Chinatown Bangkok

Tien Fa Charity Foundation Chinese Godess Bangkok

Chinatown Bangkok is located at the west end of Rattanakosin Island and is the cultural and social center of the ethnic Chinese who became a part of Thailand society but who are mainly descendants of Chinese men who married Chinese women brought to Thailand for marriage, as distinct forom early periods of time when Chinese men could not bring Chinese women from China and who married other ethnic groups already resident in Thailand.
On the West side of the Chao Phraya River in old Thon Buri also can be seen the first Temples and houses of the very first Chinese migrants who settled there well before Rattanokosin was settled by Rama 1.
In many respects this Chinatown is like many others in Asia. This pattern of immigration and changing relationships is explained in the link about the Chinese in Thailand.
Chinatown in Bangkok follows along Yaowarat Road from the Chinese Gate at Odeon Circle to the Ong Ang Canal which was the original moat and defence line for the original Rattanakosin Island fortess. Yaowarat Road today is lined with Chinese styled shops and signs similar in appearance to old Hong Kong. The better way to see more is to walk and use the map here to identify places of significance.