The newly opened Dragon Descendants Museum in Suphan Buri Province is the latest attractions in the province located 200 km northwest of Bangkok. The 300 million baht museum is built in a shape of a huge fiberglass cloud dragon spraying water measuring 135m long, 35m high and 18 m wide adjacent to the city pillar shrine. It is beautifully and elegantly constructed and the brightly coloured dragon looks alive as if it just descended from heaven to usher in the New Year.
Using the latest interactive computer technology, it focuses on 5000 years of Chinese history and the migration of Chinese clans from China to neighbouring countries such as Thailand, where they established their roots and successful business empires. Inside the Dragon’s body, there is a total of 20 multimedia rooms and each room tells an exciting story about the history of the Chinese civilization which goes all the way to the creation of the planet earth to the emperors of the different dynasties.
The heavenly beast is visible from a distance in the city and it took 10 years of planning. Khun Banharn Silpa-archa used to be the prime minister of Thailand back in 1996; he decided that he would build a unique museum to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between the People’s Republic of China