ວັດຊຽງຢືນ

ໜັງສືຄໍາພີໃບລານຂຽນດ້ວຍອັກສອນທໍາລາວ, ອັກສອນລາວ, ພາສາລາວ ແລະພາສາບາລີ ບັນຈຸເນື້ອໃນຄວາມຮູ້ຫຼາຍດ້ານ ປະກອບດ້ວຍ ກົດໝາຍ, ຄໍາພີພາສາບາລີ, ຊາດົກ, ຕໍານານພະພຸດທະສາສະໜາ, ຕໍານານເມືອງ, ຕໍາລາຢາພື້ນເມືອງ, ທໍາມະທົ່ວໄປ, ນິຍາຍທໍາມະ, ນິທານ, ພື້ນ, ບົດສູດມົນ, ປະເພນີ, ພະສູດ, ພະວິໄນ, ພະອະພິທໍາ, ວັນນະຄະດີ, ອານິສົງ, ອັກສອນສາດ, ໂຫລາສາດ, ໂອວາດຄໍາສອນ. ໜັງສືຄໍາພີເຫຼົ່ານີ້ຖືກສ້າງຖວາຍໄວ້ເປັນສົມບັດຂອງວັດຊຽງຍືນ ບ້ານຊຽງແມນ ໂດຍພະມະຫາເຖລະ, ພະບໍລົມມະວົງສານຸວົງ, ຂ້າລາຊະການຊັ້ນສູງ, ແລະຊາວພຸດຜູ້ມີສັດທາທົ່ວໄປ ແລະຖືກປົກປັກຮັກສາໂດຍເຈົ້າອະທິການວັດແລະພະສົງ-ສາມະເນນ ແລະຊາວບ້ານຊຽງແມນ ຈົນເປັນມໍລະດົກຕົກທອດມາເຖິງປັດຈຸບັນ.

The manuscripts are palm leaves written in Tham Lao and Lao scripts, in Lao and Pali languages contain various kinds of texts including Law, Monolingual Pali, Jataka, Buddhist chronicle, Secular chronicle, Medical treatise, White magic, General Buddhism, Folktale, Prayer, Ritual, Sutta, Vinaya, Abhidhamma, Literature, Anisong (Award), Philology, Astrology, Didactics. These manuscripts were sponsored the making and donated to Vat Xiang Yün in Xiang Maen village by great monks, members of the royal family, high ranking officials and devout Buddhist. They have been preserved by former abbots and monks and novices of Vat Xiang Yün monastery and also people of Xiang Maen village as heritage until to our present days.

Custodial history: Since its founding in Mid 16th century, Vat Xiang Yün Saiyasettharam monastery had collected the manuscripts. The manuscripts were donated to the monastery by their sponsors who were senior monks, members of the royal family, high-ranking officials and lay people lived around the monastery and in Luang Prabang town. The monks and novices used the manuscripts for their studies and also to read them while giving sermons to the people. Later, the manuscripts were organised and arranged by the project Preservation of Lao Manuscript Programme in collaboration between the Sangha of Luang Prabang and National Library of Laos in 1997.

Arrangement: The manuscripts are kept in one large manuscript cabinet in the abbot's abode of Vat Xiang Yün Saiyasettharam monastery. The manuscripts are tied together in white cotton bags and kept in a woodden-glass cabinet.