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Hello, I'm P'Den Uthaya. Today, I will take you to visit Wat Mahathat. At Wat Mahathat, we may get information from the King of Savadhan, Kungsri Uthaya. Or from the history of Wat Mahathat. But today, I will tell you from another point of view. Which is the point of view of the foreigners who came to see this Wat Mahathat in the time of Kungsri Uthaya. And recorded as a commentary. Which is a very interesting story. The King of Savadhan, Luang Prasert Aksornnit, recorded the reconstruction of Wat Mahathat as Sakkara 736 Khansok. The King of Savadhan. And Maha Thera Dhammakalayan. Established by Sri Rattanamahathat. In front of Wat Ban Singh. This temple was built according to the ancient custom. The important city of Buddhism. There must be Wat Banju Phraparamasareerikatat. As the central center of the city. Which will have various names. Wat Mahathat. Or Wat Phra Sri Rattanamahathat. As in Kungsri Uthaya. Use the short name as Wat Mahathat. And is the place where the important ceremony is held. With the eminent monk Khamavasi. Residing in the temple. In the reign of the second King of Sampraya. When the King was able to visit the King of Luang. The King asked him to bring the image of the Buddha. The image of a lion. Animals. The number of deities that can be attached to the King of Luang. To worship at Wat Mahathat. But when Kungsri Uthaya. Was lost to Hongsawadee in the year of 2112. King Burengnong. Please bring the image of all the deities at Wat Mahathat. Returned to Hongsawadee. This is the image of Wat Mahathat. In Phra Nakhon Sri Ayutthaya. Which was taken in the reign of. The King of Sampraya. Which is a picture that the image still has perfection. Until suddenly. Phra Prang. Was destroyed. With evidence. From the Ministry of Education documents. During the reign of the fifth King. Stated that. This Phra Prang. Was destroyed at 5 a.m. On the 25th of August. Ratanakosin Sok 123. Or. Puthasakarat 2447. But if we go back to the time of Kungsri Ayutthaya. The King of Sampraya has written that. Phra Prang Wat Mahathat. Was destroyed for the first time. In the reign of the Lord Buddha. Until suddenly. Entering the reign of the Lord Buddha. Prasatthong. The King asked for a new Phra Prang. As the King of Sampraya has written. Sakkarat 995. Year of the dead. Phra Prang Wat Mahathat. Was destroyed. In the reign of the 19th King. Yod Nopphasun 3. So stated that. In the reign of the Lord Buddha. The log in the king. High line. Yod Nopphasun curved. Combined into 5 lines. The log is crooked. To bring the log to kill. Followed. Take a plus. 9 months. To celebrate. But the document. About the destruction of the Phra Prang. Is quite detailed. Is the document. The log. Of the office of the company. India. Of the Netherlands. Or VOC. Ayutthaya. Which this document. Is part of. Jeremies. Or One Wallis. One Wallis told. About the temple. Phra Prang of the temple. Suddenly. Broken down. In the year. 1632. Around August. Without effect. From the weather. This event. Considered. As a foreshadowing. But the powerful. And fierce. Will not reveal. Their deeds. Since then. Phra Prang of that. By the king. Of the Lord Buddha. So it was rebuilt. And almost complete. In 1633. With a height. 200 feet. But all. Broken down. Again. Unexpectedly. As in the previous year. Anyway. The construction. Began again. And completed. Beautifully. Phra Prang. From the top. To the base. Covered with. Wood. And covered with gold. There are a number of. Golden Buddha statues. And a lot of money. Buried inside. Phra Prang. From this piece of evidence. Make the information. There is a difference. From the King. Sawadarm. The claim is. Phra Prang. Has collapsed. In the government. Of the Lord Buddha. Golden Buddha. If it is the government. Of the Lord Buddha. Songtham. And there is a collapse. Down. Up to twice. Which is the second time. This. Occurred. During construction. Almost done. Anyway. Phra Prang. This temple. Can be worshiped. Until. The end. Not only. Phra Prang. Reconstruction. To be perfect. The same. Success. Phra Prasatthong. Also. Please. To worship. Various parts. Of the temple. As well. As. Appeared. Artistic. In the era. Of the Lord Buddha. Such as. The wall. Is a light channel. Like a crescent moon. On the building. Viharn Luang. Which can be compared. With the model. Appeared. At Wat Chai Watthanarab. Or. Chong. Sumkhong. Songkri. Bua. Persia. Artistic. On the wall. On the outside. Of the temple. Which is considered. Persia. Artistic. That began. As a popular place. In the era. Of the Lord Buddha. On Tuesday. Still. Talk about. The atmosphere. Of the important ceremony. At Wat Mahathat. By. Talk about. The grand procession. On the way. The grand procession. A dignified costume. Each elephant. Has the instances of their