Yaowarat or at foreigner called Chinatown. A community of ethnic Chinese and people of Chinese descent Thailand is a tourist attraction for foreigners known. Widely Thailand, People of Chinese descent Thailand lived a lot. The road has a length of about one kilometer is one of the main attractions of Bangkok.
Yaowarat Road, built during the reign of King Rama V King Rama 5 Road due to the policy in developed areas. To promote trade The initiative to build more roads to start this road called “Yuparat Road” later graciously the name is " Yaowarat Road”
Because area will build a road have the building houses public grown massively. With divine grace of King Rama 5 had to realign the road Avoid houses area to alleviate the suffering of the people.
For this reason, it's curved road and the road curves back and forth, according to the principle of Feng Shui is the characteristics of the location. "Golden Dragon"Make people come to live together massively because they believe it will make a good trade
Yaowarat Road, have a distance from Odeon Circle, which is the head of the dragon. And ends at the intersection Peerapong. Chakphet Mahachai Road intersection and the Tail of the Dragon. And in the middle of the streets of Chinatown, As a location for business in food. This area is the source the delicious food of Bangkok.
Chinatown is more special than the other markets where the market is known as the two sectors is the day and night. The charm of both this time it's different out.
During the day, will bustling with people of working age to the elderly. During important festivals of ethnic Chinese in Thailand. It's even a bustling Because people will buy of oblation and food throughout the day, whether it be fresh food, dry food, fresh seafood from China, fruits, vegetables, flowers, spices various kinds of Chinese medicine, desserts. some had come to Chinatown to find something to eating.
During the evening hours, or until dusk Chinatown is like a meeting point for the townspeople to come together, whether they are groups of students working people, including tourists, whether they are foreigners or people of Thailand for a walk travel and to find food eat.