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The Lanna Kingdom

The Lanna Kingdom

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History About the Lanna Kingdom

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This guide is an extraordinary backup to visiting Northern Thailand (Read packing tips for a visit to Thailand), including Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and the encompassing urban areas and territories. On the off chance that you are keen on the excellent history of the South East Asian district known as the ‘Lanna Kingdom’ and need to find out about the starting points of the popular ‘Lanna Style’ at that point please read on. Not surprisingly, there is a helpful guide at the base of this guide which shows how the Lanna Kingdom took a gander at the stature of it’s regional reach, in connection to the nation limits of today. Appreciate!

 

What Comes Under The Umbrella Term, ‘Lanna Style’

‘Lanna’ is a blend of culture and specialties from numerous periods and ethnic gatherings. Engineering, stone work, bronzeware, flatware, woodcraft, materials, weaving, form, move, cooking and an ethnic language make up a legacy that is venerated and repeated in the 21st Century.

So here is a pruned history advised so as to spark your interest for visiting the locale and ideally get you out of the sham that is the ‘Chiang Mai/Hill Tribe Group Tour’ treadmill. This guide may urge you to set out on an excellent experience back through Asian history beginning in medieval occasions and completion with British Colonial impact and Bangkok rule.

 

8th – 13th Century – The Roots Of Lanna

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City states, for example, Lamphun and Lampang which are presently regions circumscribing Chiang Mai Province (see map) were at that point entrenched in the ninth Century. These urban areas were established over 400 years before the establishing of Chiang Mai and a visit to Lampang (just 60km from Chiang Mai) to see relics over 1,000 years of age is strongly suggested. On the off chance that you have time, visit different urban communities referenced toward the finish of this guide as well.

The occupants of Lamphun and Lampang were known as Lawa and Mon who had a rich culture. The realms of Nan and Phrae toward the east were additionally prospering with an alternate exhibit of social impacts including the then Hindu, Khmer Empire.

Monument from the Lanna kingdom era - Rich history of Ancient Asia

In the ninth Century the main Thai (Tai) people groups additionally began settling in the region. They originated from the north, relocating from Southern China and Northern Vietnam in huge numbers. They were Chinese in ethnicity and were known as the ‘Yuan.’ They are the first individuals alluded to as ‘Thai/Tai’ and their absolute first realm began in Chiang Saen in the east of the area we are talking about.

The Yuan (Tai) individuals relocated south for the most part because of the danger of the Mongols, the strong warriors who administered a large portion of Asia around then, and were traveling south. The Yuan realm started in the tenth Century and a Yuan administration proceeded from that point, progressively expanding its region gradually every which way, even into what is currently Lao.

The First King Of Lanna, King Mangrai

Monument from the Lanna kingdom era - Rich history of Ancient Asia

In 1260 the Mongols under the initiative of Kublai Khan sacked the noteworthy Burmese Kingdom of Bagan (which is near Lamphun) and it is during this time the future first King of Lanna began combining his position. His first move was to bring remote territories that used to be a piece of the Bagan Kingdom under his influence. The individual who drove this combination was the King of Yuan, Mangrai who had climbed to the Yuan position of royalty in 1261. The way toward vanquishing and union started, started by the goal-oriented, exceptionally political incredible war pioneer, King Mangrai.

We can in this way follow the making of the Lanna Kingdom back to the Mongols and the danger they presented to the zone. Lord Mangrai moved his base north to Chiang Rai, extended his impact over the Southern urban areas of Lampang and Lamphun and got zones the north under his influence venturing into China and Burma. In 1292 he vanquished the popular Southern Mon Kingdom of Hariphunchai thus the Lanna Kingdom came to fruition. Ruler Mangrai called his new expanded realm ‘Lan-Na-Thai.’ (which for the motivations behind this guide I will call Lanna) It interprets as ‘Thai Kingdom Of A Million Rice Fields.’

In 1287 the 3 Thai/Tai Kings of Lanna, Sukhothai, and Phayao made a partnership which prompted the control of Northern Thailand by Thai lords for the following 300 years. This settlement was significant for local solidness, and a brilliant period for Thai development started. Be that as it may, just three years after the fact, in 1290 Kublai Khan’s wild Mongolian militaries attacked Lanna. Ruler Mangrai opposed with virtuoso guerilla fighting strategies and sharp conciliatory abilities.

Monument from the Lanna kingdom era - Rich history of Ancient Asia

After few years, in 1296, The first king of Lanna, Mangrai requested another capital city to be constructed which he named Chiang Mai. He considered this to be the best area for the focal point of his new domain, with its ripe land, which had a lot of waterways and a decent atmosphere. The city immediately thrived to turn into Lanna’s new focus despite the fact that, Lanna King Mangrai kept on living in his favored city, Chiang Rai.

Ruler Mangrai figured out how to dodge more attacks from the north through political dealings and installment of huge tributes. At the hour of his demise in 1317 his Lanna Kingdom secured an enormous zone in spite of the fact that in the following century it would get much bigger. As an extraordinary lord, he carried thriving and strength to the entire zone. Numerous excellent towns and sanctuaries were worked during his rule, and expressions of the human experience prospered. This is all noteworthy for an overcoming ruler who was at war such an extensive amount the time.

An important thing to note about King Mangrai, the primary King of Lanna, was that he needed Buddhism to be a basic piece of the state, thus ‘Theravada Buddhism’ turned into a lynch pin of the realm. Subsequent to King Mangrai’s demise, numerous lords of the Mangrai Dynasty would manage the Kingdom of Lanna, moving authoritative HQ between Chiang Rai, Chiang Saen, and Chiang Mai. Buddhism prospered and turned into a lifestyle for the individuals and numerous traditions created in this time, are as yet alive today.

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