{{Short description|Buddhist temple in Bangkok}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Wat Dibayavari Vihara | native_name = Kham Low Yi, Temple of Green Dragon | image = วัดทิพยวารีวิหาร เขตพระนคร กรุงเทพมหานคร (12).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = In front of temple | map_type = Thailand | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | location = 119 Soi Thip Wari, Tri Phet Road, Wang Burapha Phirom Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok | coordinates = {{coord|13|44|45.89|N|100|29|55.45|E|type:landmark_region:TH-10|display=title}} | religious_affiliation = [[Taoism|Taoist]], [[Mahayana Buddhism|Buddhist]] | deity = [[Azure Dragon|Green Dragon]] | country = [[Thailand]] | functional_status = | website = | founded_by = [[Overseas Chinese|Chinese]] and [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] | year_completed = 1776–77 }}
'''Wat Dibayavari Vihara''' ({{langx|th|วัดทิพยวารีวิหาร}}; {{RTGS|''Wat Thipphaya Wari Wihan''}}; {{lang-zh|敕賜甘露禪寺}}; [[pinyin]]: ''Chì cì gānlù chán sì''; lit: ''"Temple of Holy Water"''), commonly known as '''Kham Low Yi''' (กัมโล่วยี่; 甘露寺; ''Gānlù sì'') is a historic [[Chinese Buddhist|Chinese]]-[[Religion in Vietnam|Vietnamese]] [[Chinese temple|temple]] in Bangkok, located at 119 [[Soi]] Thip Wari, [[Tri Phet Road]], [[Wang Burapha Phirom Subdistrict]], [[Phra Nakhon]] District, Bangkok in the area of [[Ban Mo, Bangkok|Ban Mo]], opposite to [[The Old Siam Plaza]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painaidii.com/business/138829/wat-dibayavari-vihara-10200/lang/en/|work=painaidii|language=th|title=Wat Dibayavari Vihara}}</ref>
This temple was built in the [[Thonburi kingdom|Thonburi period]] in B.E. 2319 (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 [[oversea Chinese|Chinese]] and [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]]. Later on, in the [[Rattanakosin]] period. [[Nguyễn Phúc Ánh]], Prince of [[Huế]], who came to rely on the Thai King, smuggled back to his country. Thus making the 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 lonely immediately, and the temple has no monks lived for many years.
Until the B.E. 2439 (1896), one Chinese monk named "Hai Son" (ไห่ซัน) from [[Hunan]] came to live here and restored by local Chinese millionaires are sponsors. The result of the restoration makes the temple more beautiful. King [[Chulalongkorn]] (Rama V) appointed him as abbot in B.E. 2452 (1909), and gave a Thai official name "Wat Dibayavari Vihara", which meaning "Holy Water Temple". Because of there is a small pond, the water in the pond is believed to be [[holy water]]. This pond is believed to have [[Azure Dragon|Green Dragon]] (one of [[Four Symbols (China)|Four Symbols]] according to the [[Chinese folk religion|ancient Chinese beliefs]]) as patron. This makes 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.
At present, it is popular among Chinese, including Thais for ward off bad luck according to [[Chinese astrology]] especially in [[New Year]] or [[Chinese New Year]] and [[Nine Emperor Gods Festival|Chinese vegetarian festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://travel.kapook.com/view37065.html|work=Kapook|language=th|date=2012-02-08|access-date=2018-06-25|title=แก้ชงปี2555 ณ วัดทิพยวารีวิหาร}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://topicstock.pantip.com/food/topicstock/2008/10/D7059701/D7059701.html|title= เทศกาลกินเจ เที่ยววัดกำมโลวยี่และศาลเจ้าพ่อเสือครับ|language=th|work=[[Pantip.com]]|date=2008-10-03|author= digimontamer}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/WatDibayaVariVihara/|language=th|work=วัดทิพยวารีวิหาร-กัมโล่วยี่ / 敕賜甘露禪寺|title=Official Facebook}}
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