk abin da kake bukata don sanin game da samun Wat Chedi Luang da abin da za ka sa ran lokacin da kake can.
Tarihi
Wat Chedi Luang an gina shi ne tsakanin karni na 14 da 15 kuma a wancan lokaci zai zama babban haikalin da ke cikin Chiang Mai. Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan gidajen ibada a cikin birni, amma a wani lokaci maɗaukakin chedi (pagoda) ya kai mita 80 (da fiye da mita 260) cikin iska.
Wani babban girgizar kasa (ko wuta ta cannon - akwai rikice-rikice) wanda ya lalata chedi kuma yanzu yayi kimanin mita 60 (mita 197). Wat Chedi Luang kuma shahararrun sanadiyar gina gidan Emerald Buddha, daya daga cikin muhimman abubuwan addini a Thailand. An tura shi zuwa Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Dawn) a Bangkok a 1475, amma akwai tsararren fitilu a gidan haikalin, wanda aka bai wa birnin kyauta daga dan Thai a shekarar 1995 don yin bikin 600th ranar tunawa da chedi.
Ayyukan gyaran da UNESCO da gwamnatin kasar Japan suka yi a shekarun 1990 sunyi aiki wajen sake gina haikalin zuwa wasu daga cikin tsohuwar ɗaukakarsa, amma babban manufar shi ne tabbatar da shafin don hana hasara.
Ba a sake gina magungunan chedi ba saboda babu wata mahimmanci game da abin da ya fara kama kafin halakar.
Abin da kuke gani
Tun da watannin Wat Chedi Luang suna da yawa, akwai kuri'a don gani a kan ziyarar. Babban shahararren a nan shi ne, hakika, babban kariya wanda ke mamaye yankin kuma yana da tasiri mai kayatarwa da hoto.
Tushen chedi yana da kayan zane-zane guda biyar a gefen kudanci kuma dukkan bangarori hudu na chedi suna da matakai masu girma wanda kega (macizai) suke fadiwa suna ba da tsarin ta hanyar tunani. A saman matakan akwai ƙananan kwakwalwan da ke dauke da siffofin Buddha na Buddha, ko da yake a cikin gine-gine a gabashin chedi akwai inda aka sanya Replica Emerald Buddha.
A kan ginin Haikali za ku kuma sami gizon biyu (tsaunuka ko ɗakin majami'a), yawancin gidaje suna da kyakkyawar siffar Buddha da ake kira Phra Chao Attarot. Bugu da ƙari, babban tsararraki da chedi, ɗakin haikalin yana da ƙananan gini inda za ku sami Buddha mai dadi da wani ginin da ke dauke da ginshiƙan birni (Sao Inthakin), wanda mutanen garin suka yarda su kare birnin.
Wat Phan Tao, wani haikali ne, kuma yana kan iyakar Wat Chedi Luang. Yayinda yake da mahimmanci fiye da maƙwabcin makwabcinsa, haikalin kyan gani mai kyau yana da kyau idan kun riga kuna shirin yin watsi da Wat Chedi Luang. Buddha mai zurfi a cikin babban sallar sallah da kananan lambun kusa da baya sune manyan abubuwan.
Yadda Za a Ziyarci
Yana da sauki sauƙi ziyarci Wat Chedi Luang tun yana cikin cikin bango na tsohon birni da kusa da sauran manyan temples, da kuma na gidaje da cafes.
Haikali yana buɗewa kullum daga karfe 8 zuwa 5 na yamma kuma yayin da yake amfani da shi kyauta ta shiga, ƙofar kudin yanzu shine 40 THB ga manya da 20 ga yara (kyauta ga mazauna).
Za'a iya samun haikalin a kan hanyar Prapokklao, wanda ke tafiya zuwa arewa zuwa kudu tare da tsakiyar garin da ke tsakiyar Chiang Mai Gate da kuma Changpuak Gate. Babban ƙofar ita ce hanya ta Prapokklao, ta Kudu ta kudu na Ratchadamnoen. Da zarar ka kasance a tsohuwar birni, haikalin ya kamata a sauƙaƙe tuntube tun lokacin chedi yana daya daga cikin mafi girma a cikin Chiang Mai. Duk wani waƙa (mota da ke aiki da takarda) zai iya kai ku zuwa haikalin a cikin tsohuwar birnin don kimanin 30 THB ta mutum.
Kamar yadda yake tare da wani haikalin a cikin birni, ka tuna da tufafi da girmamawa, wanda ke nufin ƙafaye da gwiwoyi ya kamata a rufe.
Karin bayanai
Babban burin mai ban sha'awa shine mai haske a cikin kanta, kuma kamar yadda Buddha mai girma ya kasance cikin babban sallar sallah.
Amma kawai yin tafiya a cikin filayen haikalin yana sa rana mai dadi idan aka hade shi tare da karin binciken Chiang Mai mai tsohuwar birnin.
Ya kamata masu ziyara suyi la'akari da shiga cikin tattaunawar yau da kullum dake faruwa a Wat Chedi Luang. Daga tsakanin karfe 9 na safe da karfe 6 na yamma yau zaku ga dattawan da ke jiran gefen arewa na halayen haikalin da suke samuwa don magana. Hirarraki yawanci ne tare da ƙwararru ko ƙananan maƙwabtai kuma tattaunawar cin nasara ce: Ma'aikata sunyi aiki da Turanci kuma za ka sami karin bayani kan al'adun Thai da addinin Buddha.