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Wat Impeng Mural by John Lander
Wat Impeng in Vientiane has some fine reconstructed buildings such as this with artistic wooden carvings on the windows and doors, along with the paintings, murals and stucco work on the walls, featuring various legends from the life of Buddha. (John Lander)
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Xieng Khuan Buddha Park by John Lander
One of the quirkiest, yet most interesting attractions in Vientiane would have to be Xieng Khuan, commonly called "Buddha Park". Xieng Khuan or ?Spirit City? is just as much a monument to one man?s eccentric and bizarre ambition as it is an impressive collection of massive ferro-concrete sculptures dotted around a riverside meadow. Although the brontosaurian reclining Buddha and strange edifice resembling a pumpkin - there are statues of every conceivable deity in the Buddhist/Hindu pantheon. Even if you are not up on your Buddhist/Hindu deities you will enjoy strolling around some of the more fantastic shapes. Xieng Khuan was designed and built in 1958 by Louang Pou Bunleua Sulilat a self style holy man who took Hinduism and Buddhism and merged them into his own iconography. After the revolution in 1975, he fled from Laos to Thailand where he built another sculpture park, Sala Keoku in Nong Khai.[1][5] He fled because his anti-Communist beliefs conflicted with the views of the Pathet Lao. (John Lander)
Copyright: John Lander
Xieng Khuan Buddha Park by John Lander
One of the quirkiest, yet most interesting attractions in Vientiane would have to be Xieng Khuan, commonly called "Buddha Park". Xieng Khuan or ?Spirit City? is just as much a monument to one man?s eccentric and bizarre ambition as it is an impressive collection of massive ferro-concrete sculptures dotted around a riverside meadow. Although the brontosaurian reclining Buddha and strange edifice resembling a pumpkin - there are statues of every conceivable deity in the Buddhist/Hindu pantheon. Even if you are not up on your Buddhist/Hindu deities you will enjoy strolling around some of the more fantastic shapes. Xieng Khuan was designed and built in 1958 by Louang Pou Bunleua Sulilat a self style holy man who took Hinduism and Buddhism and merged them into his own iconography. After the revolution in 1975, he fled from Laos to Thailand where he built another sculpture park, Sala Keoku in Nong Khai.[1][5] He fled because his anti-Communist beliefs conflicted with the views of the Pathet Lao. (John Lander)
Copyright: John Lander
Xieng Khuan Buddha Park by John Lander
One of the quirkiest, yet most interesting attractions in Vientiane would have to be Xieng Khuan, commonly called "Buddha Park". Xieng Khuan or ?Spirit City? is just as much a monument to one man?s eccentric and bizarre ambition as it is an impressive collection of massive ferro-concrete sculptures dotted around a riverside meadow. Although the brontosaurian reclining Buddha and strange edifice resembling a pumpkin - there are statues of every conceivable deity in the Buddhist/Hindu pantheon. Even if you are not up on your Buddhist/Hindu deities you will enjoy strolling around some of the more fantastic shapes. Xieng Khuan was designed and built in 1958 by Louang Pou Bunleua Sulilat a self style holy man who took Hinduism and Buddhism and merged them into his own iconography. After the revolution in 1975, he fled from Laos to Thailand where he built another sculpture park, Sala Keoku in Nong Khai.[1][5] He fled because his anti-Communist beliefs conflicted with the views of the Pathet Lao. (John Lander)
Copyright: John Lander
Xieng Khuan Buddha Park by John Lander
One of the quirkiest, yet most interesting attractions in Vientiane would have to be Xieng Khuan, commonly called "Buddha Park". Xieng Khuan or ?Spirit City? is just as much a monument to one man?s eccentric and bizarre ambition as it is an impressive collection of massive ferro-concrete sculptures dotted around a riverside meadow. Although the brontosaurian reclining Buddha and strange edifice resembling a pumpkin - there are statues of every conceivable deity in the Buddhist/Hindu pantheon. Even if you are not up on your Buddhist/Hindu deities you will enjoy strolling around some of the more fantastic shapes. Xieng Khuan was designed and built in 1958 by Louang Pou Bunleua Sulilat a self style holy man who took Hinduism and Buddhism and merged them into his own iconography. After the revolution in 1975, he fled from Laos to Thailand where he built another sculpture park, Sala Keoku in Nong Khai.[1][5] He fled because his anti-Communist beliefs conflicted with the views of the Pathet Lao. (John Lander)
Copyright: John Lander
Xieng Khuan Buddha Park by John Lander
