Tha Din Daeng, Bangkok

Not to be confused with Din Daeng District.

Hawker stall for selling fried pla thu (short mackerel) and nam phrik kapi with many kinds of Thai food at Tha Din Daeng.

Tha Din Daeng (Template:Lang-th, pronounced [tʰâː dīn dɛ̄ːŋ]) is a market and one of oldest neighbourhoods in Bangkok. It's located in the areas of Somdet Chao Phraya and Khlong San subdistricts of Khlong San district in Thonburi side (west bank of Chao Phraya river).

History

Tha Din Daeng has a long history since the early Ayutthaya period (the reigns of King Uthong to Intharacha), because there was evidence of the settlement of people. This area was a stop for cargo ships to travel from the river mouth (Chao Phraya) to Ayutthaya.

In the Rattanakosin period. Tha Din Daeng is also considered a prime location for commerce and industry in the early days. The area along the Chao Phraya, from the Tha Din Daeng to the estuary, is home to many factories and businesses, such as rice mills, sawmills, warehouses or shipyards. Due to its location suitable for water transportation. For the trade, foreigners who trade in this area are mostly Chinese and the Malay Muslims. But after the King Mongkut (Rama IV) was pioneering trade with the Westerners. Cause people of different races to trade and settled in this area more.

Up until now, It's also a place where people are bustle. Tha Din Daeng is the residence of Thai Chinese descent just like other Chinatown such as Yaowarat, Sampheng, Talat Noi, or Talat Phlu, because there's a pier that can be crossed to the Rachawong pier (N5) in Sampheng area by ferry service. And there're three shrines are Shiva Shrine, Sam Nai Keng Joss House (Chinese: 吞府三奶廟), the oldest Hakka's joss house in Bangkok, built in 1847, and Pung Tao Kong Joss House (本頭公廟).

The tip of Tha Din Daeng road (Tha Din Daeng pier is ahead).

Tha Din Daeng road, that is a road runs through the area, which is the origin of the road name. It was built in the year 1931 during the King Prajadhipok (Rama VII)'s reign after the construction of a Memorial bridge linked between Phra Nakhon and Thonburi sides was completed. It was regarded as one of the 11 roads in the Thonburi area traffic expansion project, along with other roads such as Itsaraphap, Somdet Chao Phraya, Lat Ya, Phran Nok etc. The road was named by Prince Damrong to recall the historical events that King Taksin won over the Burmese army.

In addition, Tha Din Daeng is also the center of many restaurants and street food such as pork satay, pot-stewed goose and duck, milk café, Bok kia (a kind of Hainan style ice dessert), and Phra ram long song (พระรามลงสรง; rice topped with scalded pork and scalded water spinach and topped with satay sauce and nam phrik phao) is a rare Thai food in Thailand, but it has become popular in Thai restaurants in the United States.

Places

Wang Li House.

Princess Mother Memorial Park (right), Guan Yu Shrine (center) and Thang Nguan Hah Vintage House (left): view from Chao Phraya river.

• Lhong 1919, Wang Li House and Mazu Shrine
• Princess Mother Memorial Park and Guan Yu Shrine (oldest shrine of Guan Yu in Thailand, the building is made of all teak wood since the late of Ayutthaya period, nearly 300 years old)
• Thang Nguan Hah Vintage House (fish sauce factory is over 200 years old, built with Chinese architecture)
• Wat Phitchaya Yatikaram aka Wat Phichai Yat
• Wat Anongkaram
• Wat Thong Thammachat
• Taksin Hospital
• Somdet Chaopraya Institute of Psychiatry
• Khlong San Pier and Khlong San Plaza
• The Royal Thai-Sikhism Arch

Transportation

• BMTA bus: route 6 (affiliated air cond. bus), 20, 42 (mini bus only), 43

External links

• Bhatia, Nikhita (2013-11-15). "Tha Din Daeng's Best Street Food Stalls". bk.asia-city.
• UncontainedLife (2015-07-14). "A Taste of Tha Din Daeng: A Bangkok Photo Essay". Uncontained LIFE.
• "Tha Din Daeng". takemetour.