Talk:Nan

I removed this entry from the See section. I think it is entirely too much info. The same is true to a lesser extent of the ones I left intact in the See section. If you think I am in error, put this back. Otherwise I will continue pruning the section.

• Wat Phumin. Nan's most famous wat is renowned for its cruciform bôt that was constructed in 1596 and restored during the reign of Chao Ananta Vora Ritthi Det (1867-74). It is the only temple built as if it were on the backs of two immense snakes (or "naga"). Each of the four entries is preceded by a small corridor surmounted by a point shaped finely decorated (underlining the royal origin of the temple) structure and is equipped with smoothly carved doors, with Chinese demon guards in the east, flowers in the north and forest life motives of Lanna style in the west and the south. The wat’s interior is impressive. It is also a good example of Thai Lue architecture. The structure of the roof is supported by twelve teak pillars decorated with gold on black and red lacquer and elephants motives. The ceiling is also finely decorated. The flowered altar resting in the centre of the bôt supports four Buddhas of Sukhothai style in the Bhûmisparsha-Mudrâ (“Buddha Invoking Mother-Earth, Bhumi to be His Witness ” or “victory over Mara” - the hand pointed down to the earth with the fingers touching the ground), facing the four directions. The shape of their ears and of their nose shows a Lao influence. Beside the altar sits a splendid thammdat (a dhamma seat used by teaching monks). Murals of great value and well-preserved illustrative tales from the Jataka are on the north and the west walls as well as scenes of the local life of the time when they were painted (Europeans can even been noticed, a probable reference to the arrival of the French to which the eastern Nan valley area was yielded in 1893.) Thai Lue were carried out during the restoration of the temple by artists at the end of the 19th century. The style is rather distinctive, quite far from the traditional style and is close to the murals of the Wat Phra Singh of Chiang Mai. The setting is however, here, that of the culture and the everyday life of Thai Lue. The two most famous scenes are of greater dimensions than the majority of the other paintings: a man whispering to the ear of a woman (on the Southern side of the Western door) and the portrait painted on the side of the Southern door, which could be the king Chao Ananta Vora Ritthi Dets. Other natural size paintings on each side of the main entry are of Chinese influence which can be explained by the origins of Thai Lue. 

Seligne (talk) 14:38, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

I think the content of the listing is entirely adequate. This is one of Nan's main sight and it is noted for its Buddha statues and murals, so these artworks should be described in detail. This is the normal degree of detail for a city's main sight. Printed travel guides sometimes dedicate several pages to a city's main sight (e.g. St Peter's Basilica in Rome or the Louvre in Paris...) --RJFF (talk) 13:20, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

I just reverted your latest edit. I take no position in this argument except that you need to come to a consensus. Edit warring is untenable on a site that anyone can edit. See if you can either come to a compromise or get a lot of support for your position. I will say that purely from a visual standpoint, if you do need to devote a lot of lines to describing the wat, you should break it up into paragraphs or subsections, and that could mean using a subsection of "See", rather than a listing template. A big wall of black text is not user-friendly. Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:41, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

@Ikan Kekek: Good point. @Seligne: What do you think about this proposal? --RJFF (talk) 14:12, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

If RJFF thinks it is that important perhaps others do too. So I yield to his judgement. Seligne (talk) 15:19, 6 March 2017 (UTC)