Wat Chiang Man - the extremely rare giant elephant pagoda!

The most large and small temples you see when strolling around the ancient city area of ​​Chiang Mai are probably! The most unmissable of them is Wat Chiang Man! This is the oldest temple in Chiang Mai, built in 1297 and has a history of 730 years! The architectural style of Qingman Temple is the Lanna style like the vast majority of temples in northern Thailand. But the most unforgettable thing is the big elephant under the stupa (stone elephant pagoda), which turns out to be a Yanlan style architecture, the whole stupa is based on a white square, surrounded by 15 stone elephants carved in real proportions, realistic shape, feels like the elephants carrying the sacred stupa! #Thailand Attractions #ThailandTravel #Chiang Mai, Thailand #Chiang Mai Travel