Bayan ziyartar Phetchaburi ko Phetburi kamar yadda ake kira sau ɗaya kawai, dole ne in yarda cewa wannan birni yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi tsufa a Thailand.
Ya kasance wurin zama na sarauta a dā, kamar yadda babban gidan sarauta na lokacin rani Phra Nakhon Khiri ya nuna cewa Sarki Mongkut (Rama IV) ya gina a kan wani tudu a kusa da 1850 daga mahangar gine-gine: haɗin gwiwar tasirin Turai, Sinawa da Japan. A cikin birnin da kanta, musamman tare da bankunan Phet, har yanzu kuna iya samun kyawawan tsoffin gidajen teak da Wat Yai Suwannaram mai shekaru sama da ɗari huɗu tare da ginin ɗakin karatu na ban mamaki a cikin babban tafki shima tabbas ya cancanci ziyarta. . Wannan kuma ya shafi gabaɗaya ga Wat Mahatat, haikalin haikali tun daga ƙarni na sha huɗu, wanda ke gida ga kyawawan kyawawan abubuwa. prangs ko hasumiyai irin na Khmer masu tunawa da Wat Arun a Bangkok.
Wani babban abin jan hankali a cikin birnin shine Wat Kampahaeng Laeng. Wannan yana ɗaya daga cikin ƴan haikalin Khmer waɗanda za a iya samu a wajen arewa maso gabashin Thailand. Bayan haka, mai yiwuwa Phetchaburi ya samo asali ne kimanin shekaru dubu da suka gabata daga wani shingen daular Khmer a yammacin gabar Tekun Tailandia. Da kyar aka san wani abu game da asalin Wat Kamphaeng Laeng. Masu binciken kayan tarihi sun ɗauka cewa an gina wannan ginin haikalin ko dai a ƙarshen sha ɗaya ko kuma a farkon karni na sha biyu miladiyya, wanda ya sa ya zama ginin da ya fi dadewa a cikin faffadan yanki. Ya tabbata cewa asalin haikalin Hindu ne wanda wataƙila an keɓe shi ga gunkin U-Ma. Bayan haka, a cikin 1956 an gudanar da aikin maido da Thai Fine Artssashen ya sami mutum-mutuminta a wannan wurin.
Hakanan tabbatacciya ce cewa ’yan addinin Buddah ne suka yi amfani da wannan haikali daga ƙarni na sha huɗu. A cewar masu binciken kayan tarihi guda ɗaya, akwai yuwuwar ƙwararrun magina ne suka gina wannan haikalin waɗanda su ma suka tsara Prasat Sikharaphum a Baan Rangae a Surin. Binciken archaeological a cikin 1987 ya sami mutum-mutumin Buddha na ƙarni na goma sha huɗu da na sha biyar akan filayen haikali. Waɗannan abubuwan da aka samo sun haɗa da kusan m Lokhesvara kuma mai kyau sosai Naka Prok, tare da Buddha akan macijin da aka nada Mukalinda wanda ke kare shi daga rana da ruwan sama.
An fassara sunan wannan haikalin a sako-sako 'haikalin tare da bangon dutsen sandstone' kuma tabbas bai saci wannan sunan ba domin, kamar yawancin gine-ginen Khmer na wancan lokacin, an gina shi gaba ɗaya daga baya, dutsen yashi mai launin ja-launin ruwan kasa. Kamar yawancin wuraren tsafi na Khmer, tana fuskantar gabas kuma an kewaye ta da wani katanga mai girman girman mutum wanda ke shimfida ta kowane bangare. gopura, wani nassi akan tsarin ƙasan giciye, yana da. Bayan biyar prangs ko hasumiyai da ƙaramin wurin bauta, da alama an ƙara su a ƙarni na goma sha biyar, ƙananan ragowar haikalin asali. Sauran gine-ginen zuhudu sun kasance tun daga shekarun XNUMX. Siffar flask ɗin guda biyar prangs a cikin salon Bayon an gina su bisa ga tsarin Khmer na gargajiya tare da babban hasumiya ta tsakiya guda ɗaya da ƙanana huɗu a kusurwoyin shirin murabba'in, waɗanda aka yi nisan mita XNUMX ban da juna. Dukkanin hasumiyai an lulluɓe su da stucco, waɗanda ƴan ɓangarorin ƴan fure ne kawai suka tsira daga ɓarnar rashin tausayi na lokaci. An sadaukar da hasumiya ta tsakiya tun asali ga Shiva. Saman wannan prang, wanda wani bangare ya ruguje, sau daya yana dauke da benaye biyar, kamar kananan guda hudu.
Wat Kampahaeng Laeng ba shine rugujewar Khmer mai ban sha'awa ba, amma yana da ban sha'awa a matsayin hujja na yadda tasirin tasirin abubuwan ban mamaki ya shimfida don haka Angkor mai ban sha'awa. Kuma ziyarar zuwa Petchaburi ba ta ɓata lokaci…