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Chiang
Mai History |
The
Historic Capital Of Lanna
Chiang Mai Rose of the North is located
in a board fertile basin of Ping river, about 700 km north of Bangkok.
Regarding as the principal city of the northern region,Chiang Mai
consists of distinctive culture and various ethnic group along with
beautiful scenery of natural environment. |
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Nowadays, Chiang mai is
the commercial, educational,and travel center. Among the modern
civilization, there are still numerous remaining of its long and
glorious culture. Moreover the hospitality of people, old local
traditions and belief and a hundred of monuments are very unique.
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Chiangmai
is an old city with a proud history. It was founded by King
Mengrai who united several tribes and named the new land as
Lanna Kingdom. In 1259, he governed the throne and built Chiangrai
as his capital in 1262. In 1291, he decided to build a new
city as the capital of Lanna Kingdom. |
He invited King Ramkhamhaeng
the Great of Sukhothai Kingdom, and King Ngam Nuang of Phayao
Kingdom, both were his close friends, to help select a site
for the new city.
They
decided to build the new city on a fertile plain
between Doi Suthep Mountain and the bank of the
Ping River.The new city was completed, surrounded
by a moat and wall, in 1296. It was named
Nopphaburi Si Nakhonping Chiangmai |
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Chiang
Mai was the capital of Lanna Kingdom for a long time. It
was attacked frequently and finally came under the control
of Ayuthaya, then Burma. In 1774, King Taksin the Great
of Thailand recovered it from the Burmese. Since then Chiang
Mai province has been a part of Thailand. |
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