Charoen Chai
The Charoen Chai Community (Thai: เจริญไชย) is a historic neighborhood between Charoen Krung and Phlappha Chai Roads in Pom Prap Sattru Phai district, within Bangkok's Chinatown.[1][2] The community is known for being the center of the joss paper trade in Bangkok.[3][4]
History
[edit]Located off the northern section of Charoen Krung Road in sois Charoen Chai 1 and 2, the first colonial style shophouses were built in 1898, during the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V).[5] Shophouses in Soi Charoen Chai 1 were assigned as residential buildings, and those in Charoen Chai Soi 2 were designated to be businesses, including liquor shops, Chinese medicine dispensaries, and clinics.[5]
The area is also known among the Chinese community as Tong Heng Gouy, "long bamboo stick".[5]
The community was settled by Chinese immigrants, with the first group being Cantonese and later waves of Teochew becoming businesspeople and laborers.[5]
In 2011, the Baan Kao Lao Rueng Museum, or Charoen Chai Community Museum, was established by the Charoen Chai Conservation and Rehabilitation Group.[6][7][8]
In 2015, the community comprised 60 shophouses and 80 households.[5] The neighborhood is now a hub for Thai-Chinese to purchase traditional goofs for Chinese rituals, religious ceremonies, and festivals.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ Sirisrisak, Tiamsoon (2015-05-19), van der Veer, Peter (ed.), "The Urban Development and Heritage Contestation of Bangkok's Chinatown", Handbook of Religion and the Asian City: Aspiration and Urbanization in the Twenty-First Century, University of California Press, p. 0, doi:10.1525/california/9780520281226.003.0009, ISBN 978-0-520-28122-6, retrieved 2025-04-27
- ^ "Where to Go in Bangkok—Before It's Too Late". Travel. 2025-04-27. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ^ Mydans, Seth (2019-10-15). "High-Rises Are on the Horizon for Bangkok's Chinatown". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ^ Saengmanee, Pattarawadee (2021-10-28). "Chinatown preserves its past". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ^ a b c d e Yongcharoenchai, Chaiyot (2015-07-19). "Change closes in on hidden Chinatown". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ^ Sutthavong, Ariane (2017-01-25). "When Chinatown is no longer Chinese". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ^ Saengmanee, Pattarawadee (2023-07-06). "Tracing ancestry". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ^ "ArtAsiaPacific: Active Spirits of Return". artasiapacific.com. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ^ Wattanasukchai, Sirinya (2014-03-17). "Historic Bangkok 'hood unearths its colourful past". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ^ บันทึกเจริญไชย : คนจีนสยาม. Charoen Chai Conservation and Rehabilitation. ISBN 9786163357571.
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