Abstract:
This research is aimed to (1) survey existing conditions of Buddhist Archaeological in
Phayao Province, (2) study the management of Buddhist Archaeological in Phayao province and
(3 ) analyze management process for Buddhist Archacological in Phayao province with the
community participation in the area. This research implements qualitative methodology by
gathering consistent historical documents as well as exploring 4 4places of Buddhist
Archacological sites and by group discussion 135 people in 9 districts of Phayao province.
Findings in this study indicate that,
1) The existing conditions of Buddhist Archaeological sites in Phayao Province are
categorized into 3 aspects: (1 ) the types of important Buddhist Archacological in Phayao
Province are Pagoda, Vibara , Chapel, Buddha Statues, Buddha footprint and stone inscription
etc. (2 ) Characteristic of legends and histories involving Buddhist Archacological such as local
Buddhist legends related to the history of the area, local Buddhist legends related to the legend of
Phra Chao Liab Loke and the local history of Phayao and the construction of temple influenced
by the beliefs of people from diflerent races and (3) ritual activities in Buddhist Archaeological
sites celebrated regularly of traditional religion calendar.
2) The management of Buddhist Archaeological in Phayao province is divided into 3
aspects: (1 ) The Management Types can be divided into 5 types : 1 . The management by the
community which is informal management according to their faith on Buddhism. 2 . The
management by official authorities, which is Fine Arts Department. 3. The management by local
administrative organization which support budgets to the community for the traditional activities
4 . The management in the forms of research and academic supports given by educational
institutes and 5. The management in the forms of local museum administration. (2 ) The
Community Participation in the management including participation of the temple to the
community, community participation with local administrative organization, participation of
local administrative organization with the governmental organization, community participation
with governmental organization , participation of the community with educational institutes. (3 )
The Management Problems are ; The physical deterioration of Buddhist Archaeological Remains
sites caused by nature, time and human. The indistinctness of the management system. 3 . The
deterioration of Buddhist Archaeological Remains sites caused by tourism. And 4. Lacking of the
community participation.
3) The Management process for Buddhist Archaeological in Phayao province, by the
community participation, are: (1) Support the research and knowledge gaining in forms of
participatory action research (2) Support the creating of participation processes involving in the
management of Buddhist Archacological by forming the local committees of people from all of
community parts (3) Apply knowledge from relevant research to make plans to develop religious
tourism sites and to distribute such knowledge to public via medias and (4) Prepare to transfer the
authorization and mission from Fine Art Department to Local Administrative Organization.