The Chiang Yan Chedi

Keywords : Prasat-Type Chedi, Lanna art, Chiang Yan Chedi, Wat Phra That Hariphunchai, Mae Kruy Chedi

Artwork alternative name	The Mae Kruy Chedi
Site common name	Wat Phra That Hariphunchai
Type of artwork	Architecture
Sub district	Nai Mueang
District	Mueang Lamphun
Province	Lamphun
Region	North
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 18.577749 Long : 99.008057
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 47 Q Hemisphere : N E : 500850.1 N : 2054107.35
Place of artwork	Located outside the wall of Wat Phra That Hariphunchai to the north, in the area of the basketball court of Methiwuthikorn School.

History of production	No making history, but from the art form, it can be determined in the 19th Buddhist century.
Conservation	Announcing the registration of ancient sites in the Government Gazette, Book 52, Chapter 75, 8 March 1935. In the year 2005, excavations were conducted at the base of the chedi in the west to find many pieces of artifacts such as The Attitude of Born Buddha image, paying respect deva and spear leaf. Year 2007, excavated to renovate the clockwise yard, found a brick line likely linking to the monastery area in the south.
Art	This chedi is a five pointed top castle shaped chedi with three layers of overlapping bases, supporting the upturned lotus base and ruenthat with arches on all four sides, decorated with stucco. Above the ruenthat is replica chedi in all four corners. The center is a bell-shaped chedi in a circular plan, adorned with various elements, but the top is missing.
Key academic information	The first phase castle-shaped chedi in Lanna art that has been restored.
Notice	1. From this pagoda, there is a raised base and the four sides of the arched short into the arch of the reuntha causing to be younger than the Chedi at Wat Ko Klang. 2. The decorative elements on the base are features that have never appeared in Lanna art which may be caused by repairs in the latter 3. The stucco designs that appear on the chedi are all of the Lanna style which are all in the 21st Buddhist Century era. Showing the restoration of the chedi during this period as well.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Lanna
Age	19th Buddhist Century
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada
Religion and belief	Theravada
Legend	According to legend, this chedi was built by the cook who raised those who built Phra That Hariphunchai and Suwan Chedi by using the bricks left from the Suwan Chedi to be built in the 17th Buddhist Century but from the current evidence, there is no evidence that goes back to that time.
Related artwork	1. The five-pointed top castle shaped chedi of Wat Song Pee Nong, Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai province is an example of the five-pointed top castle shaped chedi in Lanna art that has similar age. 2. The five-pointed top castle shaped chedi of Wat Maha That, Sukhothai province is example of the five-pointed top castle shaped chedi in Sukhothai art that was influenced by the five-pointed top castle shaped chedi in Lanna art.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2016-05-30
Record creator	Rungroj Thamrungraeng
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