Any time, I and my friends drove along this road, we always looked up to see the trees with gigantic trunks and wondered how old they are?
They may be a hundred year old approximately. They were planted along the street for travelors and localors' shady covering.
From the pictures, you will see they are wearing orange cloth. Not only foreigners but also some thai people don't know yet about this. As you can see the huge trunks of them and the timbers' price are costly so it's not strange if many people want to log them. The way to prevent logging is ordaination of trees - to tie the orange robes of a forest monk around the trunks. This cerymony can discourage loggers who might not want to make the bad kama because the trees are already engaged to buddhism.
This ceremony is also done for the large and old trees in the forest.
The caremony is traditionally held every year on January 1st. Moreover, the Yang trees are also the border between Chiangmai and Lamphun areas. You would know you are already in Lamphun when you see the Cassia trees along both sides of the street instead.
Great tree's ..I must see them when in CM in next few weeks!
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