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Fa Ngum Statue |
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The statue of King Fa Ngum with a small army of 3 elephants will
welcome you to Vientiane, Laos. The statue was erected in 2003
to commemorate King Fa Ngum and the establishment of the Kingdom
of Lane Xang in the 14th century. Being one of Vientiane’s
popular landmarks, it has been a place where Lao people gather
and meet. In 1353, Chao Fa Ngum (King Fa Ngum) founded Lane Xang
Hom Khao or also known as Kingdom of a Million Elephants and the
White Parasol. According to the legend King Fa Ngum was the last
son of Chao Fa Ngiew and was born with 33 teeth in 1316. For
this reason or some other non specified reason, the baby prince
was banished and rafted downstream the Mekong River to the Khmer
Kingdom of Angkor where he grew up and married a Khmer princess.
In 1350-1353, with the support of Khmer Kingdom of Angkor, Fa
Ngum returned to Xieng Thong to assemble an army and unified
small villages to establish the Lane Xang Kingdom. He reigned as
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