February 10th, 2012 at 2:17am |
Catch Siam Swing Band at Cotton Jazz Bar (Shanghai Mansion Bangkok) Looking for a place to chill out in Bangkok’s Chinatown? Head down to Cotton Jazz Bar at Shanghai Mansion Bangkok, a hidden gem located right in the heart of old Bangkok city, on Yaowarat Road. It features some of Thailand’s best musicians and vocalists, [...]
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January 25th, 2012 at 1:50am |
Highlight of Bangkok Chinatown Chinese New Year Celebrations 2012 – 84m long LED Night Dragon Bangkok’s famous Chinatown, located in Samphanthawong district on Yaowarat Road, is one of the world’s largest overseas Chinese communities. According to MostInterestingFacts.com, it ranks as the fourth of seven greatest Chinatown in the world. According to local folk belief, Samphanthawong [...]
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August 24th, 2010 at 1:48am |
Paper offerings – Thailand Hungry Ghost Festival Do you know that the Hungry Ghost Festival or Zhong Yuan (Por Tor) Festival is an important merit-making event for the ethnic Chinese in Thailand. Since ancient times, the Chinese believe that the gates of hell are open between the 1st and 30th day of the Chinese lunar [...]
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August 3rd, 2010 at 2:33am |
Temporary site for worship at the Administration building (Poh Teck Tung Foundation, Bangkok) Besides coffin offering to the destitute deceased at Ruamkatanyu Foundation next to Wat Hua Lamphong Temple, there is another non-profit organisation – Poh Tech Tung Foundation. Founded in 1910, this charity organization has been established by Dr. Utain Techapaiboon for arranging funerals [...]
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July 12th, 2010 at 3:31am |
Phra Maha Mondop Wat Traimitr Witthayaram (The Temple of the Golden Buddha) The world’s largest pure-gold Buddha image is now housed on the top floor of the four-storey pavilion (Phra Maha Mondop) located on Charoen Krung Road in Bangkok’s chinatown. The shrine was built by the government and the local and business community to honour [...]
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April 14th, 2010 at 3:25pm |
??Yaowarat Chinatown Heritage Center at Wat Traimit Wittayaram (Bangkok, Thailand) Opened in 2009, the Yaowarat Chinatown Heritage Center is the one of Bangkok’s newest attractions.?? The modern history museum??is located on the second floor of the newly renovated Phra Maha Mondop Wat Traimitr Wittayaram (Temple of the Golden Buddha) in Bangkok???s chinatown, offers a wealth [...]
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