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Mushroom shaped formations of Phae Mueang Phi
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Phrae Province จังหวัดแพร่
is a province in Northern Thailand. It covers an area of 6,538.6 square kilometers (2,524.6 square miles) and has a population of 460,000 people (2012 estimate). The province is bordered by Phayao Province to the north, Nan Province to the northeast, Uttaradit Province to the southeast, Sukhothai Province to the south, and Lampang Province to the west.Phrae Province occupies the valley of the River Yom. On the western part of the province is the Phi Pan Nam Range while on the eastern side is the Phlueng Range. The history of Phrae goes back to the 13th century. It shares a history with the neighbouring province of Nan. They were established by two brothers who divided the land between them, one ruling Phrae and the other Nan. Phrae became part of the Haripunchai Kingdom of the Mon people in the 13th century. It was absorbed into the Lanna Kingdom in 1443 after the city of Nan was captured by King Tilokaraj.
Today Phrae Province comprises Phrae Town, or Mueang Phrae, and the districts of Rong Kwang, Long, Sung Men, Den Chai, Song, Wan Chin and Nong Muang Khai.
Yom River, Phrae Provincehttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phi_pan_nam_range-yom_river-long_district1744.JPGXufanc
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Places of Interest in Phrae Province
- Ban Pong Si is a village with a substantial market for trades in second-hand household utensils.
- Ban Rong Fong is a village that specialises in making farm tools.
- Ban Thung Hong is a village noted for products made from Mo Hom, a local cotton fabric dyed blue that is often worn by the people there.
- City Pillar Shrine, shrine housing a stone tablet with Thai script from the Sukhothai period.
- Folklore Museum is a collection of wooden structures that showcases the way of life in Phrae.
- Hua Dong Market is a centre for wood and rattan products.
- Phae Mueang Phi is an area with formations that look like strange mushrooms.
- Phra That Phra Lo is a 400-year-old chedi that enshrines the remains of King Phra Lo of the Nakhon Mae Suang kingdom.
- Phraya Chaiyabun Memorial is a monument erected to commemorate the Governor of Phrae from 1897 to 1902. He was slained by Shan rebel tribesmen.
- Wat Chom Sawan, a Burmese-style Buddhist temple.
- Wat Luang, Thai Buddhist temple with a Chiang Saen-style chedi that enshrines a holy relic brought over from Myanmar.
- Wat Phra Bat Ming Mueang, a Thai Buddhist temple built in 1955 through the merger of two earlier temples. It has an old chedi that enshrines a copy of the Holy Footprint.
- Wat Phra Luang is a Thai Buddhist temple with a chedi in the Sukhothai style that appears to be leaning, and hence is known locally as That Neong, meaning the leaning chedi.
- Wat Phra That Choe Hae is a Thai Buddhist temple dating from the Sukhothai period. It has a 33-meter-tall chedi in the Chiang Saen style.
- Wat Phra That Chom Chaeng is a Thai Buddhist temple with a 29-meter-tall chedi that enshrines a holy relic and a museum exhibiting rare artifacts.
- Wat Phra That Suthon Mongkhon Khiri is a Thai Buddhist temple. Its ubosot has delicate sculptures.
- Wat Sa Bo Kaeo, a Thai Buddhist temple with Burmese-style structures. Buddhist monks from Myanmar also stay here.
- Wiang Kosai National Park is a national park with two waterfalls, the Mae Koeng Luang waterfall and the Mae Koeng Noi waterfall. It has a cave, Tham Pha Nong Khoi, with a stalagmite that looks like a woman holding a child.
Wat Phra That Suthon Mongkhon Khirihttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wat_Phra_That_Su_Thon5.jpgTevaprapas Makklay
Festivals in Phrae Province
- Phra That Cho Hae Fair is held in March. An event is the procession to carry robes to cover the chedi by participants wearing Lanna-style costumes.
- Songkran Festival is held around 13-17 April every year.
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