Khlong Bangkok Yai

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Mouth of the Khlong Bangkok Yai in the Chao Phraya, far left: Wat Kalayanimit
View of Fort Wichaiprasit and Wat Arun

The Khlong Bangkok Yai ( Thai : คลอง บางกอกใหญ่ ) is a canal ( Khlong ) in the western part of Bangkok , the capital of Thailand . On some cards, the Khlong Bangkok Yai is also called “Khlong Chak Phra” ( คลอง ชักพระ ).

course

The Khlong Bangkok Yai begins in the Bangkok district ( Khet ) Bangkok Noi , where it flows into the Khlong Bangkok Noi ( ⊙ ). It continues south on the border with Taling Chan District . In the Bangkok Yai district , it forms the border with the Phasi Charoen and Thonburi districts . At the border between Phasi Charoen and Thonburi, the Khlong Dan ( คลอง ด่าน ) branches off to the southwest, via which one can get by boat down to Samut Sakhon and thus to the Gulf of Thailand . About 300 meters southwest of Wat Arun it flows into the Mae Nam Chao Phraya ( ⊙ ) at Wat Kalayanimit .

Around 1840 the first ten kilometers of the banks of the Khlong Bangkok Yai and the Khlong Dan outside of old Bangkok are still inhabited, after that there were only mangroves with sporadic settlement.

Attractions

  • Wichaiprasit Fort - built by French engineers during the reign of King Narai of Ayutthaya , it was supposed to monitor traffic to the capital Ayutthaya together with a fort on the other bank of the Chao Phraya.
  • Wat Kalayanimit (also known as "Kanlayanamitr") - large Buddhist temple ( Wat ) at the confluence of the Khlong Bangkok Yai in the Chao Phraya Current. The huge seated Buddha in the main viharn is called Luang Phor Thor , but is called Sam Po Kong by the Chinese population . The largest bronze bell in Thailand is also located on the temple grounds.
  • Wat Molilokayaram - founded in the Ayutthaya period , renovated by King Phuttaloetla ( Rama II ).
  • Wat Intharam - King Taksin renovated this temple and often came here to meditate . A shrine in his honor was erected on the temple grounds, and a chedi contains the king's ashes.
  • Wat Pak Nam Phasi Charoen - located at the mouth of the Khlong Dan. It was founded in the Ayutthaya period, probably by King Phrachao Suea . It was renovated by King Nang Klao ( Rama III ). A center for meditation in the recent past, Wat Pak Nam is still a famous source of magical amulets that are supposed to protect against all sorts of dangers, from snakebites to knife wounds to plane crashes.
  • Taling Chan Floating Market - a traditional floating market is held here on weekends. The visitors are mainly Thai tourists.

literature

  • Steve Van Beek: The Chao Phya, River in Transition . Oxford University Press, Kuala Lumpur 1995, ISBN 967-65-3069-7 .
  • William Warren and R. Ian Lloyd: Bangkok's Waterways . Asia Books, Bangkok 1989, ISBN 981-00-1011-7 .
  • Barend Jan Terwiel : Through Travelers' Eyes: an approach to nineteenth-century Thai history . Bangkok: Duang Kamol 1989. ISBN 974-210-455-7 .

Web links

Commons : Khlong Bangkok Yai  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Terwiel (1989), p. 64
  2. ↑ Richard Barrow's blog about a visit to the Floating Market (last accessed August 1, 2015)

Coordinates: 13 ° 46 ′ 45 ″  N , 100 ° 27 ′ 47 ″  E