Ban Khung Taphao

Ban Khung Taphao
Ban Khung Taphao; บ้านคุ้งตะเภา; (English: Bend of Argosy Watercourse Village)
	Village
	Kungthapao villagers performs a ceremony to worship about a stream Thailand.
	Ban Khung Taphao
	Coordinates: 17°39′24.44″N100°8′54.56″E / 17.6567889°N 100.1484889°E Coordinates: 17°39′24.44″N100°8′54.56″E / 17.6567889°N 100.1484889°E
Country	Thailand
Province	Uttaradit
Amphoe	Mueang Uttaradit
Tambon	Khung Taphao
Government
• Phu Yai Ban	Somchai Samphaothong
Time zone	Thailand (UTC+7)
Postal code	53000
Chief watercourse	Nan River

Last updated March 13, 2019

Ban Khung Taphao (Thai : บ้านคุ้งตะเภา) is a village in the Khung Taphao subdistrict of Mueang Uttaradit of Uttaradit Province, Thailand.

Thai, Central Thai or Ayutthaya or Siamese, is the sole official and national language of Thailand and the first language of the Central Thai people and vast majority of Thai of Chinese origin. It is a member of the Tai group of the Kra–Dai language family. Over half of Thai vocabulary is derived from or borrowed from Pali, Sanskrit, Mon and Old Khmer. It is a tonal and analytic language, similar to Chinese and Vietnamese.

Uttaradit is one of the northern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phitsanulok, Sukhothai, Phrae and Nan. To the east it borders Xaignabouli of Laos. Uttaradit is 488 km north of Bangkok, and 238 km southeast of Chiang Mai.

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a country at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces. At 513,120 km² (198,120 sq mi) and over 68 million people, Thailand is the world's 50th largest country by total area and the 21st-most-populous country. The capital and largest city is Bangkok, a special administrative area. Thailand is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Myanmar. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and Indonesia and India on the Andaman Sea to the southwest. Although nominally a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, the most recent coup in 2014 established a de facto military dictatorship.

Etymology

The first element ban, (Thai: บ้าน) means village.^[1] The second element khung, (Thai: คุ้ง) means bend of watercourse. The third element taphao, (Thai: ตะเภา) means a sailing ship.^[2]

Geography

Ban Khung Taphao lies in the northern portion of Tambon Khung Taphao on the Nan River.

The Nan River is a river in Thailand. It is one of the most important tributaries of the Chao Phraya River.

Government

The current village headman of Ban Khung Taphao is Phu Yai Ban Somchai Samphaothong (Thai:สมชาย สำเภาทอง). The headman is an elected post, followed by appointment by the Ministry of the Interior.

Culture

Residents are Theravada Buddhists. Ancestor worship is practiced, and homes often have shrines dedicated to elders of the family who have died; offerings of food and drink are placed beside the shrines.

Theravāda is the most ancient branch of extant Buddhism today, and the one that preserved their version of the teachings of Gautama Buddha in the Pāli Canon. The Pāli Canon is the only complete Buddhist canon which survives in a classical Indian language, Pāli, which serves as both sacred language and lingua franca of Theravāda Buddhism. For more than a millennium, Theravāda has focused on preserving the dhamma as preserved in its texts, and it tends to be very conservative with regard to matters of doctrine and monastic discipline. Since the 19th century, meditation practice has been re-introduced, and has become popular with a lay audience, both in traditional Theravada countries and in the west.

Children attend school at the Ban Khung Taphao School. They travel to Ban Khung Taphao School by bicycle or on foot. Traditional ethnic clothing is no longer worn by villagers, other than for certain religious ceremonies.

External links

Ban Khung Taphao history (in Thai)
Wat Khung Taphao

Wat Khung Taphao Buddhist temple in Uttaradit province, Thailand

Wat Khung Taphao is a Buddhist temple (wat) is an ancient monastery located in Ban Khung Taphao, Mueang Uttaradit District of Uttaradit Province in Northern Thailand, near Khung Taphao intersection on national highway route number 11. This temple is in under control of the Maha Nikaya, comprising one of nine important local temples. In the year 2018, There are 20 monks and 3 novices that The Most Ven.Phra Ajahn Somchai jirapunno is the leader and to be abbot of Wat Khung Taphao and have Ven. Dr. Phramaha Tevaprapas Makklay is the Deputy Abbot.

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References

↑ Thai/English Dictionary Archived 2005-05-09 at the Wayback Machine .
↑ Background of village name

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