Ornamental fences in Thailand
For those who stay in Thailand, there is a lot to discover. Not only in nature, but also what people can make. Part is copied from Italy, as can be seen on the road in Thailand.
Think of Hua Hin where even gondolas can be seen at an Italian complex or on the way to the Isaan a number of nice shops “packaged” in an Italian outfit. Or a very large Italian complex near the Vine Yard. Even Mimosa with its German houses is doing well.
Even many artful Buddha images or "lifelike" monks can be admired.
However, in a number of places, very artistic entrance gates have been designed that make you stand still in admiration. A craftsmanship radiates from this, at least in my layman's view. How many hours of labor will be spent on this? We will not ask with a “Dutch” approach: “How expensive is that?” The owners of these often very beautiful fences will not have asked for this, but simply have given the order. Someone once told me that if someone asks how much something costs, they don't have the money to buy it!
Which “CEOs” live behind these entrance gates! Does a fence reveal something about the person himself? At one of the fences, the King's logo is depicted in the circle. Top left a yellow "leaf" with which the king was fanned and on the right a white "whip". To the left and right of the circle are a white and a red Hanaman respectively. Under the royal chair is the text: “The 60e anniversary of His Majesty's accession to the throne”.
This family must be very royalist to still remember this so many years later and interesting for the passer-by.
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Dear Louis,
Beautiful photos of beautiful hand forging. Only people with money dare to say that something is too expensive and people with money also ask about the price of a product, especially in Thailand where everything must always be negotiated (also by rich people!).
Very beautiful, indeed.
Is anything more known about the material of which the fences are made?
I have learned that the ornaments are usually cast from a metal alloy.
Do the colors still have a (historical) meaning perhaps?
Peter
These fences are assembled (welded) from cast aluminum components and then painted (car paint).
Depending on whether a mold for the desired composition is already present, or has to be specially made, and the number of types of components, the price per m2 can fluctuate quite considerably.
On the second image, seen from here, to the right of the fence is a text on a kind of nameplate with a house number (?) below it. I had some trouble reading the text but I think it says:
สมบูรณ์ทรัพย์ somboen juice (tones: rising, middle, high)
and that means 'PERFECT WEALTH' . Rich people live there, Buddhists with good karma because those things belong together.
I think 53 is the house number and 14 is the neighborhood number (หมู่) or maybe the number of the soi, if they omitted the name of the main street for convenience.
And how they got to that wealth doesn't matter in Thai Buddhism. Once rich, you belong to the “คนดี” (“khon die”, “good people”) and you can break a pot.
Nice contribution from Louis. Topic for a next series?
Dear TheoB,
Thanks for your response, but without wanting to be stubborn, the district number is 53 and the house number is 14. But indeed you would expect it the other way around!
A next series? "A flying bird always catches something!"
Dear Louis,
Not at all, but I know examples of the addressing as explained by me. Furthermore, I do not know any ตำบล (subdistrict) with 53 หมู่ (districts). (53 ซอย (side streets) could still be done.) 🙂
I also came across another interesting fence. Perhaps not so much the fence itself as the story behind the fence.
https://twitter.com/politic_on/status/1192080488120213504
🙁