What are the characteristics of black and white temple buildings in Chiang Mai, Thailand?
The black temple is not a temple. Its creator is Thawan Duchanee, a famous Thai artist. He built a huge garden museum in Cai Qing, which consists of several Thai temple halls with log structures. The theme of the museum is hell and death. In his life, he collected a large number of unimaginable exhibits about death and hell, including animal bones thousands of years ago, hunting tools of primitive people, various ancient tools, antiques and specimens. And combine the exhibits into a work of art by means of modern installation art, such as a giant seat made of buffalo horn; Demon relief on ancient wooden boats; Wind chime device caused by air-dried animal skins hanging in mid-air; The center of the giant temple exhibition hall is more than ten meters high. The sunlight from the gate and the Thai wooden windows on both sides can only illuminate a corner of this dark lobby, leaving you with an empty darkness and an association of endless hell. All the buildings, exhibits and installation art are based on black, so everyone calls this place "Black Temple".
The creator of the White Temple is also a famous Thai artist: Chalermchai Kositpipat, who built a museum with the theme of heaven. The murals in the White Temple Hall are a blend of many modern masters' paintings. All the buildings and exhibits are based on white and mirror, and the sunshine is silvery white, so everyone calls this place "White Temple". The main building of the White Temple is a Thai temple hall. The whole temple is a white building, and a mosaic reflecting like a mirror is pasted on it by hand. When the sun shines, the whole temple will shine. The stairs at the entrance are guarded by two silver dragons, and countless modern sculptural hands stretch out by the pools on both sides, grasping at the sky, as if to levy endless desires on life. The statues of Buddha, Lohan and King Kong on both sides are magnificent, but the silver and white tones are different from the general ones.