San Chaopho Suea (Sao Chingcha) ( th, ศาลเจ้าพ่อเสือ (เสาชิงช้า)) or San Chaopho Suea Phra Nakhon (), usually shortened to San Chaopho Suea (; ; commonly known in English as Tiger God Shrine) is a Chinese joss house located at 468

Tanao Road 250px, Tanao Road in phase near Khao San Road Tanao Road ( th, ถนนตะนาว, , ) is a road in Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, starting from Bamrung Mueang Road at Si Kak Sao Chingcha straight to the north, it is also a boundary li ...

San Chaopho Suea San Chaopho Suea ( th, ศาลเจ้าพ่อเสือ, ) is a ''khwaeng'' (subdistrict) of Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok. History It is named after San Chaopho Suea, an ancient Chinese joss house of Xuanwu or "''Chaopho Suea''" (T ...

Sub-district, Phra Nakhon District in the old town Bangkok ( Rattanakosin Island) near

Sao Chingcha The Giant Swing ( th, เสาชิงช้า, , ) is a religious structure in Sao Chingcha Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand. Located in front of Wat Suthat, it was formerly used in an old Brahmin ceremony, and is one ...

(Giant Swing) and

Wat Mahannapharam Wat Mahannapharam Worawihan or Wat Mahan, commonly called Wat Mahanop ( th, วัดมหรรณพ, link=no), is a Wat, Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand. The first state school for general public in Thailand was established at the temple ...

with features the Southern Chinese architectural style. It is the shrine of '' Chaopho Suea'' (เจ้าพ่อเสือ; lit: ''Tiger God''), according to the ancient Chinese belief and it is one of the most respected Chinese shrines in Bangkok and Thailand alike Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in

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, especially during the

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. This shrine was built in 1834 in the reign of King

Nang Klao Nangklao ( th, พระบาทสมเด็จพระนั่งเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว, ; 31 March 1788 – 2 April 1851), birth name Thap ( th, ทับ), also styled Rama III, was the third king of Siam u ...

(Rama III). In the past, it was located on

Bamrung Mueang Road Bamrung Mueang Road ( th, ถนนบำรุงเมือง, ) is the second paved road in Bangkok. It was built in 1863 after Charoen Krung Road, in the reign of King Mongkut (Rama IV). It cut through the old fortified city of Rattanakosi ...

but was relocated by the command of King

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(Rama V) to the Tanao Road, the present location. The shrine enshrined statues of Chinese Supreme Being, including the Tiger God ( Xuan Tian Shang Di),

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(God of Honesty), Caishen (God of Fortune), Dai Seng Ya (Monkey God) and

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(Goddess of the Sea), which are highly venerated among both

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and

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. At present, it has been promoted as one of the nine temples under the project "Respect to the Nine Temples" (ไหว้พระ 9 วัด) of

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(TAT) along with other temples viz (Phra Nakhon side): Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Pho,

Wat Chana Songkhram 250px, In front of the temple Wat Chanasongkhram Ratchaworamahawiharn ( th, วัดชนะสงครามราชวรมหาวิหาร), usually shortened to Wat Chana Songkhram ( th, วัดชนะสงคราม, ), is a ...

, Wat Suthat, City Pillar Shrine (Thonburi side): Wat Arun,

Wat Rakhangkhositraram Wat Rakhangkhositaram Woramahaviharn ( th, วัดระฆังโฆสิตาราม วรมหาวิหาร) or usually shortened to Wat Rakhangkhositaram (วัดระฆังโฆสิตาราม), familiarly known ...

and

Wat Kalayanamitr Wat Kalayanamitr Varamahavihara ( th, วัดกัลยาณมิตรวรมหาวิหาร, , ) is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Bangkok, Thailand. The temple is located in Wat Kanlaya sub-district, on the Thonburi bank of the Chao ...

. It is now a recognised ancient monument of Bangkok since 1988.

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other Chinese temples in Bangkok * Wat Mangkon Kamalawat *

Leng Buai Ia Shrine Leng Buai Ia Shrine ( th, ศาลเจ้าเล่งบ๊วยเอี๊ยะ; zh, 龍尾古廟) is a Chinese shrine, in the Samphanthawong district of Bangkok's Chinatown. It is located in a courtyard among a network of narrow alley ...

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* Chao Mae Thapthim Shrine *

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References

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