The Palace Garden

The architectural group in Chinese style is believed to be part of the grand palace garden of King Rama II. The garden was dismantled and numerous structures were given over to some temples during King Rama IIIs reign. Some of the important structures were, for example, the houses in Chinese style, which were normally built by the king and the nobles; the stone slabs carved with figures of Chinese lions, mandarins, elaborately bedecked posts and scenes illustrating episodes from Chinese chronicles.

Muang Boran brough all of the original buildings from Wat Phai Ngoen in Yan Nawa District, Bangkok, to show the con sid er able influence of Chinese art in the Thai court during the early Rattanakosin period. As we can see, many mon as teries and domestic quarters ini ti at ed by the king and the nobles during this time illustrated the obvious influence of Chinese architecture.

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