Si Satchanalai Historical Park

Historical Park Si Satchanalai ( Thai: อุทยาน ประวัติศาสตร์ ศรีสัชนาลัย, English Si Satchanalai Historical Park ) is a historical park in the district ( Amphoe ) Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai Province, Thailand.

The area around Si Satchanalai was protected in 1961 and underwent a major renovation since 1976 and restoration. In July 1988, the Historical Park Si Satchanalai was then officially opened.

Since 12 December 1991, the Historical Park belongs together with the historical parks Kamphaeng Phet and Sukhothai World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Historical Overview

Si Satchanalai was founded in 1250 as the second residence of the crown prince. And it was precisely here where a certain Li Tai wrote the first great work of Thai literature Phra Ruang the Traiphum in 1340.

The city was rectangular in shape and was in the 16th century, a 5 m high wall with an upstream moat to fend off the growing Burmese attacks. The location of the town was facilitated by two the neighborhood dominant hill.

However, even the first buildings in this area date back to the time when the (now district ) Chaliang was an outpost of the Khmer Empire.

In the Ayutthaya period Si Satchanalai was renamed Sawankhalok. It became famous far beyond the borders of Thailand and beyond for its ceramic workshops, their products have been exported to Indonesia, the Philippines, Borneo, and to Japan.

Finally, Si Satchanalai was conquered and destroyed by the Burmese in the 18th century. The residents were relocated to the nearby Sawankhalok. Since 1990, the ruin fields are restored in Old Satchanalai, first the city walls, the Royal Palace and Wat Chang Lom.

Attractions

  • Wat Phra Sri Rattana Mahathat ( Temple of the sacred and precious relic ) - the river Maenam Yom situated temple with a laterite wall from the time of King Ram Khamhaeng ( 13th century).
  • Wat Chedi Chet Thaeo (literally Temple with seven kinds of monuments ) - burial place of many members of the ( vice ) royal family from the Sukhothai period. It consists of 32 stupas of various sizes in different styles. In some niches are incorporated, in which there are statues of the Buddha. On the other you can see the remains of stucco ornaments.
  • Wat Chang Lom -. Stamp with a laterite chedi begun in 1286, the name of the temple surrounded by elephants is because around the square base of his Chedi is 39 standing elephants, of which not much can be seen today were. The elephants are remarkably full size front of the wall. Normally, only the front half of the body is shown. The main sanctuary, a chedi in Sri Lanka style, is surrounded by a thick wall of laterite stones. In the " first floor " there are 20 niches that were originally filled with 1.4 m high Buddha statues. Some are even still be seen today.
  • Thuriang kilns ( kilns for ceramics). They are located about 5 km north of the " Mueang Kao ", the old town of Si Satchanalai. In an area of about 1.5 square kilometers about 200 kilns have been found. According to the Chinese model relatively coarse high-fired ceramic were produced here since the 13th century, it is believed to be the oldest kilns in Thailand.

"Lotus bud chedi " at Wat Chedi Chet Thaeo

Wat Phra Sri Rattana Mahathat

The Yom Maenam in Amphoe Si Satchanalai

Swell

  • A. B. Griswold: Towards A History Of Sukhothai Art The Fine Arts Department, Bangkok 1967 ( oh. ISBN )
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