Wat Siri Moung Khoung, Luang Prabang

The assembly hall of Wat Siri Moung Khoung, Luang Prabang.

Wat Siri Moung Khoung, also written as Wat Si Muang Khun, is a relatively small monastery with a large compound. It is located along Sakkarine Road, the main road along the small peninsula of Luang Prabang. I arrived at Wat Siri Moung Khoung close to noon, when the sun was blazing down on me. That sort of makes it rather difficult to get good photograph. Also, after so many temples within a day, I was quite exhausted by the time I arrived here.

Wat Siri Moung Khoung is believed to have been built during the 18th century, but I am not sure the exact year. What strikes me as, well, adorable was a pair of white lions in front of its sim. The lions have red mouth with rather ferocious-looking fangs, but the lions look more like they were grinning.

The sim of Wat Siri Moung Khoung has a peristyle only on the northside.

A bell shed within the compound of Wat Siri Moung Khoung.

The monks' living quarters.

Rice cakes being put to dry on the whitewashed walls.

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