gateChang Phueak Gate
ประตูช้างเผือก · Pratu Chang Phueak
The north gate, the king's gate.
Hartmann Linge · CC BY-SA 4.018.7962, 98.9860 · OpenStreetMap · The map
What it is
The northern gate, formerly Hua Wiang, the head of the city. Kings entered here; the road north to Mae Rim and Fang, Route 107, still begins outside it.
The long version
Tradition holds — the north is the auspicious direction in Lanna town planning, so the gate at the head of the city was the ceremonial one. The white elephant monument beside it is a separate thing, from a separate century.
Connected to
- Route 107, north to Fang The road that leaves from here.
- The moat loop On the ring.
Named here by
- Route 107, north to Fang Its start.
Where each claim comes from
| Field | Tier | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| default | cited | คูเมืองเชียงใหม่ / กำแพงเมืองเชียงใหม่ — Wikipedia (th) | |
| text_th | inference | written in Thai by this project, in the northern register where it fits; not machine-translated | |
| text.story | tradition |
Sources
- คูเมืองเชียงใหม่ / กำแพงเมืองเชียงใหม่ — Wikipedia (th)
- กำแพงเมืองและคูเมืองเชียงใหม่ — ทะเบียนแหล่งสิ่งแวดล้อมศิลปกรรม — ONEP, Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning
- Chiang Mai City history timeline — City Heritage Centre, Chiang Mai Municipality
cited Cited — a named source, linked · harvested Harvested — fetched from an open dataset, with its licence · tradition Tradition — general knowledge of the tradition, hedged · inference Inference — this project's own reasoning from the above · field Field — someone stood there