Tour.Blog 8: Fragment of
Thai history
“Ayutthaya”
Ayutthaya,
this is one of Thailand province with the long history as an old capital city
of Thailand. What we have today is the fragment of history, which remains in
the land of Ayutthaya.
The
fragment of Ayutthaya history is nowadays the landmark for tourists to travel.
There are a lot of old temples and castles, even they were almost damaged by
wars and times, and they still the evidence of Thai livings and Thai history. I
would like to present “Ayutthaya Historical Park”, a place where the central of
the old capital city. There are Wat Ratchaburana, Wat Mahathat, Wat Phra Sri
Sanphet, Wat Phra Ram, Wat Lokayasutha, Wat Kasatrathiraj, Wihan Phra Mongkhon
Bopit, Wat Yai Chai Mongkon, Phra Chedi
Suriyothai, Wat Phanan Choeng, Wat Chaiwatthanaram, Ayutthaya historical Study
Centre, Japanese Settlement, Wat Phu Khao Thong, and Elephant Camp. We are so
proud to say that UNESCO gave this place as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in
1981. Even in the past foreign people called Ayutthaya as Venis of east, since Ayutthaya is around by river
and klong.
I love
history, and of course Thai history is one of them. I impressed by the queen
and the king in the past, Sri Suriyothai and Naresuan The Great. Sri Suriyothai
was a Chief Queen of Siam (Ayuthaya Kingdom), she was wise and brave, she
helped her husband (Maha Chakkraphat) to rule Ayutthaya Kingdom, but what made
her famous is her bravery. She went to a war and protected her husband from
killing, but she died instant. The other one of my favorite is Naresuan The
Great, which is actually Sri Suriyothai’ nephew. He lived in Burma since he was
a little as a hostage, then he came back to free Ayutthaya from Burma.
For
those who interest in history like me, you cannot be miss Ayutthaya of
Thailand. The history which floating by the times into fragment of memories,
what still remain is the thing that we should respect and learn them.
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