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Nga Phe Chaung
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| Nga Phe Kyaung | |
|---|---|
ငါးဖယ်ချောင်းကျောင်းတိုက် | |
 Nga Phe Kyaung monastery | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Buddhism |
| Sect | Theravada Buddhism |
| Region | Shan State |
| Status | active |
| Location | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
  Shown within Myanmar | |
| Coordinates | 20°31′00″N 96°53′52″E / 20.5167°N 96.8978°E |
| Architecture | |
| Established | 1840s |
Nga Phe Chaung Monastery (Burmese: ငါးဖယ်ချောင်းကျောင်းတိုက်), also known as the "cat jumping monastery" (ကြောင်ခုန်ကျောင်း), is the oldest and largest wooden monastery on Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar. It is famous for its expansive timber architecture, a large varied collection of Buddha images, and the once-famous "jumping cat" spectacle. It is also one of the most visited cultural landmarks around Inle Lake.[1][2][3]
History
[edit]The monastery dates back to the mid-19th century, commonly cited as 1843 (Burmese year 1205 ME) or the late 1840s–1850s era, when local Shan rulers (the saopha/princes of Yawnghwe/Nyaung Shwe) supported construction of religious buildings on the lake.[4][2]
Over the 19th and 20th centuries the monastery accumulated Buddha images and ritual items moved from older, smaller shrines and palaces in the surrounding Shan principalities. It grew into a local religious center later on.[3][2]
From the 20th century into the early 2000s the monastery became popularly known as the "Jumping Cat Monastery" because the monks kept and trained cats to jump through hoops. The novelty drew many tourists and photographers.[5] But later on, after the death or retirement of the abbot who oversaw the practice, the monastery leadership decided the cat-training performances were not appropriate for a monastic setting. The practice has largely been discontinued and the trained cats are no longer a regular public spectacle.[6]
The monastery has suffered minor damanges from recent floods and earthquakes.[7]
Monastery
[edit]The monastery is a traditionally stilt consisting of a multi-hall complex. It is supported by hundreds of teak pillars and raised wooden platforms to accommodate the seasonal water levels of Inle Lake. Its main Dhamma hall features a large, multi-tiered roof characteristic of Shan monastic architecture, with interiors showcasing the natural grain of aged teak, carved wooden pedestals and lacquer and gold-leaf decoration. The monastery also contains a varied collection of Buddha images. It has reflecting styles from Bagan, Ava (Inwa), and Tibetan traditions.[1][8]
Phaung Daw Oo festival is usually held in this temple every year.[9][8][10][11]
Gallery
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Nga Phe Chaung Monastery, Inle Lake, Myanmar". www.indochinaodysseytours.com. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
- ^ a b c "A Monastery more about the Buddha than Cats..." Insight Myanmar. 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
- ^ a b "ငါးဖယ်ချောင်းကျောင်းတိုက် (ကြောင်ခုန်ကျောင်း)". Winnet Myanmar. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
- ^ "Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery,Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery travel". Asia Tour Advisor. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
- ^ "Jumping Cat Monastery (Inle Lake) – Where Cats Are Artists". 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
- ^ "Nga Phe Chaung Monastery, Inle Lake, Myanmar". www.indochinaodysseytours.com. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
- ^ "Nga Phe Chaung Monastery". AMCA. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
- ^ a b "အလျင်အမြန် ထိန်းသိမ်းစောင့်ရှောက်ဖို့ လိုအပ်နေတဲ့ အင်းလေးဒေသက ကြောင်ခုန်ကျောင်း – သံလွင်ခက်". 2025-04-20. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
- ^ "အင်းလေးဖောင်တော်ဦးဘုရား ဒေသစာရီလှည့်လည်ပွဲတော်ကြီး ငါးဖယ်ချောင်းကျောင်းမှ ကြေးစားကျောင်းသို့ ကြွချီသော ပဥ္စမမြောက်နေ့တွင် ဆွဲလှေအများဆုံးဖြင့် ပင့်ဆောင်ပူဇော်ခဲ့". Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd (in Burmese). Retrieved 2025-11-27.
- ^ "အင်းလေးဖောင်တော်ဦး ဘုရားပွဲတော် အောက်တိုဘာလ ၃ ရက်က စတင်ကာ ၁၈ ရက်ကြာ ကျင်းပမည်". npnewsmm.com. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
- ^ Staff, O. T. (2024-09-16). "Everything You Should Know About The Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival In Myanmar". Outlook Traveller. Retrieved 2025-11-27.