Explore Koh Samui’s cultural side - Guan Yu Shrine and Wat Khunaram- Thailand 2022

In 1872, the first Chinese shrine was built in Ban Hua Thanon. It was later moved, and today’s shrine replaces it. The Guan Yu shrine was designed in 2008 but still looks very traditional.

The General, Guan Yu, was renowned in his time not just for military prowess, but for his virtues that paved the way for people to live together in harmony. There are statues of him more or less anywhere Chinese people have settled; this particular statue on the ring-road in Ban Hua Thanon is the largest in Thailand, some 16 metres high, and one of the largest in the world. The General appears totally life like rather than being cast in grey or white marble, is a wondrous, multi colored statue.

Wat Khunaram วัดคุณาราม is a Buddhist temple on the island west of Lamai Beach. It is most notable for being the shrine of "the Mummy Monk", Luang Pho Daeng, who died in 1973 and directed that his body be put on display as a reminder of the transience of human existence. There is more to the temple but the main draw for the locals is to come and make merit to the former monks body.

Both the shrine and the temple are near each other and worth stopping to see them if you are in the area. The shrine also has some nice Chinese food and snacks around the entrance.

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