Thai King, Queen Attend State Banquet, Lay Wreath on China Visit

BEIJING, Nov 17 (TNA) - Their Majesties King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida continued their official state visit to China (Nov 13-17) with a series of high-level diplomatic and cultural engagements.

On the evening of November 14, 2025, Their Majesties attended a formal state dinner hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People. The following morning, November 15, the King and Queen proceeded to Tiananmen Square to lay a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes, observing a traditional custom for visiting Heads of State.

Later, the royal couple traveled to the historic Lingguang Temple in Beijing to pay homage to a sacred Buddhist relic—the Buddha's tooth, one of only two believed to exist in the world. 

Their Majesties first paid respects in the Yuantong Hall to a large, Thai-style gilt-bronze Buddha image, presented by a former Supreme Patriarch of Thailand in 1990, symbolizing the long-standing Buddhist ties between the nations. 

Their Majesties then proceeded to the pagoda base to pay homage to the tooth relic. The relic has been temporarily sent to Thailand on two previous occasions for public veneration, underscoring the deep spiritual and diplomatic friendship between the two countries. -819 (TNA)