Mekong Riverside Park Review

In the morning, the Oriental will take us straight to the Mekong River according to our pictures. When we arrive, the night will disperse. The morning of Vientiane seems to be pushed out in an instant. Riverside Avenue on the Mekong River bank is straight and spacious, and there are no cars to drive. Some people who run or ride bicycles are very happy to be here. Among these exercises, the local people still account for a large proportion. It seems that the local people also attach great importance to exercise. Located in the middle of Riverside Avenue is a square with many flagpoles flying the Lao flag and the ruling party's flag. These two flags hang in the doorway of many houses in Laos, which is also a very unique cultural landscape. Standing on the square and looking at the nearby Mekong River, at this time, because it is dry season, the shallow shoals of most of the Mekong River's riverbed are exposed, in order to see the Mekong River's flowing channel clearly from a distance. Across the Mekong River is Thailand's territory. As the capital of a country, it is rare in the world that the city can reach its neighbours so easily. Follow the Riverside Avenue until you come to the Statue Square of King Chao Anufeng behind the presidential palace, which is also a very beautiful riverside square with a very green landscape. The tall statue of the king stands on the stone base which should be the center of the newly built round platform. The round platform and the stone base are carved with various Buddhist patterns. The golden yellow with white is more novel. The King, with his hat on his head, sword in his left hand, and right finger moving forward on the Mekong River, seemed to be demanding land from war like Thailand opposite him. Based on what we learned from this trip, the king seems to be the last monarch of Laos during the Lancang Kingdom. When the king who had built the most prosperous period of the Lancang Kingdom collapsed, the fierce struggle for the throne came unexpectedly. As a result, the once prosperous Lancang Kingdom was divided into three countries, namely, in 1707, it was divided into Luang Prabang Kingdom and Vientiane Kingdom. Later, in 1713, the Lancang Kingdom established a new Kingdom of Zhanbasai. Nevertheless, the internal strife in the Lancang Kingdom never stopped at that time, and finally was forced to become a dependency of Siam (Thailand). It seems that all national disasters begin with internal strife.