Wat Phnom Attractions
Wat Phnom is the heart of Phnom Penh that names the city. Wat Phnom is a major tourist attraction, it is 27 meters high.
HISTORY
There was a story: A widow named her one day, she walked along the river and saw a koki tree floating along the river bank, calling out to her neighbor for help to download the koki tree. In the Kok trees, he saw four precious Buddha statues. In 1434, Punjati arrived there and built a city named after that place. In addition to Wat Phnom, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Phnom Penh, attracting many tourists, especially during the Khmer New Year season, many nationals like to enjoy the popular game there.
Legend relates that a wealthy widow called Penh (commonly referred to as Daun Penh, Grandmother Penh, in Khmer) found a large koki tree in the river. Inside the tree she found four bronze statues of the Buddha. Penh constructed a small shrine on an artificial hill made by the people living in the village to protect the sacred statues. Eventually this became a sacred site and sanctuary where people would make blessings and pray.
Then it came to the year of the snake 1437 suggests King Ponhea Yat ordered His Excellency Decho Srei to raise the mount even higher when he finished building the new Royal Palace in the new city he then named Krong Chaktomok Mongkol or simply known as Phnom Penh. The prominent stupa immediately west of the sanctuary contains the ashes of the king and his royal family.
Wat Phnom is the center of celebration during Khmer New Year, and Pchum Ben.
Links to Google Map: 11.576227, 104.923011
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HISTORY
There was a story: A widow named her one day, she walked along the river and saw a koki tree floating along the river bank, calling out to her neighbor for help to download the koki tree. In the Kok trees, he saw four precious Buddha statues. In 1434, Punjati arrived there and built a city named after that place. In addition to Wat Phnom, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Phnom Penh, attracting many tourists, especially during the Khmer New Year season, many nationals like to enjoy the popular game there.
Legend relates that a wealthy widow called Penh (commonly referred to as Daun Penh, Grandmother Penh, in Khmer) found a large koki tree in the river. Inside the tree she found four bronze statues of the Buddha. Penh constructed a small shrine on an artificial hill made by the people living in the village to protect the sacred statues. Eventually this became a sacred site and sanctuary where people would make blessings and pray.
Then it came to the year of the snake 1437 suggests King Ponhea Yat ordered His Excellency Decho Srei to raise the mount even higher when he finished building the new Royal Palace in the new city he then named Krong Chaktomok Mongkol or simply known as Phnom Penh. The prominent stupa immediately west of the sanctuary contains the ashes of the king and his royal family.
Wat Phnom is the center of celebration during Khmer New Year, and Pchum Ben.
Links to Google Map: 11.576227, 104.923011
Extracted By WIKI
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