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Tha Din Daeng, Bangkok

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Not to be confused with Din Daeng District.
Food stall 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 is in the Somdet Chao Phraya and Khlong San Subdistricts of Khlong San District on the Thonburi side (west bank) of the Chao Phraya River).

History

Tha Din Daeng dates back to the early Ayutthaya period (the reigns of King Uthong to Intharacha). This area was a stop for cargo ships traveling from the Chao Phraya's mouth to Ayutthaya.

In the Rattanakosin period Tha Din Daeng was considered a prime location for commerce and industry. The area along the Chao Phraya, from Tha Din Daeng to the estuary, is home to many factories and businesses, such as rice mills, sawmills, warehouses or shipyards. The traders in this area were mostly Chinese and Malays. King Mongkut (Rama IV) later encouraged Western settlements.

Tha Din Daeng is home to many Thai Chinese, like other Bangkok Chinatown's 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 by ferry.[1] There are three shrines: Shiva Shrine, Sam Nai Keng Joss House (Chinese: 吞府三奶廟), the oldest Hakka's joss house in Bangkok, built in 1847[2], and Pung Tao Kong Joss House (本頭公廟).[1]

The tip of Tha Din Daeng Road (Tha Din Daeng Pier is ahead).

Tha Din Daeng Road was built in 1931 during King Prajadhipok (Rama VII)'s reign after the construction of Memorial bridge linked Phra Nakhon and Thonburi. 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.

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)[3], 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.[4][5]

Places

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

References

  1. ^ a b ""ท่าดินแดง" ย่านการค้าเก่าแก่ แหล่งชุมชน คนหลากเชื้อชาติ" ["Tha Din Daeng" the old commercial area, multi-ethnic community]. Manager Daily. 2014-09-26.
  2. ^ Chantaronanon, Pornpan. "ศาลเจ้าในกรุงเทพ" [Joss Houses in Bangkok]. Encyclopedia of Thai Culture, Central, Volume 1 (in Thai).
  3. ^ "Bokkia Tha Din Daeng". Michelin Guide.
  4. ^ "THAI RAMA CHICKEN, 'PRARAM LONG SONG'". importfood.
  5. ^ Miller (2017-07-24). "เมนูที่หาทานยาก 'ข้าวพระรามลงสรง' ตรงข้ามท่าดินแดง 6" [Rare menu 'Khao phra ram long song' opposite Tha Din Daeng]. Amarin TV (in Thai).
  6. ^ "ศาลเจ้ากวนอูที่เก่าแก่ที่สุดในประเทศไทย" [The oldest shrine of Guan Yu in Thailand]. Samkok911 (in Thai). 2012-09-23.

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