Ban Dan佛像

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大佛肚子別有洞天　泰國驚現「佛中佛」

泰國北部的寺廟供奉的佛像日前嚴重脫落，從胸部開始剝落到腹部，本尊約5公尺高的佛像肚子中，竟然驚現另一尊較舊的佛像頭，出現難得「佛中佛」的景象。

傳說百年前，暹羅國王與緬甸為了一座價值連城的金身大佛發起戰爭，而近日在泰國班丹北部的一座小村落中，似乎證實了這個傳說；原本供奉在小寺廟中的五公尺高佛像腹胸處剝落，露出一顆金色大佛頭，可能就是當年緬甸與暹羅爭奪的金身大佛。

照片中可看出舊的金身佛像被紅磚堆砌保護，據說是1950年為了保護金身才以此重建。

In the tiny Northern Thai village of Ban Dan, legend has it that hundreds of years ago, when the Siamese kingdom of Ayutthaya was at war with the neighboring country of Burma, a valuable golden Buddha was hidden in the large Buddha statue a local Buddhist temple.

It turns out the legends was true: on August 4, the head of a golden Buddha statue was discovered inside the 5 meter-tall Buddha statue of the Wat Ban Dan Tai temple.

The face was found peeking out from inside the statue after a large portion extending from its chest to its stomach fell off. It’s said that the large statue was rebuilt with brick in 1950 to better protect the golden statue. Looks like they’re going to have a hard time hiding this from the Burmese now.

henryboy

佛中佛，重见天日!