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The Three Kingdoms Park in Pattaya is a theme park based on the
14th century Chinese novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”.
The theme park, also known as Suan Samkok was established by
successful Chinese Thai businessman Kiarti Srifuengfung, the
founder of the Asaha Glass Company. The park was created with
the intention of showing visitors aspects of Buddhism and
Chinese culture and philosophy. Murals depicting Romance of
the Three Kingdoms The Three Kingdoms Park is set in large
well maintained grounds and contains three Chinese style pagodas
and a long wall with murals, where scenes from the Romance of
the Three Kingdoms epic are depicted. Besides the mural
paintings there are a number of large Chinese vases and
paintings on display, showing scenes from the epic. Chinese
pagodas The Three Kingdoms park contains one large main
pagoda and two smaller ones. The middle largest pagoda presents
a number of characters from the Three Kingdoms story and a
statue of the founder of the park, as well as a number of
Chinese vases and paintings telling scenes from the Three
Kingdoms story. The top floor contains Chinese statues and
Buddha relics. From here, you will have a good view of the
surrounding area. Statue of The Goddess of Mercy One of
the smaller pavilions contains a white marble statue of the
Chinese Goddess of Mercy, Guanyin. The other smaller pavilion
contains 18 statues of Luohan quan, a kind of Arhat boxers, a
fighting style said to originate from monks in the Chinese
Shaolin temple. Outside you will find a number of ancient
Chinese warrior statues. The very well kept landscaped area and
the aesthetically pleasing design of the pagodas give the place
a serene atmosphere. Chinese style pagoda in the Three
Kingdoms Park Pattaya Chinese pagoda The Three Kingdoms
story The wall of the gallery contains a 240 meters long hand
made mural painting, that depicts 56 scenes of the novel Romance
of the Three Kingdoms. Every panel comes with a short
description of the scene in excellently written English
language.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel was
written in the 14th century during the early Ming dynasty by
famous Chinese writer Luo Guanzhong. The epic tells about the
unsettled times of the Three Kingdoms era, which was from 169 to
280.
It is a story of war, struggles and loyalty. The
three states Cao Wei, Shu Han and Eastern Wu emerged from the
fall of the Han dynasty and were ultimately united into the
Three Kingdoms in the year 220. |
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Bang Lamung |
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Nong Prue |
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Same as 82 |
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12.90504 N |
100.97610 E |
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