การศึกษาสำรวจเส้นทางสัญจรโบราณชายฝั่งทะเลภาคตะวันออกเพื่อการท่องเที่ยวทางวัฒนธรรม

The survey of the Ancient Route along Eastern Coast for Cultural Traveling

Abstract

The evidence of the ancient route along eastern coast has been found since pre and post of the nineteenth Buddhist century, the ancient route was along the upper Eastern coast, which covered the areas of Phanat Nikhom District, Chon Buri Province and Mueang Rayong District. Rayong Province, and the lower Eastern coast, which covered the areas of Mueang Chanthaburi District. Chanthaburi Province. The competence of these ancient routes can be rated with the cultural values. The land routes through the eastern coast are the highway number 315 from Chon Buri Province to Phanat Nikhom District (Baan Khok Panomdee), the highway number 3 from Bang Pakong District. Chachoengsao Province to Rayong Province and the highway number 3139 to Laeng Sub-district and Natakwan Sub-district, and the highway number 3147 and 3146 from City Pillar Shrine, Chanthaburi Province to Wat Chantanaram Temple and to the downtown of Chantaburi Province. Including. the branches of the route like Wachiraprakarn Road, Yomchinda Road and Angsila Road as well. The water routes of this eastern coast are included the route starting from Bang Pakong Sub-district. Chachoengsao Province through Muaeng Sri Palo (Nong Mai Daeng Sub-district), Bang prasoi, Angsila. Bangsaen and Banglamung. Also, there is the route from mouth of the river in Rayong Province through Rayong downtown. There are both land route and river route from Leam Sigh mouth of river to Wat Plub Bangkaja Temple pass the Canal of Chantaburi River and the road as well. The competence of these ancient routes can be divided into many aspects of cultural value varied from the social dimension, history, legend and tradition, etc. For example, the army pace of Phraya Wachiraprakam (Somdet Phrachao Taksin), the route of travel genre Nirat Muaeng Klaeng of Sunthornpu, and the royal trip of King Chulalongkorn (King Rama V). Such mentioned aspects increase the potentiality of these ancient routes to become more value and advantage in the cultural tourism, respectively.