Mongkol Thammarangsi - Interesting Museum in Wat Si Mongkol, in Nan province, in the North of Thailand

Wat Si Mongkol is an ancient temple in Nan province which is not far away from Chiang Mai. Like most temples in the North of Thailand, the buildings in this temple have “Lanna” architecture.

I especially love Phra Wiharn or temple hall, and the pagoda, very magnificent.

The temple also has beautiful mural paintings inside the hall.

Some mural paintings described about flood that local people faced in the past.

The most interesting building is the museum, called “Mongkol Thammarangsi”. It’s beautiful with teak wood and ancient Thai architecture.

There are many ancient things in the museum; i.e. ancient Thai’s households, ancient silverwares, ancient birth certificates that were written in ancient leaves, called “Bai Lan” in Thai language, etc.

All of them are very amazing and you will understand the way of life of ancient Thai people through these things as well.

Apart from making merit and gaining a lot of knowledge as mentioned above, there are plenty of photography spots where you can take tons of pictures while walking around the temple.

Beautiful flowers (symbol flowers of this province) and nice garden....

Giant bamboo and colorful umbrellas.....

Besides, there is a large terrace in front of the temple where you can also relax from the stunning scenery of rice fields and the wonderful mountains of Doi Phu Kha National Park in the background.

Besides, you can walk across a bamboo bridge to touch nice atmosphere of the rice fields closely. (If you go there during rainy season, you will see green rice fields everywhere)

The white Thai language on the sign that you can see in the far distance is the Northern Thai language which means "love rice field".

I think, if you visit this temple and the museum, you will love them, for sure…. ;)))

p.s. These photos are from my sister.