國際部港泰國際教育旅行（A組）：第十一天

大城古蹟與湄南河一日遊

9E　Alex Lo、Tim、Benjamin、Steve、Perry、Yuan、Vincent

 自從來到曼谷後我們的每一天行程都非常緊湊，但我們每一天都過得非常充實。不論是泰國中華國際學校的參訪、古蹟巡遊、還是湄南河的與大城府古都一日遊都非常的有趣、新奇以及富有教育意義。今天一大早準備去搭乘渡輪時天氣非常的炎熱大家都汗流浹背，大家都以為應該是搭乘一般的渡輪而已，但來的卻是一艘非常光鮮亮麗的遊艇而且還配備冷氣，大家都看得目瞪口呆，相信很多人包括我自己在內都是第一次搭乘這麼高級的遊艇。

在趟旅行對大家來說有太多的”第一次”發生了，不論是第一次來泰國、第一次騎乘大象、第一次出國這麼多天或是第一次與同學出遊等等，都是非常美好的經驗以及回憶。在參訪大城府卻克里王朝五世王的夏宮時，我們非常驚訝，皇宮的建築風格、擺飾或是器物都是走中國風。經過導遊講解後我們才知原來所有從中國進口，原來中華文化在東南亞的影響居然這麼深遠。

在大城府古都巡遊時最令人驚奇的是樹中佛，據說這尊佛像顆好後放在菩提樹下經過風化及緬甸王朝的摧殘以及祝融後只剩下頭部，隨者菩提樹的增長佛像的頭就陷在樹幹中了，更巧的是當年釋迦牟尼佛也就是在菩提樹下修行得道的。參觀古蹟時有許多告示牌，包括在與樹面佛拍照時需蹲下以示尊重，可見泰國人對古蹟以及其國人信仰宗教的尊重，這點是非常值得我們學習的。

 

Today, we got up at six o'clock and headed to the pier at meknam river to get to the ancient city of Ayuttaya. This city was the proud of the Ayuttaya empire and also the pride of siam. When we are on the boat, the scene changed from skyscrapers into small and short houses which are the houses of traditional siamnese people. Sailing quietly across the river, we were all dumbstruck by the beautiful scenery and imagined about the ancient people who traveled and traded on this historical river.

Later on, we arrived at the summer palace of king Rama the fifth, most of the architecture are combined by two different cultures, England Barack technique and the imperial Chinese architect, every piece of wood are made in china and sent to Thailand for finishing. Looking at these architectures, we feel respectful to king Rama the fifth. If it wasn't his contributions to the diplomacy of Thailand. Thailand couldn' t have been so industrialized and modernized. Later on, we visited the tower that contained the ”Sarira”, or the Buddhist relic.

Although the temperature was very high outside,  looking at the magnificent tower sparkling under the sunshine, we all felt in awe. Next, we went on seeing the buddah in the tree. This special scene is due to the strength of the roots. Like Angkor Wat in Cambodia. On seeing this scene, we thought about the history of the past . Last, we visited the ruins of the Ayuttaya empire. We saw the ancient empire of the most powerful kingdom in the indo china peninsula. At night, we went to the highest tower of Bangkok to have dinner, we enjoyed the beautiful scenery and interesting musicians singing and playing the guitar. We finished our last day of our trip in this happy ending.

 

2014港泰國際教育之旅（A組）Day11：大城古蹟、湄南河一日遊

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