Attraction Details :
This local museum is located at the side of Highway
Number 22, Moo 4, Tombon Pak Plee, Amphur Pak Waii, Nakorn Nayok
Province. This musem is inside Wat Fang Klong temple which is located
close to Nakorn Nayok – Prachinburi route. It is the temple in Dhammakai
Buddha’s precepts.
The former name was “Wat Him Klong temple” which is
pronounced in Thai-Yuan accent since it is located at the Tha Daeng
canal’s side. The 12 families gathered and built the temple which was
separated from Baan Tha Daeng community, settled down at the place named
Baan Fang Klong and built the temple by having Phra Ajarn Un and Phra
Ajarn Sim as the construction foremen. Therefore, this newly built
temple was called “Wat Fang Klong temple” which is the same as the
village’s name. Phra Kru Viriyanuyok, the present abbot of this temple,
has developed the temple into the community’s learning center of
religion, art and culture. It is also the location of Wat Fang Klong
local museum, community culture integration center and, now, it has been
developed into the cultural tourism attraction for people, students and
university students to seek knowledge and especially study Thai-Puan
culture.
This local museum is the place of equipments and utensils collection of Thai-Puans or Thais
who have Chinese race and live in Yunnan area and moved to settle down in Thailand 200 years ago.
This museum has gathered cultural characteristic and
lifestyle of this Thai people group as you can see from the utensils and
clothes such as Thai-Puan sarong, stone mill, ancient coffee brewer
barrel, agricultural equipments and weaving machines.
For those who are interested, this museum opens from 08.30 – 17.30. Moreover,
inside the Wat Fang Klong area, there are local
weaver group and pandan odor salt egg maker where tourists can visit.
Wat Fang Klong Thai-Puan community has conserved traditional Thai-Puan
lifestyle. For more information, please call 0-3739-9833.
