Bangkok Noi Canal
For this reason it has been promoted as one of the cultural tourism routes, as well as other canals in Bangkok and the vicinity.
History
The canal, along with its counterpart Khlong Bangkok Yai, was initially a meandering part of the Chao Praya River's original course. In 1552, during the reign of King Chairachathirat of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, he ordered the construction of a canal bypassing the meander to shorten travel time, known as Khlong Lat Bangkok (คลองลัดบางกอก; 'Bangkok Short-Cut Canal'). As time passed, the new canal was eroded and became gradually wider. Eventually, the river diverted through the new canal, and its old course became the two canals known today as Khlong Bangkok Yai and Khlong Bangkok Noi.
In the early-Rattanakosin period, there was a floating market where vendor's boats and wooden houseboats mingled, lining up along the waterways to Bang Bamru and Bang Khun Non. This scenery was recounted in at least two poems by Sunthorn Phu (1786–1855), a poet of that era, who was born in Bangkok Noi.
References
- ^ "ล่องคลองบางกอกน้อย ดูวิถีคนกรุงยุคใหม่" [Boating Khlong Bangkok Noi, see the way of the modern townspeople]. Kapook (in Thai). 9 March 2011.
- ^ Lim, Eric. "Wat Sri Sudaram school of the great poet". Tour Bangkok Legacies.
- ^ "พินิจนคร (Season 1) ตอน ธนบุรี 1" [Pinijnakorn (Season 1) ep Thonburi 1]. TPBS (in Thai). 9 February 2009.
- ^ Sujit Wongthes, ตลาดน้ำ คลองบางกอกน้อย คำบอกเล่าของสุนทรภู่ (Khlong Bangkok Noi floating market, the words of Sunthorn Phu), Matichon Vol. 42 Issue 15074 (19 June 2019) Thai: ภาษาไทย