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Chi River Beach
This is a natural beach formed by the receding water level in the
Chi River in the dry season, which is never higher than 70 centimetres.
The beach is nearly 2 kilometres long. Locals like to come here
to relax and have a meal.
Phaya Thaen Public Park
Phaya Thaen is a rain god according to the belief of Isan people.
Phaya Thaen Public Park is on Chaeng Sanit Road in the municipality.
The large area is surrounded by a small waterway and is decorated
with flowers and decorative plants. It also has a health park.
The park is the venue of various provincial fairs like the Rocket
Festival, the annual boat race and the Songkran Festival.
Ho Trai at Wat Sa Trainurak
This old wooden scripture hall was constructedin the Burmese
architectural style and situated in the middle of a pond.
Phra That Kong Khao Noi
Phra That Kong Khao Noi is at Tambon Tat Thong. Take the Yasothon-Udon
Thani route for 2 kilometres to get to the site. Built during
the 23rd-25th Buddhist century in the late Ayutthaya period,
the small, square brick pagoda has a distinctive top. The middle
part has designs of doorways on all 4 sides. A brick wall surrounds
the pagoda. A sacred Buddha image is behind the pagoda. Legend
has it that it was built by a young farmer who was repentant
after killing his mother because he was upset with hunger.
Phu Tham Phra
This large cave, located to the west of the mountain, houses
countless sacred Buddha images.
Wat Maha That
Wat Maha That is an important temple of the province in the town.
The building of importance here is Phra That Yasothon or Phra
That Anon, an ancient square pagoda with the top similar to that
of Phra That Phanom. The architecture is in the Laotian style
which was popular in the late Ayutthaya to early Rattanakosin
periods. The pagoda houses the relics of Phra Anon. A state minister
from Si Sattana Khanahut (Vientiane) who took migrants to settle
here about 200 years ago constructed it around 1778.
Another historical site within the compound is the scripture
hall that is in the Isan art style. The doorway and the door
are beautiful carved woods with exquisite lacquer designs. The
designs on the walls show a mixture of art from the Central Region.
Built during the reigns of Rama IV and Rama V of the Rattanakosin
period, the hall stores scriptures on dried palm leaves and art
objects from Vientiane. |
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