Tai Lue Cultural Center, Wat Tha Kham Si Don Chai

The cultural learning center of Wat Tha Kham Si Don Chai is located at It was created from the idea of ​​Luang Pho Phra Khru Sujin Worakun (Kamon Samahito), the abbot of Wat Tha Kham Si Don Chai, the head monk of Tambon Si Don Chai, who realized and saw the value of conservation work, the work of continuing and promoting arts and culture throughout the time he was the abbot of Wat Tha Kham Si Don Chai, from 1991 until now, a total of 30 years. And there have been various merit-making activities according to the strategic plan of the Tai Lue community of Ban Si Don Chai, called the Suea Model, consisting of 1. Continuing traditions 2. Continuing the era 3. Continuing the Dharma and Vinaya 4. Continuing relationships by using the 3-dimensional principles of the Ministry of Culture: 1. Using Buddhist principles as a guideline for work and driving cultural learning centers to have activities, operating as virtuous and quality organizations 2. Using the principles of arts, culture, customs, traditions, beliefs, and ways of life of the Tai Lue people of Ban Si Don Chai. According to the community's traditional festivals, all 12 months or the traditional festivals, 12 customs, 14 Sri Don Chai Tai Lue, according to the village constitution, in accordance with the law, according to the five precepts, five virtues. 3. Adhering to the philosophy of sufficiency economy is understanding, accessing, and participating in community development by involving three age groups: teenagers, middle-aged people, and the elderly. There is conservation, continuation, and development to be contemporary at all times. Responding to the needs of the new generation by applying technology to work and public relations. The Tai Lue community at Wat Tha Kham Sri Don Chai, Chiang Khong District, is an ethnic Tai Lue who migrated from the city of U Nuea, Sipsongpanna, which has a distinctive identity in terms of clothing, food, housing, weaving, and a way of life related to Buddhism. They work in agriculture, live in harmony with nature, and live a simple and solitary life. There are community scholars who pass on various knowledge to those who come to study. There are interesting stories of the community's history. There is the preservation of old buildings and architecture. Old pictures telling the story of the Tai Lue Sri Don Chai people. Ancient Tung palm leaf manuscript cloth of the Tai Lue The Tai Lue Textile Museum of Southeast Asia, with a corner displaying community photographs showing important activities reflecting the atmosphere and religious activities over the past 40 years, a kitchen simulation corner, the history of the Tai Lue Ban Sri Don Chai, Tai Lue textiles. Information from: https://db.sac.or.th/museum/museum-detail/1494