Wat Phra Singh, or another Buddha Temple-the Lion (translated from Thai “Singh” – “lion”), on the right is the main temple of the city. It stores two of the most valuable medieval statues.

The temple was founded in 1345 by king PHA Yu to bury the ashes of his father king Kham Fu. Its official name is Wat Phra Singh received in 1367, when it was placed eponymous statue Phra Singh, or Buddha-Lion. In 1922, the head of the Buddha was stolen, it was replaced with an identical copy.

The second relic of Wat Phra Singh is the Buddha statue Phra Singh Noah (aka “little Buddha Phra sing”). This is a reduced copy of a Buddha Phra Singh, produced Seasons of Tilokarat (the ninth king of the Mengrai dynasty in 1477 in honor of the Eighth Buddhist Assembly.

In one of the frames in the temple also housed the emerald Buddha statue, which is now housed in Bangkok as the main relic of the country.

Despite the cultural value of the temple, in the eighteenth century it was almost in ruins due to the declining population, but in the nineteenth century began its restoration.

The Central room on site Wat Phra Singh - viharn Luang Prabang, was rebuilt in 1925 and renovated in 2008. Its interior impresses with a combination of bright red painted ceiling and majestic white columns.

Less room Wat Phra Singh called Viharn Lai Kham was built in 1345 and was restored in the early nineteenth century. The building is a fine example of architecture in the Northern style of the Lanna Kingdom. It is the Phra Buddha Singh, who sought by many Buddhists of Thailand. Inside Viharn Lai Kham beautiful preserved frescoes (circa 1820), illustrating the history of the ancient Buddhist Scriptures earliest Jataka tales.

On the territory of Wat Phra Singh is a Buddhist library, built in 1477. Inside it holds ancient manuscripts, and outside the library elaborately decorated with figures of Buddhist spirits.