Hansa Temple in Ruili City, Dehong
Chinese Name:瑞丽喊萨奘房
English Name: Hansa Zangfang Temple in Ruili City, Dehong
Location: 瑞丽市勐卯镇喊萨村
Hansa Zangfang is one of the bigger temples in Dai ethnic villages of Ruili City, belongs to the wood railing frame architecture, grandly and beautifully, with flowery ornament. The corridor is near the door and a couple of peacocks carved into the door. Inside the zangfang, there is a tall figure of Sakyamuni sitting in the seat, gracefully and elegantly, with five disciples standing beside him. The peacocks, white elephants and kylin were drawn in the roof and the wall of the temple. Long flags hung on the girder, which made it more magnificent.
In the stockaded villages of Dai people, nearly every family has a magnificent house, and Hansa Zang House is the biggest and most magnificent one among those houses in Ruili. Zang House means “temple” and is a kind of buildings with balustrades. It is always colourfully decorated, and well known along Sino-Burma boundary. The temple is not very large, but there is a kindly dignitary in the temple who will enlighten you and bless you if you are lucky enough.
Hansa Zang House is a building with Dai characteristics. Hiding in bamboos and roots of Ficus microcarpa, it , together with neighbouring stockaded villages of Dai, forms a harmonious block of buildings. It is said that this is the soul of traditional buildings of Dai and artistic storehouse of Dai culture. Every Dai festival, pilgrims and tourists will come to worship in an endless stream.
“Hansa Zangfang” is the pith of Dai’s architecture and artistic treasury of Dai’s culture.
“奘房”即通常所说的寺庙，是佛教徒出家修行的地方，也是佛爷传经布道的场所。喊萨奘房建于傣族村寨之中，它是一座凤竹环绕、榕树垂须、别具民族特色的建筑，是傣家建筑之精华，傣族文化荟萃的艺术宝库。
瑞丽，傣语叫勐卯，意思是“雾茫茫笼罩的翠绿地方”。它三面与缅甸接壤，瑞丽江像一条闪闪发光的玉带，陇川江又像一条金色的缎带，从东西两面缠着翡翠般的瑞丽坝，更增添了它风姿的秀美。
佛教文化
数百年前，勐卯地区已成为当地傣族政治、经济的中心，在现勐卯镇修建了德宏地区第一座城，为勐卯历代土司的所在地。
据傣文史籍记载，在勐卯古国时曾一度为其京都，也传闻它最早是鸳鸯栖歇之地。这里以幽静见著，寨里绿竹幽径，榕树绿荫，花开四时，果结终年，佛寺点缀其中，组成一幅美丽的油画景色。
景点特色
喊萨奘房是瑞丽农村较大的佛寺之一，雄伟美观，装饰绚丽多彩。奘寺是一座典型的干栏式建筑，脊上有一座塔式宝顶，奘寺旁有泼水亭，还有一骑鸳鸯的仙女，每当傣家节日来临，朝拜的香客和游客络绎不绝，在中缅边境一带有较大影响。进门有走廊，门桶上一对孔雀作飞翔状。一尊高大的释迦牟尼佛像盘腿坐在佛座上，雍容端庄，面容慈祥，旁立五大弟子。寺顶和四壁绘有孔雀、白象、麒麟等吉祥物，梁上挂有许多五彩缤纷的长幡，显得富丽堂皇。每逢泼水节、开门节等节日，到这里拜佛的香客络绎不绝，多部电影电视剧都将这里做为外景拍摄场地。。这里也是国内外宾客观光的好地方。
旅游交通
昆明西部客运站–瑞丽 8：30–21：00 共10班次
芒市三棵树客运站–瑞丽市（约100公里） 7：00–18：00 滚动发车
瑞丽–喊萨奘房（5公里左右）可包车或乘坐出租车前往