One of the quirkiest, yet most interesting attractions in Vientiane would have to be Xieng Khuan, commonly called "Buddha Park". Xieng Khuan or ?Spirit City? is just as much a monument to one man?s eccentric and bizarre ambition as it is an impressive collection of massive ferro-concrete sculptures dotted around a riverside meadow. Although the brontosaurian reclining Buddha and strange edifice resembling a pumpkin - there are statues of every conceivable deity in the Buddhist/Hindu pantheon. Even if you are not up on your Buddhist/Hindu deities you will enjoy strolling around some of the more fantastic shapes. Xieng Khuan was designed and built in 1958 by Louang Pou Bunleua Sulilat a self style holy man who took Hinduism and Buddhism and merged them into his own iconography. After the revolution in 1975, he fled from Laos to Thailand where he built another sculpture park, Sala Keoku in Nong Khai.[1][5] He fled because his anti-Communist beliefs conflicted with the views of the Pathet Lao. (John Lander)
Copyright: John Lander
Phra Rahu Eats the Moon and Sun by John Lander
Phra Rahu Eats the Moon and Sun at Xieng Khuan, "Buddha Park". Xieng Khuan or ?Spirit City? is a monument to one man?s eccentric and bizarre collection of massive ferro-concrete sculptures dotted around a riverside meadow. Although the reclining Buddha and edifice resembling a pumpkin there are statues of every conceivable deity in the Buddhist/Hindu pantheon.Xieng Khuan was designed and built in 1958 by Louang Pou Bunleua Sulilat a self style holy man who took Hinduism and Buddhism and merged them into his own iconography. After the revolution in 1975, he fled from Laos to Thailand where he built another sculpture park, Sala Keoku in Nong Khai.[1][5] He fled because his anti-Communist beliefs conflicted with the views of the Pathet Lao. (John Lander)
Copyright: John Lander
Xieng Khuan Buddha Park by John Lander
One of the quirkiest, yet most interesting attractions in Vientiane would have to be Xieng Khuan, commonly called "Buddha Park". Xieng Khuan or ?Spirit City? is just as much a monument to one man?s eccentric and bizarre ambition as it is an impressive collection of massive ferro-concrete sculptures dotted around a riverside meadow. Although the brontosaurian reclining Buddha and strange edifice resembling a pumpkin - there are statues of every conceivable deity in the Buddhist/Hindu pantheon. Even if you are not up on your Buddhist/Hindu deities you will enjoy strolling around some of the more fantastic shapes. Xieng Khuan was designed and built in 1958 by Louang Pou Bunleua Sulilat a self style holy man who took Hinduism and Buddhism and merged them into his own iconography. After the revolution in 1975, he fled from Laos to Thailand where he built another sculpture park, Sala Keoku in Nong Khai.[1][5] He fled because his anti-Communist beliefs conflicted with the views of the Pathet Lao. (John Lander)
Copyright: John Lander
Xieng Khuan Buddha Park by John Lander
One of the quirkiest, yet most interesting attractions in Vientiane would have to be Xieng Khuan, commonly called "Buddha Park". Xieng Khuan or ?Spirit City? is just as much a monument to one man?s eccentric and bizarre ambition as it is an impressive collection of massive ferro-concrete sculptures dotted around a riverside meadow. Although the brontosaurian reclining Buddha and strange edifice resembling a pumpkin - there are statues of every conceivable deity in the Buddhist/Hindu pantheon. Even if you are not up on your Buddhist/Hindu deities you will enjoy strolling around some of the more fantastic shapes. Xieng Khuan was designed and built in 1958 by Louang Pou Bunleua Sulilat a self style holy man who took Hinduism and Buddhism and merged them into his own iconography. After the revolution in 1975, he fled from Laos to Thailand where he built another sculpture park, Sala Keoku in Nong Khai.[1][5] He fled because his anti-Communist beliefs conflicted with the views of the Pathet Lao. (John Lander)
Copyright: John Lander
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Shanghai Old City by John Lander
The Old City of Shanghai refers to the most ancient area of Shanghai. It is circular in shape even today and was once surrounded by a defensive wall. Notable features include the City God Temple which is located in the center of the Old City and is connected to the Yuyuan Garden. Today, most of the walls have been replaced by broad circular avenues - the Renmin Lu to the North and Zhonghua Lu to the South. The preserved or rebuilt Chinese style buildings surrounding Yuyuan Garden are a popular attraction for both Chinese and foreign visitors, and has turned into a large market often referred to as Yuyuan Market or Shanghai Old Town. . (John Lander)
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Yuyuen Garden Shanghai by John Lander
Yu Garden or Yuyuen "Happy Garden" is an extensive Chinese garden located beside the City God Temple in Shanghai. Yu Garden was first conceived in 1559 during the Ming Dynasty by Pan Yunduan as a comfort for his father minister Pan En, in his old age. The garden was the largest of its era but eventually its expense helped ruin the Pan family. The garden was opened to the public in 1961 and then declared a national monument in 1982. (John Lander)
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