ʻO Wat Chedi Luang kekahi o nā wahi kūpono loa o Chiang Mai me kekahi o nā luakini nui i loko o ke kūlanakauhale. "ʻO Luang" ka mea nui ma ka dialect Thai Northern a ua kūpono ka inoa no kahi kahua mokowā kahi e noho ai ka luakini. Ināʻoe e kipa ana iā Chiang Mai no nā lā he nui a iʻole ka lōʻihi lōʻihi, pono ia i kou hele wā e hele i ka luakini. E heluhelu ma nā mea a pau e pono aiʻoe eʻike e pili ana i kahi e loaʻa ai iā Wat Chedi Luang a me ka mea e kali ai i kou wā e noho ai.
Mōʻaukala
Ua kūkuluʻiaʻo Wat Chedi Luang ma waena o nā kenekulia 14 a me ka 15, aʻo ia ka manawaʻoi loa o ka luakini i Chiang Mai. Ke hoʻomau neiʻo ia i kahi o nā luakini kiʻekiʻe loa ma ke kūlanakauhale, akā i hoʻokahi manawa ua piʻi ke kiʻekiʻe o ka padi i 80 mau mika (ʻoi aku ma kahi o 260 kapuaʻi) i ka lewa.
ʻO kahi ōlaʻi nui (aiʻole ke ahi ahi ahi - aia nā'ōlelo kū'ē'ē) ua nui ka pōʻino i ka chedi a ua'ōwiliʻia i kēia manawa he 60 mika (197 kapuaʻi). He kaulana nō hoʻiʻo Wat Chedi Luang no ka noho hoʻokahiʻana i ka Emerald Buddha, kekahi o nā hoʻoilina hoʻomana o ka'āina Thailand. Ua hoʻoneʻeʻia i Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Dawn) ma Bangkok i ka makahiki 1475, akā ua loaʻa i kēia manawa kekahi puka puka i loko o ka luakini, i hāʻawiʻia i ke kūlanakauhale ma keʻano he makana mai ka mō'ī Thai i 1995 e hoʻokipa ai i ka 600th makahiki o ka chedi.
ʻO kahi hanahana hoʻokuʻiʻia e UNESCO a me ke aupuni o Iapana i nā makahiki 1990 e hana ana i ka hana houʻana i ka luakini i kekahi o kona hanohano mua, akā,ʻo ka pahuhopu nui ke mālama i ka pūnaewele e pale ai i ka hana hou.
ʻO ka luna o ka chediʻaʻole i laha houʻia no ka meaʻaʻohe manaʻo maikaʻi e like me ka mea i like me mua i ka wā e lukuʻia ai.
ʻO ka mea eʻike
No ka nui o ka pā o Wat Chedi Luang, he nui kaʻikeʻana i ka huakaʻi. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona nui loa maʻaneʻi,ʻo ia nō, ka kānana nui e hoʻomalu i ka wahi a he wahi hoʻolālā hanohano a kiʻi pono.
ʻO ke kumu o ka chedi, heʻelima mau kiʻi hiʻona ma kaʻaoʻao hema aʻo nāʻaoʻaoʻehā o ka chedi, he mauʻanuʻu nui ia e pili ana i nā naga (snake) e hāʻawi i ka hale i ka manaʻo loiloi. Ma ke poʻo o nā alapiʻi, he mau liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi i loko o nā kiʻi Buddha, akā naʻe ma ka niche ma kaʻaoʻao hikina o ka chedi kahi i hoʻonohoʻia ai ke kope o ka Emerald Buddha.
Ma ka halepule eʻikeʻoe iʻelua mau viharn (hale pule a hale pule paha), aʻo ka nui o nā hale he kūlana nani Buddha i kapaʻiaʻo Phra Chao Attarot. Ma waho aʻe o ka ikaika nui a me ka chedi, aia nā hale o ka luakini i kahi hale liʻiliʻi kahi eʻike aiʻoe i kahi Buddha e noho nei a me kekahi hale'ē aʻe i loko o ke kia kia (Sao Inthakin), i manaʻoʻia e nā kama'āina e mālama i ke kūlanakauhale.
ʻO Wat Phan Tao, kahi hale'ē aʻe, aia nō ma ke kahua o Wat Chedi Luang. ʻOiai heʻuʻuku iho kona mau hoalauna nui, ua kūpono ke nānā aku ka luakiniʻo ka hale nani i ka nānāʻia ināʻoe e hoʻolālā nei e nānā iā Wat Chedi Luang. ʻO ka Buddha gula maikaʻi ma ka hale pule nui a me ka māla liʻiliʻi ma hope aku, he mau mea nui.
Pehea e kipa aku ai
He mea maʻalahi ke kipa iā Wat Chedi Luang no ka mea aia i loko o nā paia o ke kūlanakauhale kahiko a kokoke i nā luakini nui'ē aʻe, a me nā hale hoʻokipa a me nā hale hoʻokipa.
Kūmama ka luakini i kēlā me kēia lā mai ka hola 8 am a hiki i ka hola 5 pm aʻoiaiʻoiai e hoʻohanaʻia ana ka noaʻana e komo, he 40 THB no nā mākua a he 20 no nā keiki (ʻole no nā kama'āina).
Hiki ke loaʻa ka luakini ma ke alanui Prapokklao, e holo ana i ka'ākau a hema i ka waenakonu o ke kūlanakauhale kahiko ma waena o Chiang Mai Gate a me Gate Gate. ʻO ke ala komo nui ma ke ala o Prapokklao, ma kaʻaoʻao hema o ke alanui Ratchadamnoen. ʻOiaiʻoe i ke kūlanakauhale kahiko, pono ka maʻalahi o ka heiau no ka meaʻo kahi chedi kekahi o nā kahua kiʻekiʻe loa ma Chiang Mai. Hiki i kēlā me kēia mele mele ke lawe iāʻoe i ka luakini ma loko o ke kūlanakauhale kahiko ma kahi o 30 THB ma kēlā me kēia kanaka.
E like me kekahi hale'ē aʻe ma ke kūlanakauhale, e hoʻomanaʻo i kaʻaʻahu me ka mahalo,ʻo ia hoʻi ke uhiʻia a me nā kuli.
Nā Hōʻike
ʻO ka hoʻonaninani maikaʻiʻo ia ka mea hihihihi a me kahi pono'ī, e like me ka Buddha hanohano i ka hale pule pule nui.
Akā,ʻo ka hele waleʻana i loko o ka papa o ka hale no ka lā hauʻoli maikaʻi ke hui pūʻia me ka huli hou aku i ka mokupuni kahiko o Chiang Mai.
Pono pū nā malihini kipa e komo i nā kūkākūkā mōneka e hanaʻia ma Wat Chedi Luang. Ma waena o 9 am a me ka 6 pm i kēlā lā i kēia lā, hiki iāʻoe keʻike i nā mōneka e kali ana ma ka'ākau o ka hale o ka luakini e hiki ke kamaʻilio. ʻO nā kūkākūkā me nā nookice a me nā mōneka'ōpio aʻo nā haunaele he lanakila lanakila lākou: E hele ana nā mōneka e hana i ka'ōlelo Pelekānia a loaʻa iāʻoe kaʻike hou e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu Thai a me ka Buddhism.