{"id":4110,"date":"2010-01-05T22:12:03","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T05:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/?p=4110"},"modified":"2009-12-30T22:40:20","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T05:40:20","slug":"emerald-buddha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/emerald-buddha\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerald Buddha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163107trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163107trim-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"phra wiharn yod\" title=\"phra wiharn yod\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163107trim-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163107trim-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163107trim.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The grounds and buildings around the Grand Palace and Emerald Buddha are amazing. Add to that the sky we experienced, and I entered photographer&#8217;s nirvana. I took a few hundred photos, but will spare you from having to see them all.<\/p>\n<p>The first picture, above, is mainly of Phra Wiharn Yod. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163448trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163448trim-800x485.jpg\" alt=\"Alan and Ellie Case outside the Royal Pantheon bangkok thailand\" title=\"Alan and Ellie Case outside the Royal Pantheon bangkok thailand\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163448trim-800x485.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163448trim-250x151.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163448trim.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21165826trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21165826trim-800x433.jpg\" alt=\"Royal Pantheon from hor phra gandhararat\" title=\"Royal Pantheon from hor phra gandhararat\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21165826trim-800x433.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21165826trim-250x135.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21165826trim.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The above photo is of the Royal Pantheon and was taken from the building which houses the Emerald Buddha.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21165300trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21165300trim-450x800.jpg\" alt=\"emerald buddha bangkok thailand\" title=\"emerald buddha bangkok thailand\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21165300trim-450x800.jpg 450w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21165300trim-140x250.jpg 140w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21165300trim.jpg 507w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above is the Emerald Buddha, not nearly as impressive, to me anyway, as the <a href=http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/wat-po-or-pho-the-reclining-buddha\/>Reclining Buddha<\/a>. He is actually made of jade rather than emerald. The king gives him an outfit change a few times a year. You can only see a small piece of the vast amounts of gold that fill this room from this picture. Photography isn&#8217;t allowed inside. I took this picture from outside.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21164032trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21164032trim-554x800.jpg\" alt=\"thai buddhist demon temple guardian holding up golden stupa\" title=\"thai buddhist demon temple guardian holding up golden stupa\" width=\"554\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21164032trim-554x800.jpg 554w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21164032trim-173x250.jpg 173w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21164032trim.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Holding up the golden, bell-shaped towers (stupa) are these temple guardians or demons. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21162511trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21162511trim-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"golden stupa emerald buddha grand palace bangkok thailand\" title=\"golden stupa emerald buddha grand palace bangkok thailand\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21162511trim-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21162511trim-250x140.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21162511trim.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163851trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163851trim-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"nice backdrop for a family photo\" title=\"nice backdrop for a family photo\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163851trim-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163851trim-250x140.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163851trim.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ultimate Thai backdrop for a family photo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163925trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163925trim-450x800.jpg\" alt=\"lotus pond\" title=\"lotus pond\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163925trim-450x800.jpg 450w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163925trim-140x250.jpg 140w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163925trim.jpg 507w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lotus pond basins dotted the landscape of the temple grounds. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163608trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163608trim-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"sky contrasted with thai buddhist architecture\" title=\"sky contrasted with thai buddhist architecture\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163608trim-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163608trim-250x140.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21163608trim.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Did I mention how cool the sky was on this day?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The grounds and buildings around the Grand Palace and Emerald Buddha are amazing. Add to that the sky we experienced, and I entered photographer&#8217;s nirvana. I took a few hundred photos, but will spare you from having to see them all. The first picture, above, is mainly of Phra Wiharn Yod. The above photo is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[243],"tags":[245,175,130,174],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4110"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4121,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110\/revisions\/4121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}