[[Image:Emerald_buddha2.jpg|thumb|130px|Closeup Buddha Zamrud]]
Sumber sejarah menandakan bahawa patung berhala itu berada di permukaan [[Thailand]] utara di kerjaan Lannathai di [[1434]]. Satu One account ofpada itspenemuan discoveryini tellsmemberitahu thatbahawa lightningkilat struck asebuah [[pagoda]] indi asebuah templepekong indi Chiang Rai, aftersetelah whichmana somethingsesuatu becamemenjadi visibledapat beneathdilihat thedi bawah [[stucco]]. The Buddha wastelah dugdigari outkeluar anddan theorang peoplemempercayai believedbahawa theberhala figurineitu todiperbuat be made ofdari [[emeraldzamrud]], henceoleh itu nama itsini nametelah digunakan sejak itu. KingRaja Sam Fang Kaen ofpada Lannathai wantedmenhendaki itia inmenjadi hisibu capitalnegaranya, [[Chiang Mai]], tetapi gajah yang mendukungnya but the elephant carrying it insisted, on three separate occasions, on going instead to [[Lampang]]. ThisIni wasdianggap takensebagai astanda asuci divinedan signBuddha andZamrud thetinggal Emerald Buddha stayed indi Lampang, untilsehingga [[1468]], whendi itmana wasia finallyakhirnya movedberpindah toke Chiang Mai, wheredi itmana wasia keptdisimpan atdi [[Wat Chedi Luang]].▼
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▲Sumber sejarah menandakan bahawa patung berhala itu berada di permukaan [[Thailand]] utara di kerjaan Lannathai di [[1434]]. Satu One account of its discovery tells that lightning struck a [[pagoda]] in a temple in Chiang Rai, after which something became visible beneath the [[stucco]]. The Buddha was dug out and the people believed the figurine to be made of [[emerald]], hence its name. King Sam Fang Kaen of Lannathai wanted it in his capital, [[Chiang Mai]], but the elephant carrying it insisted, on three separate occasions, on going instead to [[Lampang]]. This was taken as a divine sign and the Emerald Buddha stayed in Lampang until [[1468]], when it was finally moved to Chiang Mai, where it was kept at [[Wat Chedi Luang]].
TheNuddha EmeraldZamrud Buddha remainedtinggal indi Chiang Mai untilsehingga [[1552]], whendi itmana wasia takendibawakan toke [[Luang Prabang]], thenyang thekemudiannya capitalibu ofnegara thekerajaan [[Orang Lao people|Lao]] kingdom of [[Lan Xang]]. SomePada yearstahun-tahun earlierawalnya, theputera crown prince ofmahkota Lan Xang, [[Setthathirath]], hadtelah beendijemput inviteduntuk tomenduduki occupythrone the vacant thronekosong of Lannathai. HoweverWalaubagaimanapun, PrincePutera Setthathirath alsojuga becamemenjadi king ofraja Lan Xang when hisapabila fatherbapanya, [[Photisarath]], diedmeninggal dunia. HeDia returnedpulang homerumah, taking themengambil reveredpatung Buddha figureyang withsuci himitu bersamanya. InPada [[1564]], KingRaja Setthathirath moved itmemindahnya toke hisibu newnegara capitalbarunya atdi [[Vientiane]].
InPada [[1779]], theJeneral Thai General [[Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke|Chao Phraya Chakri]] capturedmenawan Vientiane anddan broughtmembawa the Emeraldpulang Buddha backZamrud withdengannya him toke [[Thonburi]]. AfterSetelah hedia becamemenjadi KingRaja [[Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke|Rama I]] of Thailand, he moveddia thememindahkan EmeraldZamrud Buddha withitu greatdengan ceremonypesta tobesar-besaran itsdi currentrumahnya homesekarang indi [[Wat Phra Kaew]] onpada [[MarchMac 22]], [[1784]]. ItIa issekaranf nowdisimpan keptdi inbangunan theutama main building of the templepekong, the ''Ubosoth''.
