During the recent Golden Week holidays, an influx of Chinese people traveled to Thailand, and a couple of them made headlines in Chinese media for unknowingly snapping vacation pictures with a crematorium at a Thai temple.
In the hashtag, “Photo I saved to look at when I’m stressed out,” a Thai user posted a photo of a tourist couple, with the caption, “How do I tell the Chinese people that it’s a crematorium?” with crying laughing emojis.
It was not disclosed where the picture was taken. Coconuts has reached out to the poster for comment.
อาจมีพลังงานบางอย่างอยู่หลังรูปก็เป็นได้ #รูปที่เซฟไว้ดูตอนเครียด #กูจะไม่ยอมเห็นรูปนี้คนเดียว pic.twitter.com/LWvLw0LVBk
— ชานมไข่มุกคือความรัก (@bobawithmilktea) October 6, 2017
A Thai temple is usually comprised of many buildings, including an ordination hall, a library, and a pavilion for visitors to rest under, so it is common for foreigners to not know which magnificent structure is a crematorium.
Unless, of course, they simply look up and see the chimney looming above the structure.
Oh well, they can always crop that out of their vacation pictures.
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