The Green Dragon Temple (Wat Dibayavari) - Historic Temple in Chinatown - Bangkok Thailand 2025

Wat Dibayavari Vihara วัดทิพยวารีวิหาร (Wat Thipphaya Wari Wihan) 敕賜甘露禪寺 "Temple of Holy Water" commonly known as Kham Low Yi กัมโล่วยี่ 甘露寺, is a historic Chinese-Vietnamese temple in Bangkok. It is in the area of Ban Mo oppositeThe Old Siam Plaza.

This temple was built in the Thonburi period (between April 1776–March 1777) during the reign of King Taksin. He gave the east bank of the Chao Phraya River as a residence for Chinese and Vietnamese.

Later on, in the Rattanakosin period. Nguyễn Phúc Ánh, Prince of Huế, returned to Vietnam when Ram I came to power. The new king's younger brother, Prince Maha Sura Singhanat had doubts about the Vietnamese who living in Siam (Thailand at that time). He ordered the Vietnamese who living there to move out. As a result, this area was abandoned and the temple has no monks in residence for many years.

In 1896 a Chinese monk named "Hai Son" ไห่ซัน from Hunan came to live here and restored the temple with the help of a local Chinese sponsor.

King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) appointed him as abbot in 1909 and gave the official Thai name "Wat Dibayavari Vihara", which meaning "Holy Water Temple".

The name was chisen because of a small pond on the grounds of the temple. The water in the pond is believed to be holy water. This pond is believed to have Green Dragon (one of Four Symbols according to the ancient Chinese beliefs) as patron. The temple is well known as "Temple of Green Dragon".

Inside were enshrined many idols such as Hua Tuo, Green Dragon, Yue Lao, Erlang Shen, Trikāya, Avalokiteśvara etc.

Today it is popular among Chinese, including Thais to ward off bad luck according to Chinese astrology. It is very popular during New Year or Chinese New Year and Chinese vegetarian festival.

It’s a small temple but has had an interesting history.

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