Wat Chedi Luang ndechimwe chezvitsva zvinonakidza zveChiang Mai pamwe neimwe yematemberi anokosha muguta. "Luang" zvinoreva huru mumutauro weNorth Thai uye zita racho rakakodzera nzvimbo yakatsvaira iyo temberi inogara. Pasinei nokuti uri kushanyira Chiang Mai kwemazuva mashomanana kana kwenguva refu, zvakakodzera kuti nguva yako yekufamba ishanyire temberi. Verenga pamusoro pezvinhu zvose zvaunoda kuziva nezvekuenda ku Wat Chedi Luang uye chii chaunotarisira kana uripo.
Nhoroondo
Wat Chedi Luang yakavakwa pakati pezana remakore rechi14 ne15 uye panguva iyo ingadai yakave temberi inofadza zvikuru muChiang Mai. Inoramba iri imwe yematemberi akare kwazvo muguta, asi pane imwe nguva nheyo ye chedi (pagoda) yakasvika mamita 80 (kupfuura mamita 260) mumhepo.
Kudengenyeka kwenyika kukuru (kana cannon moto-kune nhoroondo dzinopesana) zvakakanganisika chedi uye ikozvino inoyera kumativi makumi matanhatu (197 mamita) kumusoro. Wat Chedi Luang zvakare vane mukurumbira wekugara dzimba yeEmerald Buddha, chimwe chezvinyanya kukosha zvechitendero muThailand. Yakatamirwa ku Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Dawn) muBangladesh muna 1475, asi kune ikozvino jade replica yakagara patemberi, iyo yakapiwa muguta sechipo kubva kuna Thai king muna 1995 kuzopemberera 600th anniversary of the chedi.
Basa rekudzorera neUNESCO uye hurumende yeJapan mumakore ekuma 1990 yakashanda pakudzorera temberi kune imwe yaimbova kubwinya kwayo, asi chinangwa chikuru chaiva kugadzirisa nzvimbo kuti ivhiringidze humwe uipi.
Musoro we chedi hauna kumbogadziriswa nokuti kwakanga kusina pfungwa yakajeka yekuti yakatanga kutarisa sei kusati kwaparadzwa.
Zvaungaona
Sezvo nzvimbo dze Wat Chedi Luang dzakakura zvikuru, pane zvakawanda zvokuona pakushanyira. Chinyanya kukoshesa pano apa, hongu, chedi yakakura iyo inotonga nzvimbo yacho uye inzvimbo inonakidza uye yakafanirwa nemifananidzo.
Chikamu che chedi chine zvishongo zvishanu zvehovu kumaodzanyemba uye kumativi ose echechi ane zvikwiriso zvakakura zvakasvibiswa naga (nyoka) zvichipa chimiro chinonzwa. Pamusoro pemasitepisi pane zviduku zviduku zvine mabwe maBuddha mifananidzo, kunyange mu niche kumaodzanyemba kwe chedi ndiko kwakagadzirirwa nzvimbo yeEmerald Buddha.
Panzvimbo yetemberi iwe uchawanawo zvinyorwa zviviri (nzvimbo tsvene kana minyengetero yekunyengetera), iyo huru iyo inogadzira chimiro chakanaka chimiro cheBuddha chinonzi Phra Chao Attarot. Mukuwedzera kune zvakakosha viharn uye chedi, temberi inosanganisira chivako chiduku apo iwe uchawana Buddha yakatsvaira uye imwe chivako chine guta shongwe (Sao Inthakin), inotendwa nevanhu vekudzivirira guta.
Wat Phan Tao, imwe temberi, inogarawo pamatunhu eWe Chedi Luang. Kunyange zvazvo zviduku zvikuru kudarika muvakidzani wavo mukuru, temberi yakavezwa-yakavezwa tembere inofanirwa kutarisa kana iwe uri kuronga kutarisa Wat Chedi Luang. Bhudha yegoridhe yakaita seyendarama mukati mekunamatira imba yekunamatira uye jindu duku rinotenderera shure rinoratidzika.
Nzira Yokushanyira
Zviri nyore kushanyira Wat Chedi Luang sezvo iri mukati memadziro eguta rekare uye pedyo nemamwe ma temberi makuru, pamwe chete nehotera neyemakamuri.
Temberi inosvinwa zuva nezuva kubva pa8: 00 kusvika pa5: 00 uye painenge isingasunungurwi kupinda, mari yekupinda iye zvino 40 THB yevanhu vakuru uye 20 yevana (pasina rusununguko kuvanhu).
Temberi inogona kuwanikwa paPrapokklao Road, iyo inoenda kuchamhembe kusvika kumaodzanyemba nechepakati peguta rekare pakati peChiang Mai Gate uye Gatepu Changpuak. Mukova mukuru unopikisana nePrapokklao mumugwagwa, muSouth of Ratchadamnoen. Kana uchinge uri muguta rekare, temberi inofanira kuva nyore kuona sezvo chedi imwe yezvivako zvakakwirira pane Chiang Mai. Chero songhaew (matairi matsvuku anoshanda sevamwe taxis) anogona kukutora iwe kutemberi mukati meguta rekare kune anenge 30 THB nemunhu.
Sezvo kune imwe tembere mumuguta, ramba uine pfungwa yekupfekedza nekuremekedza, zvinoreva kuti mapepa nemabvi zvinofanira kuvharwa.
Pfungwa
Iko kunoshamisa chedi inoshamiswa mukati meyo pachayo, sezvinoye mukurumbira wakamira Buddha mumunamato mukuru wemunyengetero.
Asi kungofamba nenzira yetemberi kunogadzira masikati masikati kana ichibatanidzwa nekuongorora kwakawanda kweguta rekare rinonakidza raChiang Mai.
Vashanyi vanofanirwawo kufunga nezvekutora chikamu mumatare ezuva nezuva anoitika pa Wat Chedi Luang. Pakati pe9 am uye 6 pm zuva rega rega unogona kuona vatongi vachimirira kurutivi rwokumusoro rwetemberi iyo inowanika kutaura. Nhaurirano dzinowanzova nevanokunda kana vana vaduku uye hurukuro inokunda-kukunda: Monks vanozoita shanduro yavo yeChirungu uye iwe unowanikwa kuti uwane zvakawanda pamusoro petsika dzeThai uye Buddhism.