A paifang-style gate, with roofs that are curved upward, and an hexa-gonal pavilion with red pillars and an orange roof, housing a seated Buddha image, at Fo Guang Shan Thai Hua Si, a Thai-Chinese Mahayana Buddhist temple in Bangkok (fig.).

Its feng shui-style land-scaped garden with Chinese rockery (fig.) features a similar octa-gonal Chinese-style pavilion in stone with an upwardly curved roof, and houses a statue of Kuan Yin, the goddess of Mercy. Behind it is a small artificial waterfall.

Whereas the odd number of the octagonal pagoda's 5-storeys corresponds to the yang principle of the yin-yang concept, i.e. the bright aspect, that symbolizes Enlighten-ment, the eight corners of the pagoda represent the Eightfold Path of Buddhism.

A bas-relief panel of Mi Le Fo, the Chinese-Taoist monk who became the god of happiness and wealth, is placed at the entrance hall, facing the entry and portrayed in the company of 100 children, whereof he is the patron (fig.).