Wat phia Wat (Xiengkhouang)

Wat Pia Wat was congenital in 1372 in the administration of King Larn Khum Kloung (King of Muang Phoun).the ‘sim’ (holy building) additions were fabricated in 1882. King Larn Khum Kloung was a abundant angel of Buddhism and accustomed religious relationships with Burma. Consequently, Burma gave a aureate Buddha bronze to King Larn Khum Kloung to worship. King Larn Khum Kloung aloft the Buddha bronze on the aback of an albatross and swore that he would body a temple at the abode breadth the albatross chock-full in Muang Khoun. When the albatross chock-full at the atom breadth Wat Peer Wat stands today, it would not move any further. Thus, King Larn Khum Kloung congenital his temple here. The humans of Phoun aloft the breadth to anatomy a baby acropolis on which to body the temple as it was the acceptance that a angelic altar should be placed on a top place.
The temple was accustomed the name Wat Peer Wat already architecture was accomplished and it was the aboriginal temple of Muang Phoun. King Larn Khum Kloung aswell gave instructions to actualize a big Buddha angel in the aforementioned appearance as the aureate Buddha bronze that he brought aback from Burma. This bronze was accepted the name Phra Puttharoub Oung Tuee, and is the bronze which you see today.

In 1925, Muang Phoun had a war with Muslim Chinese who damaged Phra Putharoub Oung Tuee by acid the appropriate duke off.
In 1953, Wat Peer Wat was destroyed already added by the French colonial ability in Indo-China.
In 1954, Prince Suthakumarn (Chao sai Kham) encouraged the Lao humans to accord appear the apology of Phra Putharoub Oung Tuee and Wat Peer Wat to accomplish them already afresh as admirable as they acclimated to be.
In 1968 the vat was destroyed by T28 aircraft gunfire, and now, alone the pillars of the architecture and august Buddha remains.