king. Sitting on a golden Peterson. Behind the procession. There are soldiers walking behind. With too Japanese soldiers. White. Wielding good fighting instruments. Following by. The musicians. After the Heavenly King. When the king lands. On the back of the elephant. Long. Hanging putting on the Lord. By. Magnolia of gold l.) Songpiramith. Surrounded by. Wells of water. Back of hope full to the sky. with a large number of monks and nuns. The number of people who attended the ceremony was between 6,000 and 7,000. The ceremony was attended by kings from the royal family and various nationalities, and most of the royal family members were allowed to participate in the ceremony. And there were many other ceremonies where Dutch people were invited to participate in the ceremony at Wat Mahathat which is called Wat Na Prathat. Van Wallis has described this temple in more detail by saying that the temple was built skillfully and interestingly. The ground floor was decorated with gold and stone statues of more than 800-900 statues. Many statues were very tall and the smallest one was 3 feet tall. The statues were so tall that they could not move their heads or legs. There were also many small statues that were almost countless and were placed around the large statues. The monks covered the neck and chest of each large statue according to the tradition of Siam. There is a document of a Dutchman named Christbeg Heg who came to Krungsri Aithuya in 1655 which was at the end of the reign of King Prasatthong. Heg had the opportunity to visit many important temples in Phra Nakhon. There was one temple that he did not name and said that it was the important temple of the King. He read about it and assumed that it was Wat Mahathat. At the same time, we still see the most beautiful Jedi of some monks, especially the four monks, the big monk and the small monk. The big monk was for the king and the small monk was for the queen which was built beautifully without any cost. There was a large dome with a beautiful statue and the statue was surrounded and people could walk around. The side of the dome could go up the stairs and there was a door that did not open for anyone to enter except for the King. In the old days, the entrance to the temple was a statue of worship with a golden door in the dome that was built for this purpose. On each side, there was a stone temple guarding the entrance. Each statue had a tiger in front which is said to have fought and conquered. From there, we walked under the wide and very long hall that was built around the Jedi statue in a large square shape with a large golden statue that was very expensive and made us almost look over the smaller statue. Both the medium and small sizes were too many to count. Many statues were made of copper and other metals. Most of them were bronze statues even though in the dome or most importantly, there was a Buddha statue which had both medium and small sizes. All of them were handsome from pure gold. However, even though they show respect and pay attention to the unparalleled art of the temples that they visited it is impossible to criticize the faith of the Siamese people which seems to be arrogant in the eyes of the Dutch. Van Wallis himself has criticized in his diary that a large amount of money was spent in vain to worship at this funny place but the outsiders who were lost in their faith lost their hope that their prosperity would come from that worship. Therefore, Siam is like a cup without a bottom and will always be like that because all the money was spent on the construction The same is the case with the Christ Blackhead's diary which often highlights the attitude in the eyes of the Westerners who focus on the economy rather than faith in religion. And during the visit to Wat Mahathat he also said that those who followed us to the back were the monks and the people They seemed to be very cheerful but we couldn't help laughing when we saw such a funny ritual they laughed at us and didn't say anything This is just one point of view of the Westerners who have a different culture from us but it is an important historical record that shows the difference in faith And this is the point of view of the foreigners who came to see Wat Mahathat in the time of Ayutthaya Kungsri Although there are some points of view that we may be disappointed but I would like you to understand that the point of view of foreigners who have different cultures and different ideas from us If we have a chance to go to their hometown we may also see something that is eye-catching Therefore, we keep it as historical information It's not that we keep it and we feel bad to the people who record it because at least the people who record these stories are the source of our future history This is the end of Hidden Ayutthaya See you next time Goodbye