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Si Yan Intersection
Si Yan or Sri Yan ( th, ศรีย่าน; ) is a neighbourhood in Thanon Nakhon Chai Si Subdistrict, Dusit District, Bangkok. It roughly occupies the four-way intersection of the same name. The area famous for its market and restaurants with street food. History and location Si Yan intersection is where Samsen (which runs along Chao Phraya River from the north end of Bang Lamphu) cuts across Nakhon Chai Si Roads (which runs in a directly east–west) from Rama VI Road in neighbouring Phaya Thai District up until end at Payap pier on Chao Phraya River. Payap pier area used to be the residence of Prince Dilok Nopparat, the son of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) who was born from the Royal Concubine Thipkesorn, who are descended from the Chet Ton Dynasty. The pier was therefore used as a place where members of the Chet Ton Dynasty came to visit him in Bangkok by boat. At the end of the King Chulalongkorn's reign, it was the place where the new generation of nobles housed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chet Ton Dynasty
The Chet Ton Dynasty ( th, เชื้อเจ็ดตน; ; , ; meaning "the dynasty of the seven lords"), also spelled Jedton, or officially ThipphachakkrathiwongSuryadinata, L. (2012). Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume I & II. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Dynasty or Thipphachak Dynasty in The Royal Society of Thailand's spelling style or Dibayachakkradhiwongse Dynasty in Prajadhipok's spelling style ( th, ราชวงศ์ทิพย์จักราธิวงศ์ or ราชวงศ์ทิพย์จักร) is a dynasty that ruled 3 northern states of Siam, which consisted of Chiang Mai, the largest, Lampang and Lamphun. History It was established towards the end of the reign of King Thai Sa of Ayutthaya by Thipchang of Nan, a mahout and woodsman who was appointed ruler of Lampang City for good military deeds. Afterwards his grandson, urged by King Kavila, helped restore southern Lanna with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Junctions In Bangkok
A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of roads, including parkways, avenues, controlled-access highways (freeways, motorways, and expressways), tollways, interstates, highways, thoroughfares, and local roads. The primary features of roads include lanes, sidewalks (pavement), roadways (carriageways), medians, shoulders, verges, bike paths (cycle paths), and shared-use paths. Definitions Historically many roads were simply recognizable routes without any formal construction or some maintenance. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines a road as "a line of communication (travelled way) using a stabilized base other than rails or air strips open to public traffic, primarily for the use of road motor vehicles running on their own wheels", which i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighbourhoods Of Bangkok
This is a partial list of neighbourhoods in Bangkok. Bang Kapi *Bang Kapi * Chok Chai 4 * Happy Land *Hua Mak *Khlong Chan * Lam Sali * Lat Phrao *Ramkhamhaeng Bang Sue * Bang Pho * Bang Son * Bang Sue * Pracha Chuen * Tao Pun * Wong Sawang Chatuchak *Ari *Chatuchak Park * Chorakhe Bua * Chumtang Bang Sue *Kamphaeng Phet * Lat Phrao * Mo Chit * Phahon Yothin * Pradiphat * Ratchayothin * Saphan Khwai *Wat Samian Nari Don Mueang * Bang Khen * Don Mueang * Kaset-Nawamin * Lak Si * Lat Pla Khao * Ngam Wong Wan *Saphan Mai * Sena Nikhom * Thung Song Hong Dusit * Bang Krabue * Lan Phra Borommarup Song Ma *Kiak Kai * Maha Nak * Ratchawat *Samsen * Si Yan * Soi Suan Oi Pathum Wan (well known as ''Ratchaprasong'' shopping street area) * Ban Krua * Banthat Thong * Bon Kai * Charoen Phon *Chit Lom * Chula * Hua Lamphong * Lang Suan * Suphachalasai (National Stadium) * Phloen Chit * Phra Ram 1 *Ratchadamri *Ratchaprasong *Sam Yan * Saphan Lueang *Siam Square (Shinjuku of Thailand) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiak Kai
Kiakkai or Kiak Kai ( th, เกียกกาย, ) is an intersection and neighbourhood in Bangkok's Thanon Nakhon Chai Si Subdistrict, Dusit District. The term ''Kiakkai'' is an old Thai word meaning "Provisions Department" (comparable to the current Quartermaster Department). The neighborhood is the site of many Royal Thai Army (RTA) bases: the 1st Cavalry Regiment, King's Guard (กรมทหารม้าที่ 1 รักษาพระองค์); 1st Field Artillery Battalion, King's Guard (กรมทหารปืนใหญ่ที่ 1 รักษาพระองค์); 4th Cavalry Division King's Guard (กองพันทหารม้าที่ 4 รักษาพระองค์); and Military Armoured Vehicle Radio Station (สถานีวิทยุยานเกราะ). Often, these units have supported coups such as the Siamese revolution of 1932, the Thammasat University massacre, the 1981 April rebellion, and the September 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Krabue, Bangkok
Bang Krabue ( th, บางกระบือ, ) is an intersection and neighbourhood in Bangkok's Thanon Nakhon Chai Si sub-district, Dusit district. Characteristics It's four corners of Samsen, Amnuai Songkhram and Kheaw Khai Ka roads in the middle between Si Yan and Kiakkai intersections on Samsen road. Which Kiakkai is the site of Sappaya-Sapasathan a new Parliament House of Thailand. History Its name translates as "community of water buffaloes", since in the past this area was a place to deal with the cattle from rancher traders (called in Isan dialect ''นายฮ้อย''; ) who travel from the Isan (northeastern region) and has stopped the herds of cattle at Saphan Khwai. Before agreeing to deal here. The term ''krabue'' (กระบือ) means water buffalo in Thai, which is the same as Khmer (ក្របី). The area of Bang Krabue on Samsen. It's the road along the Chao Phraya river to Bang Sue, the district is adjacent to the province of Nonthaburi. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trams In Bangkok
