Abstract:
The study of The Chinese Culture at Shrine in Eastern Area aims to study the Chinese Thais Ideology influence to art at shrine such as , architecture, sculpture ,painting Prachin Buri literature and language for the tourism learning source. The 51 purposive shrines are the sample by survey and deep interview in Chon Buri, Chachoengsao, Rayong, Chanthaburi, Trat, Nakhon Nayok Prachin Buri and Sa Kaeo. The qualitative study analyze and present with descriptive technique. The study results are the following: The 5 old main coastal ports of Chinese-Thais communities are Chon Buri-Bangplasaoi, Chachoengsao-Padrew, Rayong, Chanthaburi, and Trat, the mainland Chinese ideology in Mahayana-Buddhism ,Taoism, and Confuciusm influence to Chinese Thais ideology about the art at shrine in Eastern Area of Thailand . The 10 shrine samples architectures discover the written history and the foundations of the shrine in the eastern areas. The 8 sculpture samples reveal the beliefs about Mahayana-Buddhism , Taoism, Confuciusm , the Chinese legend ,and the Chinese in historical god. The 11 painting samples are about Mahayana-Buddhism , Taoism, the Chinese legend ,and the Chinese in historical god. The literature and language reveal Mahayana-Buddhism scriptures , the donators and the foundation on the bell, the Chinese poem language on the column ,the label of the shrine name , the god name, and the literature stories. The research presents the ideas support the conservation about the architectures , the sculpture and literature and also present the new shrines administration in the pattern of museum, the quanxi-social network, the community participation ,and the landscape architecture for learning resource in tourism.