Savannakhet is a favorite destination for both international and domestic tourists because it is the second biggest city only after Vientiane. The reason behind its popularity is a very famous stupa named That Ing Hang, which is known for the sacredness and mysterious beauty. Do not miss this place in your Laos adventure tour. There are many amazing things await you here.
About 15 kilometers to the Northeast of Savannakhet, right near the ninth highway, That Ing Hang stupa looks like a majestic and firm wall of the city. This place attracts tremendous amount of pilgrims, tourists and photographers from everywhere in a southeast Asia adventure tour.
There is a tale about this famous stupa of Savannakhet. You can hear the local people talk about it when you come here for a Laos adventure tour. Once upon a time, right in this beautiful stupa, there existed an ancient Hang tree which was up to hundreds years old. Everyday, a mysterious old monk would come to meditate under the shade of that tree. One day, suddenly, he ascended when he was still in the sitting position. According to this legend, there were proofs for the belief of people here that this place was the Buddha sacred land. Therefore, they built a stupa here to mark the sacred place. After that, this became a stupa which is increasingly famous for the trend of active travel Asia and was named “Ing Hang”, which means “relying on the Hang tree”.
Looking down from the higher situation, this stupa appears with a square shape. Four sides of it are surrounded by brick walls. Along these four corridors, there laid Buddha statues in line. In the center of the stupa campus, there is the tower which keeps the coniform relic. You may want to explore it more when coming for a Laos adventure tour. This relic is roughly 10 meters high.
Especially, in the area of chanting houses for monks, there attracts many tourists and pilgrims because of a legend. They say that after praying, tourists can lift up the Buddha statue which is only 40 centimeters high but quite heavy, they will be blessed, have more lucks and will receive a lot of helps from others during their journey. You will be guided carefully in a tour held by any active travel company to enjoy your trip to the fullest.
Nowadays, although being ruined massively under the influence of time and weather, this stupa is still preserved and restored with proper care by the government. Indeed, this stupa is not only a historical relic which need to be protected and preserved, not only a tourist attraction of Savanakhat and Laos for any adventure tour of Asia to brings about more benefits from tourism for the city and the country, but also an essential part of the local citizen daily mental life.
Despite not being so famous as Myanmar or Thailand in terms of religious architectural structures, Laos is another country of the Southeast Asia region which has tremendous singular features related to Buddhism that attracts tourists worldwide to come and experience themselves. Coming to visit this country in a Laos adventure tour, besides spending time on seeing beautiful sights, visitors can also feel the difference in culture and custom to know more about this country, the people and their daily life.