The Bangkok tram system (รถรางกรุงเทพ) was a transport system in Bangkok, Thailand. Its first-generation tram network first operated as a horse tram system, and was eventually converted to electric trams in the late nineteenth century. History The first tram line in Bangkok was built on Charoen Krung Road (New Road as it was then known), Thailand's first road to be built by Western techniques. John Lofton, a British naval officer working with the Royal Thai Navy along with a Danish colleague, saw a profitable tram service on the line, considering travel times were significant in getting from one end of the road to another. They surveyed the area for three days before requesting to operate a tram service under a government concession. They received a fifty-year allowance to operate trams on seven routes in 1887 and thus opened the first horse-driven tram line, the Bang Kho Laem Line on Charoen Krung Road on 22 September 1888. It did not gain popularity du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomb Shelter
A bomb shelter is a structure designed to provide protection against the effects of a bomb. Types of shelter Different kinds of bomb shelters are configured to protect against different kinds of attack and strengths of hostile explosives. Air raid shelter An air raid shelter is a structure built to protect against bomber planes dropping bombs over a large area. These were commonly seen during World War II, such as the "Anderson shelters" of the United Kingdom. Fallout shelter A fallout shelter is a shelter designed specifically for a nuclear war, with thick walls made from materials intended to block the radiation from fallout resulting from a nuclear explosion. Many such shelters were constructed as civil defense measures during the Cold War. A blast shelter protects against more conventional bomb blasts. Its main purpose is to protect from shock waves and overpressure and also from earthquake. Bunker While these forms of bomb shelters are equally amenable to ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thailand In World War II
Thailand officially adopted a neutral position during World War II until the five hour-long Japanese invasion of Thailand on 8 December 1941, which led to an armistice and military alliance treaty between Thailand and the Japanese Empire in mid-December 1941. At the start of the Pacific War, the Japanese Empire pressured the Thai government to allow the passage of Japanese troops to invade British-held Malaya and Burma. After the invasion, Thailand capitulated. The Thai government under Plaek Phibunsongkhram (known simply as Phibun) considered it profitable to co-operate with the Japanese war efforts, since Thailand saw Japan – who promised to help Thailand regain some of the Indochinese territories (in today's Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam) which had been lost to France – as an ally against Western imperialism. Following added pressure from the start of the Allied bombings of Bangkok due to the Japanese occupation, Axis-aligned Thailand declared war on the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai Chinese
Thai Chinese (also known as Chinese Thais, Sino-Thais), Thais of Chinese origin ( th, ชาวไทยเชื้อสายจีน; ''exonym and also domestically''), endonym Thai people ( th, ชาวไทย), are Chinese descendants in Thailand. Thai Chinese are the largest minority group in the country and the largest overseas Chinese community in the world with a population of approximately 7-10 million people, accounting for 11–14% of the total population of the country as of 2012. It is also the oldest and most prominent integrated overseas Chinese community. Slightly more than half of the ethnic Chinese population in Thailand trace their ancestry to Chaoshan. This is evidenced by the prevalence of the Teochew dialect among the Chinese community in Thailand as well as other Chinese languages.The term as commonly understood signifies those whose ancestors immigrated to Thailand before 1949. The Thai Chinese have been deeply ingrained into all elements of Thai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai People
Thai people ( th, ชาวไทย; ''endonym''), Central Thai people ( th, คนภาคกลาง, sou, คนใต้, ตามโพร; ''exonym and also domestically'') or Siamese ( th, ชาวสยาม; ''historical exonym and sometimes domestically''), T(h)ai Noi people ( th, ไทยน้อย; ''historical endonym and sometimes domestically''), in a narrow sense, are a Tai ethnic group dominant in Central and Southern Thailand (Siam proper). Part of the larger Tai ethno-linguistic group native to Southeast Asia as well as Southern China and Northeast India, Thais speak the Sukhothai languages ( Central Thai and Southern Thai language), which is classified as part of the Kra–Dai family of languages. The majority of Thais are followers of Theravada Buddhism. As a result of government policy during the 1930s and 1940s resulting in successful forced assimilation of many the various ethno-linguistic groups in the country into the dominant Thai language and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
