Luang Prabang Attractions
Gold relief at Wat Xieng Thong
Wat Xieng Thong (Golden City Temple)
The most enchanting monastery in the country is the
magnificent Golden City Temple at the tip of the
peninsula. The graceful, sweeping tiled roof of the main temple is
its most impressive feature and the walls are decorated with
stencilled gold designs depicting many different traditional tales
and, at the rear, a splendid coloured glass mosaic illustrating the
‘tree of life’. In the peaceful atmosphere of the
compound garden are several shelters, housing rare Buddha images
and the gilded royal funerary carriage.
